User:Kaliper1

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Kaliper1 (Калипер1), also known as K1, is a Wikipedian editor who has been editing articles since 25 June 2020. Kaliper1 began contributing to various Wikimedia sites by initially focusing on making minor improvements such as correcting grammatical errors, adding citations, fixing formatting, adding category and image tags, captions, and links. This hobby served as a pastime after half-retiring from other endeavors. However, due to the upheaval of 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, kaliper1 found themselves with an abundance of free time, leading to feelings of boredom and a desire to make a positive impact on the world. As a result, they turned their attention towards contributing to Wikipedia and other related sites, with the aim of making meaningful contributions to the broader online community.

Contributions
To many to list them down, You can see my Wikipedia contributions here and Commons uploads, in which some are still in display, are here.

Persons of interests in China
One of the first image/texts edits I've done in Wikipedia was concerning persons of interests in China. Specifically 1920-1940s Manchukuo and Northeast China. I've initially chosen this due to the fact that I was returning back from Beijing. Visiting Museums, Universities (Jilin and Northeast), Old Buildings, and Religious sites in northeast china, that's plastered with history, intrigues me. And during my time there, I've had uploaded photos on Baidu baike, A chinese version of Wikipedia per-say. Mainly about unknown and obscure old photos catalogued in museums from the 1920-40's. As of now i've only uploaded Pictures of Feng Yong and Ying Qianli  from my Baidu baike postings and scouring. So far also i'm planning to add all of my picture postings in Baidu baike site to wikipedia for the world to see.

As a note, concerning the status of my image posting migration from Baidu baike to Wikipedia; most of these images are posted on the Chinese Public domain. Specifically the Baidu Encyclopedia at this exact page. Baidu states that by adding content to the Baidu Baike site, users agree to waive the copyright of their contributions to Baidu. It also states that the content must not violate intellectual property law and that content using the Creative Commons and/or GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) must respect the limitations of such licenses.

Not to mention, According to copyright laws of the People's Republic of China (with legal jurisdiction in the mainland only, excluding Hong Kong and Macao), amended November 11, 2020, Works of legal persons or organizations without legal personality, or service works, or audiovisual works, enter the public domain 50 years after they were first published, or if unpublished 50 years from creation. For photography works of natural persons whose copyright protection period expires before June 1, 2021 belong to the public domain. All other works of natural persons enter the public domain 50 years after the death of the creator. And according to copyright laws of Republic of China (currently with jurisdiction in Taiwan, the Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, etc.), all photographs and cinematographic works, and all works whose copyright holder is a juristic person, enter the public domain 50 years after they were first published, or if unpublished 50 years from creation, and all other applicable works enter the public domain 50 years after the death of the creator. Again only posting old images (1920-1940's) and my own pictures (scans, photography, etc.) uploaded to the Baidu baike sites. See.

Everything Timor-Leste
I have had the opportunity to contribute to the Wikipedia pages related to Timor-Leste, a small country situated between Indonesia and Australia. Specifically, my focus has been on editing and improving the political and geographical sections of these pages. One significant challenge I encountered was the scarcity of information on the English version of the Timor-Leste Wiki in comparison to the more extensive and detailed German Wiki pages. To address this disparity, I decided to translate relevant pages from German to English, which allowed me to make meaningful contributions to the English language wiki community.

The depth and quality of articles concerning Timor-Leste varied significantly across different languages. I noticed that there were far more German language Wikis about Timor-Leste than English, and the Indonesian Wiki was highly underdeveloped. Given that I had some understanding of the German language, albeit a bit rusty and not in use for a long time, I decided to contribute my skills and knowledge to this cause. Thus far, I have been able to make a meaningful contribution by translating and expanding several Wiki pages related to Timor-Leste by also joining WikiProject East Timor.

One out of many examples of the changes I made to these Wiki pages can be seen in the pages for KOTA, PUN, and PST, where I added detailed information on the geography and politics of these regions. I find Timor-Leste to be a fascinating country with a rich cultural history and also personal history! In which, motivated me to contribute to these Wiki pages. I wish to visit Timor-Leste one last time. However, that is a story for another time. In the meantime, I hope others can appreciate the work that I, and many others, have done to improve the quality and depth of information available on Timor-Leste.

Current drafts
''Here are Kaliper1's current drafts. You may see my work being done below!''


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