Wikipedia:2024 Developing Countries WikiContest/Suggested articles
Here participants (or non-participants) can add articles or topics that would be suitable for the Developing Countries WikiContest. If you want to participate but aren't sure what to work on or don't know where to start, look through this page for ideas!
Broader topics
edit- Major geographic or socioeconomic features, e.g. Rail transportation in the Philippines
- General religion articles, e.g. Religion in Serbia
- National literature and art, e.g. Brazilian literature
- Folk culture and oral tradition, e.g. Georgian folk medicine or Mexican folk dance
- Ethnic group articles, e.g. Tat people (Caucasus)
- Sports and athlete articles, e.g. History of sport in Palestine
- National subdivisions, e.g. Altai Republic
- Missing second-level country articles, e.g. Foreign trade of Tuvalu or Energy in the Central African Republic
- Requested articles – several pages categorized geographically; assess notability independently
- Women in Red redlink lists (by nationality)
Specific articles
editSecond-level articles are marked with 2L and least-developed countries are marked with LD.
| Article | Country or countries | Current assessment | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griot | Start | Type of storyteller of oral tradition, most prominent in West Africa. Needs references, expansion for the various regions | |
| Ifá | B | Divination system. Needs references | |
| Mami Wata | C | Water spirit. Needs references and reorganization | |
| Mfecane | C | 19th century warring period. Needs references | |
| Nguni people | Start | Cultural group. Needs expansion and references | |
| Oshun | B | Deity. Needs references | |
| Roselle (plant) | Start | Flower. Needs references and reorganization | |
| Desert blues | Start | Fusion of blues and rock with traditional Tuareg music. Needs expansion. | |
| Ugali | Start | Food. Needs references | |
| Ka'ak | C | Middle Eastern baked good. Needs expansion and restructuring. | |
| Hasan Akhund | Start | Prime minister. Needs expansion | |
| Mahmud of Ghazni | Start | Middle Ages sultan. Need reorganization | |
| Jonas Savimbi | C | Revolutionary. Needs references | |
| MPLA | C | Political party. Needs expansion and references, popular culture section needs attention | |
| Albert Azaryan | Start | Soviet Armenian gymnast, 3-time gold medalist at the Olympics. poor sourcing, needs expansion | |
| Arshile Gorky | C | Armenian-American painter and genocide survivor. Decent sourcing, needs cleanup and expansion. | |
| Mountain Jews | C | Needs cleanup and more citations of better quality. There are lots of good sources out there for this one! | |
| Bangladesh national cricket team | C | Cricket team. Excessive detail needs cleanup | |
| Dahomey Amazons | Start | 17th–19th-century all-female regiment. Needs expansion; popular culture section needs attention | |
| Bujumbura | Start | Largest city in Burundi. Needs expansion and references | |
| Gustave (crocodile) | Start | Man-eating crocodile. Needs expansion | |
| Bon Om Touk | C | Cambodian boat-racing festival. Needs copyediting and more refs. | |
| Killing Fields | C | Genocide sites. Needs expansion and references | |
| Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum | C | Museum. Needs references | |
| Faustin-Archange Touadéra | C | Current president. Needs expansion | |
| Idriss Déby | B | President. Needs reorganization | |
| N'Djamena | C | City. Needs expansion and references | |
| Pearl River | Start | One of the most important rivers in China, currently only 300 words! | |
| Jilin | C | Wide swathes of unsourced content for this northern province. | |
| Comoro Islands | C | Archipelago. Needs expansion and reorganization | |
| Moroni, Comoros | Start | City. Needs expansion and references | |
| Bili ape | Start | Alleged ape species. Needs reorganization | |
| Siege of Jadotville | Start | 1961 battle. Needs reorganization | |
| Ismaïl Omar Guelleh | Start | President. Needs reorganization | |
| Lake Assal (Djibouti) | Start | Lake. Close to GA | |
| Eritrean War of Independence | C | 1960s–1990s war. Needs expansion, proseline needs attention | |
| Isaias Afwerki | C | President. Needs reorganization | |
| Addis Ababa Bole International Airport | Start | Big airport. Needs expansion | |
| Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 | C | Hijacked airplane. Needs update and expansion | |
| Ethiopian calendar | Start | Calendar used only in Ethiopia & by the Tewahedo Churches. Needs references | |
| Injera | B | Food. Needs references | |
| Lucy (Australopithecus) | B | Hominin fossil. Needs references | |
| Solomonic dynasty | C | Late Middle Ages and Early Modern royal family. Needs references | |
| Banjul | C | Capital of the Gambia. Needs expansion | |
| Jacob Mendy | C | Footballer. Needs expansion | |
| Meskhetian Turks | C | Quite a few poor-quality sources and a big ugly "notable people" section that needs cleanup, but plenty of sources to work with in the bibliography. | |
| Svaneti | C | Scenic, rural region of Georgia. needs MOS fixes and more sourcing | |
| Hvalsey Church | C | Medieval Norse church ruins. Needs expansion. | |
| Guinea national football team | Start | Football team. Needs references | |
| Amílcar Cabral | Start | Revolutionary and pan-Africanist anti-colonial leader. Needs references and reorganization | |
| Bissau | Start | Capital of Guinea-Bissau. Needs expansion and references | |
| Baron Samedi | Start | Vodou spirit. Needs references, in other media section needs attention | |
| François Duvalier | C | 1957–1971 president and autocrat. Needs expansion | |
| Gurkha | C | Soldiers. Needs references and reorganization | |
| Tarawa | C | Atoll. Needs expansion and references, popular culture section needs attention | |
| Kingdom of Laos | B | 20th century kingdom. Needs expansion and references | |
| Maseru | Start | City. Needs expansion and references | |
| First Liberian Civil War | B | 1989–1997 war. Needs expansion and references | |
| Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | B | First female African head of state. Needs reorganization | |
| AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne | Start | Football match with the highest scoreline in all of association football. Needs expansion | |
| Aye-aye | B | Ugly-cute lemur. Needs expansion and references | |
| Elephant bird | B | Extinct flightless bird. Close to GA | |
| William Kamkwamba | C | Engineer. Needs expansion, references, and reorganization | |
| Timbuktu | B | Famously far-away city. Needs references | |
| Slavery in Mauritania | C | Slavery. Needs references | |
| Graça Machel | Start | First lady of two different countries. Needs expansion and references | |
| Burmese people | B | Largest and most hegemonic ethnic group in Myanmar. Needs references | |
| Lethwei | B | Combat sport. Needs references | |
| Myanmar Air Force | C | Military branch. Needs references | |
| Flag of Nepal | Start | Pointy flag. Needs references | |
| Lumbini | Start | Buddhist holy site. Needs expansion | |
| Nepalese royal massacre | Start | Regicide. Needs expansion and references | |
| Newar people | Start | Important ethnic group in Nepal. Needs copyediting and a few more refs. | |
| Tenzing Norgay | B | Sherpa mountineer. Needs references | |
| Provinces of Nepal 2L | Start | Administrative divisions. Needs references | |
| Sherpa people | C | Ethnic group. Needs references and reorganization | |
| Afrique Victime | B | Nigerien psychedelic rock album, needs expansion from many review articles. | |
| Gobero | B | 10,000-year-old human graveyard in the Sahara. good sourcing, needs expansion & copyedit | |
| Mdou Moctar | C | Musician. Needs expansion and references | |
| Niamey | Start | City. Needs expansion | |
| Americanah | C | A fascinating novel about Nigeria's place in a globalizing world. Like many of her other works, this one has been the subject of plentiful reviews. | |
| Catholic Church in Palestine | Stub | One-source stub for a decently important topic. There are around 80,000 Catholics in Palestine, mostly in the West Bank. | |
| 2024 Kanlaon eruption | Start | Filipino eruption, has potential. | |
| Marcelino Libanan | C | Filipino politician and the House Minority Leader, has an opportunity. | |
| Wisława Szymborska | B | Polish Nobel Prize–winning poet whose earlier work aligned with predominant socialist themes, which she later renounced. There are at least a couple of full scholarly sources about her and her work. | |
| Paul Rusesabagina | C | Activist of ‘’Hotel Rwanda’’ fame. Needs reorganization. | |
| Rwandan Patriotic Front | C | Political party. Needs expansion and reorganization. | |
| São Tomé | C | City. Needs expansion | |
| São Tomé Island | Start | Island. Needs expansion | |
| Sadio Mané | B | Footballer. Proseline needs attention | |
| Nicolas Jackson | Start | Footballer. Needs expansion and references | |
| Mende people | Start | Ethnic group. Needs references | |
| Revolutionary United Front | Start | Political party. Needs expansion, popular culture section needs attention | |
| Guadalcanal | Start | Island. Needs expansion and references | |
| Jacob C. Vouza | B | Police officer and marine. Needs references (graphic images) | |
| Waris Dirie | B | Human rights activist. Needs reorganization | |
| Abduwali Muse | Start | Somali pirate in US federal prison in...Indiana. Needs references | |
| South African folklore 2L | Stub | So much potential here, and a couple of good sources already on the article! | |
| Dinka people | Start | Largest ethnic group in South Sudan, known for being tall. Needs references | |
| The Vulture and the Little Girl | B | Photograph. Close to GA | |
| Darfur genocide | C | Ongoing genocide. Needs reorganization | |
| Rapid Support Forces | C | Paramilitary. Needs reorganization | |
| Languages of Tanzania 2L | Start | Linguistic demographics. Needs expansion | |
| Diamond Platnumz | Start | Musician. Needs references and reorganization | |
| Stone Town | Start | Historical district. Needs references | |
| 1999 East Timorese crisis | Start | Military conflict after East Timorese independence referendum. Needs expansion and references | |
| Portuguese Timor | Start | Colonial government. Needs expansion and references | |
| Emmanuel Adebayor | B | Footballer. Proseline needs attention | |
| Tuvaluan language | Start | Language. Needs references | |
| .tv | C | Web domain providing 8.4% of Tuvalu's government revenue. Needs references | |
| Gershom Sizomu | Start | Chief Rabbi of Uganda. Needs expansion and updating. | |
| Mariam Nabatanzi | B | Mother of 44 children. Close to GA | |
| Uganda Martyrs | Start | Executed Christians. Needs references | |
| Who Killed Captain Alex? | C | Film. Close to GA | |
| Bobi Wine | B | Politician and actor. Proseline needs attention | |
| Năm Cam | C | Needs cleanup, more quality sources, and perhaps an expansion. The Vietnamese-language version is also quite bad, but there should be a lot of good sources. | |
| Abdul-Malik al-Houthi | C | Revolutionary & leader of the Houthis since 2004. Needs expansion and references | |
| Dracaena cinnabari | Start | Dragon tree which produces blood-red sap. Needs references | |
| Sheba | C | Ancient kingdom. Needs expansion | |
| Socotra | C | World Heritage Site. Needs expansion | |
| Patson Daka | Start | Footballer. Needs expansion, proseline needs attention | |
| Zambia national football team | Start | Football team. Needs expansion |