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Map of Kosovo

Some Wikipedians have formed a project to expand and organise information better in articles related to Kosovo. This page contains their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help but don't know what to do, inquire on our talk page. If you want to join the project, please add your username to the the Participants page.

[edit] What is Kosovo?

Kosovo (Albanian: Kosova, Kosovë; Serbian: Косово or Косово и Метохија, Kosovo or Kosovo i Metohija) is a disputed region in the Balkans. It is landlocked and is bordered by Central Serbia to the north and east, the Republic of Macedonia to the south, Albania to the west, and Montenegro to the northwest. Settled by Slavs around 600, the area was under Turkish rule from 1389 to 1913 and became part of Yugoslavia after World War I. As an autonomous region of Serbia after 1946, Kosovo lost much of its autonomy in 1990, leading to ethnic conflict between Kosovo's Serb and Albanian populations. NATO intervention between March 24 and June 10, 1999, aimed to force Milošević to withdraw his forces from Kosovo, combined with continued skirmishes between Albanian guerrillas and Yugoslav forces resulted in a further massive displacement of population in Kosovo.

Flag of the Republic of Kosovo

After international negotiations between the provisional institutions of government in UN-administered Kosovo and Serbia failed to reach a consensus on a final status for Kosovo, the Assembly of Kosovo, based on the plan formulated by UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari recommending independence supervised by the international community, declared independence from Serbia as the Republic of Kosovo on 17 February 2008. Independence is still not widely accepted.

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WikiProject Kosovo

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Kosovo article statistics

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Kosovo articles		Importance
Kosovo articles		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA			1			1
	GA		1				1
	B	2	6	2		4	14
	C		3			2	5
	Start		11	5	5	88	109
	Stub	1	1	4	13	279	298
	List			1	1	8	10
	Assessed	3	22	13	19	381	438
	Unassessed					95	95
	Total	3	22	13	19	476	533

To standardize Kosovo related articles in Wikipedia.
To improve Wikipedia coverage of Kosovo related articles by adding, expanding and improving Kosovo related articles.
To serve as a central point of discussion for issues related to Kosovo related articles.

[edit] Scope

This WikiProject aims to:

Put the {{WikiProject Kosovo}} tag on the Talk page of all Kosovo-related articles
- The intention is to add the {{WikiProject Kosovo}} tag to the talk pages of appropriate articles in all Kosovo-related categories
Expand the number of Kosovo-related articles
Improve the quality of Kosovo-related articles (see discussion)
Work towards the promotion of Kosovo-related articles as "Good articles"
Work towards the promotion of Kosovo-related articles as "Featured articles"
Create a Kosovo-related "Collaboration of the Week"
Add Kosovo-related articles to WikiProject Kosovo's public watchlist

[edit] Recent developments log

Started a project source list to help us find sources. Needs much more work. Rayhou (talk) 22:24, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Started work on the public watchlist. -- ChrisO (talk) 22:48, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Created to do list. -- ChrisO (talk) 02:05, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Created Wikipedia:WikiProject Kosovo/userbox , for Kosovo-related userboxes --B.C ^{say what ?} 11:54, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Help would be appreciated at the Kosovar Portal , thank you --Cradel 22:06, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Article assessments

Featured articles

Turkish language - Featured on the Main page on June 23, 2007.

Good articles

Flag of Kosovo - September 25, 2008

Featured pictures

Did you know (DYK)s

Polish-Ukrainian Peace Force Battalion - 3 June 2007.
Đorđe Martinović - 25 October 2007.

[edit] Open tasks

edit · history · watch · refresh To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Kosovo:
Add relevant articles, category pages, images and redirects to Wikipedia:WikiProject Kosovo/publicwatchlist Add {{WikiProject Kosovo}} to talk pages of relevant articles List current and former featured articles, featured pictures and Did You Knows