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Featured images and cultural diversity
Khalili Collections
The English Wikipedia article on the Dar al-Kiswa passed Good Article review, becoming the seventh Good Article from this project. This article is thematically connected to another of this project's articles, Sitara (textile).
Two images from the Khalili Collections were awarded Featured Image status by Arabic Wikipedia and were featured on its front page as Picture of the Day. In the course of finding this out, I found two earlier Featured Images from December 2021 and January 2022. These four images, by being on the front page of Arabic Wikipedia, got an extra 340,000 views. Volunteers have written Arabic descriptions of the objects on their Commons pages.
- Featured images on Arabic Wikipedia
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Gold dinar dated 198 AH (813-14 AD)
Passed review 30 November 2021
POTD 1 December 2021 -
Hilyah with an unusual layout
Passed review 8 January 2022
POTD 9 January 2022 -
Mughal pan box and tray
Passed review 5 June 2022
POTD 6 June 2022 -
Calligraphic Composition of Surah Yusuf (chapter 12 of the Quran)
Passed review 8 June 2022
POTD 9 June 2022
This means the Khalili Collections now have six featured images on Arabic Wikipedia, four on Persian Wikipedia, and two on English Wikipedia (details here).
Because these nomination processes happen quickly, and the original uploader is not usually notified, I have created an automated way to find images that have received featured status on other Wikipedias. This query with the PETScan tool finds images in a category that have some sort of assessment badge. Andy Mabbett has incorporated the query into a {{Category statistics plus}} template that can be put in any category.
Two new images were uploaded this month, plus three cropped versions of previously-uploaded images.
Volunteers have translated the Talismanic shirt article (that was improved by this project) into Turkish and into German.
The UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity article, greatly expanded by this project, has since passed DYK review. "Did You Know... that the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity includes value systems, traditions, and beliefs in its definition of culture?" ran on the English Wikipedia home page on 5 June, becoming the twentieth DYK from this project. Text from this article has also been used to improve the article on Cultural diversity.
I have begun a draft on Islamic metal art, using the existing German article as a starting point.
