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Welcome to '''WikiProject Limited recognition''', a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]] to add, organize, fill out, and provide a standard format for articles about those regions in the world which have declared independence, and maintain a de facto sovereignty, but are conspicuously unrecognized in international circles. The scope of this project includes any and all nations of people considered unrepresented by the international community, primarily those that are considered de facto sovereign states based on the declarative theory. Many of these have very poor articles, or no articles at all, and many lack depth, without articles on key figures.

Regions excluded from the international community are notoriously difficult to gain reliable, up-to-date information on, and what little information is available on the encyclopedia is often subject to controversy and edit warring. If you would like to help us provide high-quality information about nations and peoples of the world that cannot be found on most maps, please join us [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Limited_recognition#Participants|here!]]

Our project was founded on 19 July 2004 as [[WP:URC|WikiProject Unrecognized countries]] and later WikiProject geopolitical entities not recognised as states. At its peak, we had 23 members, but this project later became inactive. In 2018, our project was revamped and renamed to [[WP:WPLR]] with our original goal still in mind: to organize information about [[List of states with limited recognition|states with limited recognition]].

Though we also assess and improve articles regarding proto-states and active independence movements, there are currently nine states with limited recognition of high importance as these entities match the criteria for inclusion in the [[Limited recognition]] article. These nine states with limited recognition are the primary focus of our project and portal, and their respective articles fall within our scope for improvement.

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This project also aims to improve articles on:</br>
'''[[Quasi-state|Proto-states]]:'''
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'''Active independence movements:'''
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# {{Flagicon image|Flag of United Liberation Front of Asom.svg|22px}} [[Assam separatist movements|Assam]]
# {{flagicon image|Balochistan Flag.svg}} [[Insurgency in Balochistan|Balochistan]]
# {{flag|Basque Country}}
# {{flag|Catalonia}}
# {{flag|East Turkestan}}
# {{flagicon image|Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front flag.svg}} [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir|Kashmir]]
# {{flag|Khalistan}}
# {{flag|Kurdistan}}
# {{flag|Scotland}}
# {{flagicon|South Moluccas}}&nbsp;[[Republic of South Maluku|South Moluccas]]
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# {{flagicon|Republic of West Papua}} [[Republic of West Papua|West Papua]]
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Due to the number of peoples that may seek independence, this shortlist attempts to only include movements that are considerably well-documented, particularly those whose movements have standalone Wikipedia articles.