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A little history of Wikiproject Singapore

Singapore editing Singapore-related articles

Robert Sim / robertsky

justanothersgwikieditor (JASWE)

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Topics

  • The Wikiproject
  • The first articles and number of articles
  • Some statistics
  • Featured articles and Good articles
  • Where we stand now
  • Wiki Loves Living Heritage in Singapore
  • Ask us anything

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The Wikiproject

Wikiproject Singapore is open to all Singaporean editors or editors who are interested in Singapore related topics

2 Singapore related Wikiprojects were created. One on 10 March 2005 and the other on 25 August 2006. While both projects were used together in parallel, it was merged into a single wikiproject on 6 August 2020, 3 days shy of the Singapore National Day on 9 August.

�As of 6 August, we have

  • 213 listed Wikiproject Singapore editors
    • 28 active members (who made 50 active edits in the past 365 days)’
  • 2 administrators
    • 1 active administrator
    • 1 de-sysopped administrator due to inactivity

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The first articles and the number now

Number of articles

  • 12,825 (Based on index of Singapore-related articles)
  • 12,952 (Based on article assessment)

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robertsky is semi-actively maintaining the Index of Singapore-related articles with a script. The index is based on a curated list of categories and respective sub-categories which we felt is a better indicator of Singapore related articles.

(for those interested in the indexing script, there is a demonstration session by robertsky at room 325 (same room) on 17 August (tomorrow) room 325 at 3.45pm (1545))

The first few Singapore related articles:

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Some statistics

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  • Year with most created �articles: 2005 (1,315)
  • Average no. of new articles/year: 509�(2013-2022)
  • Average no. of new articles/day: 1.57
  • Steep increase from onset between�2003 and 2006
  • Slow decline between 2007 and 2014
  • Stable at ~140,000 edits/year �since 2015

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Some statistics

Number of edits on articles

  • Total - 2,481,554
  • Average per article - 193.4

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Top 10 most edited pages

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Featured and Good Articles (FA and GA)

Featured Articles

  • 13 FA (0 former FA)
    • 8 MRT related articles
    • 2 Law related Singapore articles
    • 1 History of Singapore article
    • 1 Economy of Singapore article
    • 1 National symbol of Singapore article

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Good Articles

  • 172 GA

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Where we stand now

  • We have 700+ articles with ready references to be written.
    • Primarily through Infopedia (an online encyclopedia by the National Library Board of SIngapore).
  • On Commons, an estimated 107,121 Singapore related photographs with an influx of 1,100+ photos from Wiki Loves Living Heritage in Singapore Photography contest.
  • Wikimedians of Singapore User Group in progress of getting recognition from Affcom.

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Wiki Loves Living Heritage in Singapore

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Wiki Loves Living Heritage in Singapore

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Wiki Loves Living Heritage in Singapore

Honorable mention

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Ask us anything