UNESCO Challenge
18 April - 18 May, 2017
#UNESCO_Challenge

List of articles to create, improve and translate

The articles included in the Challenge to work on and translate are the World Heritage Sites, their constituent parts and articles about World Heritage in general, these are the only ones that will give you points in the Challenge.[1][2]

We especially encourage you to focus on the List of World Heritage in Danger.

This list of World Heritage sites on Wikidata will help you see which articles exist in which languages.

Note: If you would like more languages added to this automated list please contact User:John Cummings.

UNESCO have released their official descriptions of World Heritage sites under CC-BY-SA, this applies to English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish, over 6,000 descriptions in total. You can use these descriptions to fill in missing articles. to learn how to use open license text on Wikipedia see the links below:

Using UNESCO images
UNESCO is releasing a large number of images to Wikimedia Commons as part of this competition:

  • To see which images have not yet been used in your language please click on the drop down menu below and chose your language.
Wikipedia
Language
English
Svenska
Deutsch
Nederlands
Français
Winaray
Русский
Sinugboanong Binisaya
Italiano
Español
tiếng Việt
Polski
日本語
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中文
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Català
فارسی
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Norsk (Bokmål)
العربية
Suomi
Bahasa Indonesia
Magyar
Română
Čeština
한국어
Српски / Srpski
Bahasa Melayu
Türkçe
Minangkabau
Esperanto
Қазақша
Dansk
Euskara
Български
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hy
עברית
Lietuvių
Hrvatski
Slovenščina
Eesti
O‘zbek
Galego
Nynorsk
Latina
Volapük
Simple English
Ελληνικά
Беларуская
Нохчийн
हिन्दी
ქართული
Azərbaycanca
ไทย
Occitan
Македонски
اردو
Malagasy
नेपाल भाषा
தமிழ்
Cymraeg
Татарча
Piemontèis
Tagalog
Bosanski
Latviešu
తెలుగు
Беларуская (тарашкевіца)
Brezhoneg
Krèyol ayisyen
Shqip
Basa Jawa
Кыргызча
Bân-lâm-gú
Lëtzebuergesch
मराठी
粵語
മലയാളം
Íslenska
Тоҷикӣ
বাংলা
Afrikaans
Gaeilge
Башҡорт
Scots
شاہ_مکھی_پنجابی(Shāhmukhī Pañjābī)
Чăваш
Frysk
Lumbaart
မြန်မာဘာသာ
Yorùbá
Aragonés
Kiswahili
नेपाली
Asturianu
Ido
ગુજરાતી
Sicilianu
ইমার ঠার/বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী
Plattdüütsch
Kurdî / كوردی
Alemannisch
Runa Simi
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
Basa Sunda
ಕನ್ನಡ
Soranî / کوردی
Boarisch
Монгол
Interlingua
اللغه_المصريه_الحديثه (Maṣri)
Nnapulitano
Basa Ugi
Žemaitėška
Walon
Gàidhlig
አማርኛ
Basa Banyumasan
יידיש
مَزِروني
Føroyskt
සිංහල
Nāhuatl
Vèneto
Саха тыла (Saxa Tyla)
Иронау
Limburgs
Кырык Мары (Kyryk Mary)
संस्कृतम्
Hornjoserbsce
Tarandíne
Kapampangan
Олык Марий (Olyk Marij)
Sámegiella
Māori
wiki Ilokano
تۆرکجه
Bikol
Fiji Hindi
贛語
پښتو
hakwikiHak-kâ-fa / 客家話
Zazaki
भोजपुरी
گیلکی
Русиньскый
nds-nl wiki Nedersaksisch
West-Vlams
བོད་སྐད
Võro
მარგალური (Margaluri)
Corsu
تركمن / Туркмен
Sardu
Vepsän
لۊری شومالی
Gaelg
wiki ភាសាខ្មែរ
Kaszëbsczi
Коми
Qırımtatarca
Zeêuws
Emiliàn e rumagnòl
Nordfriisk
سنڌي، سندھی ، सिन्ध
古文 / 文言文
吴语
অসমীয়া
Soomaali
Удмурт кыл
Aymar
Ślůnski
Kernewek/Karnuack
Seeltersk
Nouormand/Normaund
Rumantsch
Перем Коми (Perem Komi)
Dzhudezmo
Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄
Interlingue
Furlan
Malti
Picard
Avañe'ẽ
ދިވެހިބަސް
Dolnoserbski
Líguru
Chavacano de Zamboanga
Ripoarisch
Gagauz
Estremeñu
Эрзянь (Erzjanj Kelj)
Mirandés
Englisc
Лезги чІал (Lezgi č’al)
Sepedi
Bahsa Acèh
ئۇيغۇر تىلى
पाऴि
Pangasinan
Taqbaylit
Diné bizaad
Arpitan
chiShona
Lingala
Авар
Hawai`i
Pälzisch
Хальмг
Къарачай-Малкъар (Qarachay-Malqar)
Qaraqalpaqsha
Ikinyarwanda
Deitsch
faka Tonga
Kalaallisut
arc
Novial
Адыгэбзэ (Adighabze)
कोंकणी / Konknni
Буряад
ລາວ
Bahasa Banjar
هَوُسَ
Tetun
Papiamentu
Tok Pisin
dorerin Naoero
मैथिली
Тыва
Лакку
jbo wiki Lojban
Armãneashce
Reo Mā`ohi
Мокшень (Mokshanj Kälj)
Cuengh
Igbo
Wolof
Sranantongo

Wikidata items to improve

A list of World Heritage sites on Wikidata can be found here

Adding data
Please add useful data to the Wikidata items for the World Heritage sites, which can include:

  • One of the most common missing pieces of information for build World Heritage sites is the date of construction (note: this is different to date of inception). This information can be found within the official descriptions on the World Heritage website.
  • An image
  • A Wikimedia Commons category
  • Add other Wikidata items are part of a World Heritage site e.g the Eiffel Tower is part of the Paris, rives de la Seine World Heritage site. This can be done by using the has part property on the World Heritage site item and the part of property on the items that are included in the World Heritage site.

Fixing errors
A common error made on Wikidata is to give part of a World Heritage site the property heritage status: World Heritage site, which is incorrect. Correctly labeled sites will include the property World Heritage criteria (2005). These incorrectly labeled sites can be corrected by removing the property heritage status and adding the property part of and the World Heritage site which it is a part of.

These incorrectly labelled sites can most easily be found by looking at the list above and finding any sites with a small number of articles across different languages.

Contest details
Contest details
Background
Background
Prizes
Prizes
List of articles & Images
List
Participants & Scoring
Participants
Discussion
If you have any questions about this writing challenge, please add them to our talk page.
Log
See the continuously updated log for the event.
  1. Sometime the World Heritage Sites consists of a number of components. All components are included in the Challenge (e.g. "Quadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)" in Lebanon belong to the same site and are both included).
  2. Tentative sites are not included, but only current World Heritage Sites.