One round
Number of rounds
1000
Number of articles for development and creation


Important Notices:

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  • The Kateb Maktub Competition does not promote any category of writers and is not biased against any particular writer. Our main objective is to enrich the Arabic content in Wikipedia about Arab authors from the Arab world.
  • Please be advised that all names suggested in the lists below were gathered from reputable and accredited Arab publishing houses, and you can view the list of names' sources here. Also, please note that the jury reviews and checks all lists of names to ensure that they meet the notability criteria.
  • We recommend and urge participants to ensure authors’ notability before creating articles to avoid articles deletion.

How to avoid your articles getting deleted:

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Wikipedia allows the deletion of Wikipedia articles without so much as a discussion if the article meets certain criteria, such as the article not having any reference, SPAM, hoaxes, attack pages, etc. Deletion is done by Wikipedia administrators based on the mentioned criteria, they can do “express deletion” only in limited cases. in this case, deleting not only erases the content, but also deletes the page with its history from the entire Wikipedia, only administrators can see the deleted edits and restore them.

The Most Important Reasons to Remove Articles from Wikipedia:

  • Insufficient significance: The person or brand is still little known. There is little or even no mentions of them in the press, publications in the media.
  • Non-encyclopedic style: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. Therefore, the style should be scientific and clear, without epithets, comparisons, advertising phrases, praise and evaluative judgments.
  • Non-authoritative sources: Wikipedia has clear definitions of which sources to consider authoritative.
  • The article was created with violations: For example, it is forbidden to write about yourself or your company.
  • The article was created by a participant with zero or very small contribution: If the article is published by a freshman, it immediately attracts the attention of experienced editors and administrators on various violations.

Crucial Instructions:

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  • Each participant is allowed to reserve 3 articles at a time but is prohibited from reserving a fourth article unless the size of one of the articles already booked has reached (4000 bytes) - for each reserved and created article please include this template ({{article development}}).
  • Participants must add the hashtag #KMC in the article's edit summary before it is published.
  • All participants must create all reserved articles within 48 hours of reserving the article.
  • Please ensure authors’ notability before creating articles and search publishing houses and reliable sources to find the characters’ verified name to avoid confusion with similar names.
  • In case an article is deleted participants should submit a request for undeletion and mentioning the reason for the request, in addition, administrators will review the request and the participant will receive one point when requesting undeletion.
  • Participants may suggest authors names to the organizing committee here for inclusion in the competition lists, provided that the author meets notability criteria.
Articles Articles in Arabic Assigned to... Reservation date Current/Minimum Size status
1 The Internal Market (Story) السوق الدخلي 4,000/0 not reserved
2 The ghosts of deserted alleys أطياف الأزقة المهجورة 4,000/0 not reserved
3 The Suns of Gypsies شموس الغجر 4,000/0 not reserved
4 The Tales of the Traveling Seagull حكايا النورس المهاجر Larasabri401 (talk · contribs) 4,000/0
5 Half of Freedom شقة الحرية ليان الدجاني (talk · contribs) 4,000/5,616
6 The Coffeehouse قشتمر Larasabri401 (talk · contribs) 4,000/6,505
8 Deputy of Azrael نائب عزرائيل 4,000/0 not reserved
9 Sufficiency Ceiling (Novel) سقف الكفاية Mossab92 (talk · contribs) 4,000/80
10 Sophia (Novel) صوفيا (رواية) KingRamenXIV (talk · contribs) 4,000/0
11 Chaos of the Senses فوضى الحواس ليان الدجاني (talk · contribs) 4,000/4,046
12 In the Harbour of Days على مرفأ الأيام Larasabri401 (talk · contribs) 4,000/0
13 Writing in a Moment of Nakedness الكتابة في لحظة عري 4,000/0 not reserved
14 Memory of the Flesh ذاكرة الجسد (رواية) ليان الدجاني (talk · contribs) 4,000/80
15 The Passenger Of a Bed عابر سرير (رواية) Mossab92 (talk · contribs) 4,000/79
16 Forgetting.com نسيان.com (رواية) Mossab92 (talk · contribs) 4,000/4,473
17 Their hearts are with us - and their bombs are on us قلوبهم معنا وقنابلهم علينا (رواية) Larasabri401 (talk · contribs) 4,000/4,673
18 Black Suits You so Well الأسود يليق بك (رواية) Mossab92 (talk · contribs) 4,000/7,230
19 Delicious as Parting Dreams شهيا كفراق (رواية) KingRamenXIV (talk · contribs) 4,000/0
20 In Search of Walid Masoud: A Novel البحث عن وليد مسعود (رواية) ليان الدجاني (talk · contribs) 4,000/4,551
21 Sharaf (novel) شرف (رواية) Mossab92 (talk · contribs) 4,000/6,080
22 Bayrut, Bayrut بيروت بيروت (رواية) 4,000/0 not reserved
23 Amricanly أمريكانلي (رواية) 4,000/0 not reserved
24 The Oasis Diary يوميات الواحات (رواية) 4,000/0 not reserved
25 The Stealth (Novel) التلصص (رواية) Mossab92 (talk · contribs) 4,000/80
26 The French Law القانون الفرنسي (رواية) 4,000/0 not reserved
27 war in the land of Egypt الحرب في بر مصر (رواية) 4,000/0 not reserved
28 [[1]] موت سرير رقم 12 ليان الدجاني (talk · contribs) 4,000/0
29 Umm Saad أم سعد (رواية) Larasabri401 (talk · contribs) 4,000/6,300
30 Return to Haifa عائد إلى حيفا (رواية) Larasabri401 (talk · contribs) 4,000/79
31 The Blind and the Deaf الأعمى والأطرش (رواية) 4,000/0 not reserved
32 The Hat and the Prophet القبعة والنبي Larasabri401 (talk · contribs) 4,000/8,802
33 Rama and the Dragon رامة والتنين ليان الدجاني (talk · contribs) 4,000/4,641
34 [[2]] حدث أبو هريرة قال ليان الدجاني (talk · contribs) 4,000/0
35 Beirut Nightmares كوابيس بيروت Larasabri401 (talk · contribs) 4,000/6,558
36 Your Eyes are my Destiny عيناك قدري 4,000/0 not reserved
37 Beirut 75 بيروت 75 Larasabri401 (talk · contribs) 4,000/10,166
38 I Declare Love Upon You أعلنت عليك الحب ليان الدجاني (talk · contribs) 4,000/0
39 The Impossible Novel: Damascene Mosaic الرواية المستحيلة: فسيفساء دمشقية NANöR (talk · contribs) 4,000/0
40 A Costume Party for the Dead” سهرة تنكرية للموتى 4,000/0 not reserved
41 Magi (Book) المجوس 4,000/0 not reserved
42 Anubis (novel) أنوبيس (رواية) Larasabri401 (talk · contribs) 4,000/4,469
43 Gold Dust (novel) التبر (رواية) Mossab92 (talk · contribs) 4,000/7,652
44 The Bleeding of the Stone نزيف الحجر ليان الدجاني (talk · contribs) 4,000/5,148
45 The Puppet (novel) الدمية Larasabri401 (talk · contribs) 4,000/0
46 The sword and the ship السيف والسفينة ليان الدجاني (talk · contribs) 4,000/83
47 [[]] الرجع البعيد 4,000/0 not reserved
48 Sail and storm الشراع والعاصفة Mossab92 (talk · contribs) 4,000/0
49 White Ebony الأبنوسة البيضاء (رواية) Mossab92 (talk · contribs) 4,000/5,938
50 The End of a Brave Man نهاية رجل شجاع (رواية) Gobonobo (talk · contribs) 4,000/10,637