Submissions/Coverage of Asian biodiversity on Asian-language Wikipedias

Asia is home to a number of biodiversity hotspots. How does this affect the coverage of biodiversity in Asian-language Wikipedias?

Elephas maximus borneensis, Borneo
17: bjn, id, ko, ms, th zh, zh-yue
Mesobuthus longichelus, Xinjiang
1
Ephedra intermedia, Gansu
5: az, ru, zh
Semachrysa jade, Selangor
7: ru, vi
Hapalomys delacouri, Vietnam
11: ceb, vi, war
Allocota viridipennis, Singapore
0

The somewhat cryptic elements of the captions give the number of languages that a Wikipedia article exists in, plus some of the Asian ones.
For instance, "7: ceb, vi" means there are Cebuano and Vietnames versions, out of a total of 7 Wikipedia languages.

After careful consideration, the programme committee has decided not to accept the below submission at this time. Thank you to the author(s) for participating in the Wikimania 2013 programme submission, we hope to still see you at Wikimania this August.

Epomis circumscriptus preying upon Hyla savignyi, Israel. 0

Otus jolandae, Lombok.

Submission no.: 1011
Subject no.: A3

Title of the submission: Coverage of Asian biodiversity on Asian-language Wikipedias

Type of submission: presentation

Author of the submission: Daniel Mietchen

Country of origin: Germany

Affiliation: Open Knowledge Foundation Germany

E-mail address: daniel.mietchenokfn.org

Username: User:Daniel Mietchen

Personal homepage or blog: http://wir.okfn.org

Abstract

Detailed proposal

Asia is the largest continent, the most populated one, and rich in both human languages and biodiversity. This contribution will look at how Asian-language Wikipedias cover the topic of biodiversity in general as well as selected taxa endemic to the area where a particular Wikipedia language is spoken. This includes observations on the role of bots and Wikidata in creating and maintaining such articles, on the editing dynamics of articles on species newly described from the region, and on the use of multimedia.

Track: Wikis in Asia

Length of presentation/talk: 25 minutes

Language of presentation/talk: English

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Thisizima fasciaria,
Hong Kong
1
Limnonectes timorensis, Timor-Leste
5: ceb, war
Myanmymar aresconoides, Myanmar
1
Termitotrox cupido, Cambodia
1

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