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This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the European country Moldova with a spirit of cooperation.

Welcome to WikiProject Moldova! Please join up if you are interested in Moldova. The goals of this project are to:

• create, improve, and maintain articles relating to Moldova, its history, geography, people, and culture.
• to assist in the upkeep and maintenance of Portal:Moldova.
• to assist in improving the Outline of Moldova.

To participate, simply add your name to the members subpage.

The scope of this project is all articles relating to Moldova, especially those which fall in the Category:Moldova and its sub-categories. This page and its future subpages contain suggestions on formatting and layout of articles, which can be discussed at the project's talk page.

To do

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

Promote the project

• Join this project! Add yourself to the list, and add the userbox to your page, to advertise the project to people who happen to pass by.
• Invite people to the project – drop a note on the user talk page of editors working on Moldova topics who aren't project members.
• Consider promoting the project via the Wikipedia Signpost WikiProject desk.

Improve the project

• Update the project pages, archive clutter, and make use of the latest automation available
• Consult the WikiProject Guide for ideas
• Come up with new ones

Use the project

• Create a new article. Or check out Wikipedia:WikiProject Moldova/New article announcements and see if these new articles need work such as project tagging or categorising.
• Translate or expand articles from Moldovan Wikipedia.
• Expand some of the articles (check out Category:Moldova stubs or some of its subcategories), always respecting Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View Policy. Also, check the Wikipedia: Manual of Style.
• Add references to articles which need referencing improving. Biographies of living persons are a particular priority.
• Assess some of the Unassessed Moldova articles, using the criteria at Wikipedia:WikiProject Moldova/Assessment. Update the project banner on the relevant talk page.
• You can look at the cleanup listing to see what needs doing.
• Check the talk page for requests for help.

New articles possibly about Moldova

Found by AlexNewArtBot (criteria, log), excludes articles already on Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Moldova articles by quality log:

This list was generated from these rules. Questions and feedback are always welcome! The search is being run daily with the most recent ~14 days of results. Note: Some articles may not be relevant to this project.

Rules | Match log | Results page (for watching) | Last updated: 2024-04-21 20:58 (UTC)

Note: The list display can now be customized by each user. See List display personalization for details.

• Romanian Pontifical College (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Moonraker (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-04-21, score: 24

• Elisavet Ypsilanti (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Alka21 (talk · contribs · new pages (8)) started on 2024-04-17, score: 40

• Category:2022 disestablishments in Moldova (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Dominus Moravian (talk · contribs · new pages (36)) started on 2024-04-19, score: 56

• Izaak of Spain (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Marcelus (talk · contribs · new pages (6)) started on 2024-04-15, score: 36

• St. Sotir Church, Korçë (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Super Dromaeosaurus (talk · contribs · new pages (36)) started on 2024-04-11, score: 30
• Draft:List of historical states of Romania (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Boleyn (talk · contribs · new pages (65)) started on 2024-04-12, score: 26

• Assumption of Our Lady Church, Balotești (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Melange (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2024-04-11, score: 24

• 2023 World Armwrestling Championship (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by 37.151.227.12 (talk · contribs · new pages (0)) started on 2024-04-05, score: 20

• Oltenian dialect (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Super Dromaeosaurus (talk · contribs · new pages (36)) started on 2024-04-07, score: 24

Article alerts

Did you know

• 24 Mar 2024 – Pavel Chioru (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Dahn (t · c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

• 06 Apr 2024 – Moldavia Province, Ottoman Empire (talk · edit · hist) →Moldavia was RfDed by Super Dromaeosaurus (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Apr 2024 – 2004 Moldovian Census (talk · edit · hist) →2004 Moldovan census was RfDed by Super Dromaeosaurus (t · c); see discussion

Project divisions

• Geography
• History and Politics
• Society
• People
• Assessment and Quality

Related groups

• Romania
• Soviet and post-Soviet cinema
• Wikipedians in Moldova

WikiProject Moldova

General information (edit · changes)

• Main Project Page • Talk page • Project category
• Members
• Moldova Portal (talk)
• Outline of Moldova
• Announcements
  • New articles
  • Attention needed
  • Article requests
  • Articles up for deletion

Workgroups

• Geography (talk)
  • Chișinău (talk)
• History and Politics (talk)
• Society (talk)
• People (talk)
• Assessment (talk)
• Peer reviews (talk)

Tools

• Bibliography
• Conventions
• Translation guide

Things you can do (edit)

Here are some tasks you can do:

• Requests: edit

  • Photo requests

  • Map requests

  • Article requests: Geography • History and Politics • Society • People

  New Requests[edit]
  Please add new requests to the bottom, thank you!
• Expand: assess the quality of 122 unassessed articles.
• Update: ((Moldova topics))
• Portal maintenance: Update Did you know.

Active members

To join WikiProject Moldova, edit this section and add the Wikitext #((subst:me)) with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

1. aelfthrytha
2. Andrei Anghelov (talk)
3. bogdan ʤjuʃkə | ^Talk
4. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk)
5. Dc76\^talk
6. John Carter (talk)
7. Lothar von Richthofen (talk)
8. PЄTЄRS J VЄСRUМВА #TALK
9. PYX-340 (talk)
10. Rezistenta (talk)
11. Rubikonchik (talk)
12. serhio --serhio ^talk
13. Shanbhag.rohan
14. Skirts89
15. Codrin.B
16. MoldovaN
17. Kr1st1deejay97 (talk · contribs)
18. Fourdots2 (talk) 18:45, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
19. BastianMAT
20. Double Plus Ungood (talk)

Former members

Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

1. Dpotop
2. Node ue
3. Oleg Alexandrov (talk)
4. R O ^{A M A T A A} | msg 
5. TSO1D
6. Xasha (talk)

Member identification

Members of WikiProject Moldova should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Moldova participants.

Wikitext	userbox	where used
[[Category:WikiProject Moldova participants]]	none	linked pages
((User WP:Moldova))	This user is a participant in WikiProject Moldova.	linked pages
((User WP Moldova))	This user participates in WikiProject Moldova.	linked pages
((User WP Moldova|invite))	This user invites you to join WikiProject Moldova.	linked pages

For other Moldova user templates, see Category:Moldova user templates.

Covers: Cities, communes, districts, counties, physical features, waters, parks, climate.

Aim: Create, improve, and mentain articles in the following categories:

Members of Workgroup G

• serhio ^talk 09:53, 4 June 2008 (UTC) Running Wikipedia:WikiProject Moldova/Chişinău task force.[reply]
• Dc76\^talk 12:02, 14 July 2009 (UTC) Starting and improving articles from the List of cities in Moldova, List of localities in Moldova, and Administrative divisions of Moldova.[reply]

To do

See Workgroup Geography.

Covers: History of Moldova and its predecessors, including recent history, government, and politics

Aim: Create, improve, and mentain articles in the following categories:

Members of Workgroup HP

• Dc76\^talk 12:02, 14 July 2009 (UTC) More history, less politics.[reply]
• Saukkomies^talk beginning in October 2009 : Specializing in Neolithic history.
• Codrin.B^talk - focused on ancient history, especially related to Dacia

To do

See Workgroup History and Politics.

Covers: Economy of Moldova in the largest of senses: communications, media, IT, energy, transport, tourism, buildings and structures, education, science and technology, health services. Statistics and demographics. Culture: arts, music, traditions, religion, language. Sport.

Aim: Create, improve, and maintain articles in the following categories:

Members of Workgroup S

• Dc76\^talk 12:02, 14 July 2009 (UTC) Statistics and demographics.[reply]
• PYX-340\^talk -- Internet in Moldova and Telecommunications related articles.
• XXN (talk) 16:01, 4 November 2013 (UTC) - All about Sport, Football.[reply]
• AyodeleA1 (talk) 15:16, 15 June 2019 (UTC) - Military of Moldova[reply]

To do

See Workgroup Society.

Covers: Residents of the current nation of Moldova, all its predecessors, and all those people who have resided in any of Moldova's predecessor states who have shaped Moldova.

Aim: Create, improve, and mentain articles in the following categories:

Members of Workgroup P

• (add)

To do

See Workgroup People.

Aim: Assess the existing articles in Category:Moldova. Improve their quality and reach C, B, A, and FA qualifications.

Members of Workgroup AQ

• Lothar von Richthofen (talk) Assessment of unassessed articles, re-assessment, copyediting.

Assessment

The rating system used is described in more detail on a specific Assessment page. Requests for assessment may be filed there. Here an overview:

Moldova articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
GA	3		1	8			12
B	12	14	10	29		20	85
C	9	18	31	63		56	177
Start	23	57	117	312		258	767
Stub	4	23	111	787	1	1,583	2,509
List	4	3	6	42	3	48	106
NA	3	2	5	21	3,007		3,038
Assessed	58	117	281	1,262	3,011	1,965	6,694
Unassessed				2	1	119	122
Total	58	117	281	1,264	3,012	2,084	6,816
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 19,876			Ω = 5.60

• Project statistics – Statistices for our rating system
• V1.0 index logs, sortings, stats, etc.

Showcase

The following items have received recognition from the Wikipedia community or been recognized by the Assessment department as being among the best candidates this project has for such recognition:

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:Moldova articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.

Former featured articles

Good articles

Did you know? articles

In the News articles

Main page featured articles

To do

See Workgroup Quality.

Resources

• CIA website on Moldova
• Bibliography (talk) – Bibliography collection for Moldova-related articles
• Photo requests (talk) – List of requested photos
• Map requests (talk) – List of requested maps

Subscription databanks

The following sources relevant to this subject are available from subscription databanks for the time periods indicated. The material may be available in abstract, citation, or full text format. If anyone wishes to obtain information from these sources, please send me an e-mail indicating the address to send it to, and either the specific subject of interest or the title and dates of interest, and I will forward what I can find. John Carter (talk) 18:41, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• A&G Information Services (1999-2006)

Translation and style guides

• Naming Conventions
• Translation guide

Categories

Lists

Stubs

If the priority articles in the top of this page don't interest you, you can always expand one of these stubs.

• Category:Moldova stubs
• Category:Moldova geography stubs
• Category:Transnistria stubs
• Category:Romanian history stubs
• Category:Moldovan people stubs

Stub templates

• ((Moldova-stub)) - Stub template for articles relating to Moldova; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  • ((Moldova-geo-stub)) - Stub notice for articles relating to the geography of Moldova; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  • ((Transnistria-stub)) - Stub template for articles relating to Transnistria; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  • ((Romania-hist-stub)) - Stub notice for articles relating to Romanian history; to be put on the bottom of each article page.
  • ((Moldova-bio-stub)) - Stub notice for articles relating to Moldovan people; to be put on the bottom of each article page.

Templates

What to type	What it makes	What it's for
((WikiProject Moldova))	Moldova NA‑class This article is within the scope of WikiProject Moldova, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Moldova on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.MoldovaWikipedia:WikiProject MoldovaTemplate:WikiProject MoldovaMoldova articles NA This article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.	Template placed on the top of talk pages, not on article pages
((User WP:Moldova))	This user is a participant in WikiProject Moldova.	Userbox for WikiProject members, add to the user page

Project Barnstar

Many projects have a barnstar created specifically for editors who make substantial contributions to articles in their field. At this point, we do one. A few proposals have already been made at Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals. Please feel free to make any additional suggestions or indicate which you find most appealing there.

• 
  The Moldovan Barnstar of National Merit

• Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
• Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
• Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
• Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.