China and Wikipedia

[markalexander100]

I thought this might be a good place to solicit help on Wikipedia, a user-contributed encyclopedia.

There's a list of China-related topics at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_China-related_topics ; we need help with plugging gaps, expanding the existing articles, and maybe working on the grammar of some of our non-English speakers' contributions.

Chinese-language contributions are very welcome at http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%96%E9%A1%B5 .

The money's terrible, but it's fun.

[geek_frappa]

I thought this might be a good place to solicit help on Wikipedia' date=' a user-contributed encyclopedia.

There's a list of China-related topics at [url']http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_China-related_topics[/url] ; we need help with plugging gaps, expanding the existing articles, and maybe working on the grammar of some of our non-English speakers' contributions.

Chinese-language contributions are very welcome at http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%96%E9%A1%B5 .

The money's terrible, but it's fun.

umm ... well ...

mmm.... information is disseminated differently in chinese.

chinese data is organized differently and delivered differently.

for example,

> http://www.sina.com

[markalexander100]

mmm.... information is disseminated differently in chinese.

chinese data is organized differently and delivered differently.

for example' date='

> [url']http://www.sina.com[/url]

You mean contemporary Chinese culture is largely moronic? True, but then so is contemporary western culture: http://www.yahoo.com

We're aiming a notch or two higher.

[geek_frappa]

mmm.... information is disseminated differently in chinese.

chinese data is organized differently and delivered differently.

for example' date='

> [url']http://www.sina.com[/url]

You mean contemporary Chinese culture is largely moronic? True, but then so is contemporary western culture: http://www.yahoo.com

We're aiming a notch or two higher.

:?:

[smithsgj]

Well what did you mean then, g_f? I can't see the difference between Sina and Yahoo either!

And wikipedia seems to me to be quite a worthy initiative, applicable to Chinese and indeed in any linguistic or cultural context. Don't you agree?

[geek_frappa]

yes, of course.

wikipedia is a very challenging endeavour and i am sure they will be successful.

[bathrobe]

I'm not impressed with Wikipedia. Very much slanted towards the official Chinese line.

For examples, see 'Koxinga', 'South China Sea' and 'Li of China', on all of which I have commented.

[Ian_Lee]

I'm not impressed with Wikipedia. Very much slanted towards the official Chinese line.

But it looks like that it is also slanted towards the exile Tibetans. Read its version of history of Qinghai:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai

[林彪]

Anybody can edit Wikipedia, so if you think an article is slanted, click the "Edit this page" link to edit it.

[geek_frappa]

anybody can edit?

sounds like a train with no driver.

i guess we'll need to see what happens.

very interesting project, i think.

[林彪]

anybody can edit?

sounds like a train with no driver.

If other people don't like your edits, they will "revert" them. But try editing it. It's fun.

[roddy]

anybody can edit?

Not from within China - recently blocked, both Chinese and English versions. Trying to get it now, but no joy

Roddy

[holyman]

can still get the not-so-sensitve issues but others are blocked... give u a blank page.

oh, it is blocked now... roddy is right...

[Quest]

try http://www.the-cloak.com/Cloaked/+cfg=32/http%3A//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page