Wikipedia:School and university projects/Local Culture and the Internet 2010

Ehime University — Local Culture and the Internet

Course description
Students will study how local cultures are represented and promoted on the Internet. Students will look at on the ways Matsuyama and Ehime local culture are represented in English-language web sites, with a particular focus on Wikipedia. Students will learn about the history of Wikipedia, the ideas behind it, and how to use it, and they will learn how to contribute to and create Wikipedia pages.

The course is organized by user Icuc2.

Introduction to Wikipedia

 * Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia created by Wikipedians.
 * Five pillars of Wikipedia explains the main goals of Wikipedia.
 * 五本の柱

Getting started

 * Although you can contribute to Wikipedia anonymously, it is better to create an account. (Why?)
 * Log in with your user name and a password before editing so you and others can keep track of your contributions.
 * You now have your own user page which can be used for various purposes. (Your user page is here).
 * From your user page, you can create a watchlist to track changes to pages you choose.

Editing pages

 * Tutorial gives a brief description of basic techniques.
 * チュートリアル
 * links are extremely important.
 * Links within Wikipedia are created using double square brackets.
 * You must be very exact about the link name or it will not work. Changing the link text is possible after a vertical bar (|).
 * Don't forget to check "what links here" in the left column. Links to your article are as important as links in your article.
 * Links out of Wikipedia are usually given in footnotes or a list of external links.

Creating pages

 * You can create a new page for a topic if it is notable and you have reliable sources.
 * 記事を執筆する、又は、独立記事作成の目安.
 * Make sure to check possible alternative names to make sure you are not duplicating a page that already exists.
 * You may need to use a redirect in the case of multiple names.
 * Every page needs to belong to at least one category.
 * You may wish to use templates such as infobox to improve formatting.

Images

 * Wikipedia can also include images. For information on how to add them, see the picture tutorial.  You'll need to consider copyright: see the section on copyright below.
 * It's better to upload images to Wikimedia Commons instead of Wikipedia, so that they can be used for other Wikimedia projects. (You'll need to create a separate Wikimedia Commons account.)

Copyright

 * To avoid legal problems Wikipedia is quite strict about following international copyright laws.
 * Uploaded images need a copyright tag to show that the image is legally used.
 * Historical photographs created before 1946 or published before 1957 are in the public domain according to Japanese copyright law. You can use this template when uploading to Wikimedia commons.

Pages we created

 * Saka no ue no kumo Museum, 23 June 2010
 * Sugiura Hisui, 7 July 2010
 * Saka no ue no kumo (novel), 7 July 2010
 * jakoten, 21 July 2010
 * Matsuyama Higashi High School, 2 August 2010
 * Botchan Ressha, 18 May 2011
 * Matsuyama City Station, 18 May 2011
 * Isaniwa Yukiya, 27 July 2011
 * Dogo Beer, 27 July 2011
 * Hōgon-ji (Matsuyama), 17 July 2012
 * Uwajima Ushi-oni Festival, 24 July 2012
 * Kōshin-an, 24 July 2012
 * Kurita Chodō, 24 July 2012

Course status updates

 * 28 February 2010. project page was created for Spring 2010 course.
 * 28 April 2010. Users Shiropiyo and Katakori joined.
 * Iyo kasuri added by group.
 * Research centers to Ehime University by group.
 * 12 May 2010. user koppepan joined.
 * Shiki Memorial Museum added by Icuc2.
 * 19 May 2010. Group discussion about image change for Matsuyama.
 * 26 May 2010. "People from Matsuyama" renamed to "notable residents" and alphabetized by Icuc2.
 * 16 June 2010. 13 notable residents added to Matsuyama by Icuc2.
 * 23 June 2010. Saka no ue no kumo Museum created by Katakori.
 * 7 July 2010. Museums added to Matsuyama by group.
 * Sugiura Hisui page added by Shiropiyo.
 * 14 July 2010. Image added to Sugiura Hisui by group.
 * Saka no ue no kumo (novel) page added by Icuc2.
 * History section added to Saka no ue no kumo Museum by Katakori.
 * 21 July 2010. jakoten with pictures added by koppepan.
 * 28 July 2010. Discussion of final projects.
 * 2 August 2010. Final projects due.
 * Dogo Onsen additions by koppepan
 * Matsuyama Higashi High School created by Shiropiyo.
 * 13 April 2011. Second course (Spring 2011) began.
 * 20 April 2011. Kanatam... joined. Added Matsuyama Shinonome College link to Matsuyama page.
 * 27 April 2011. Discussion of possible Shinonome High School page.
 * 11 May 2011. Discussion of possible Dogo Beer page.
 * 18 May 2011. Report on Dogo Beer investigation by Kanatam.... Icuc2 added Botchan Ressha and Matsuyama City Station pages.
 * 25 May 2011. Continuing Dogo Beer investigation by Kanatam.... New registration for mizukiremi. Discussion of possible Isaniwa Yukiya page.
 * June-July developing Isaniwa Yukiya and Dogo Beer pages.
 * 27 July 2011 Last class; Isaniwa Yukiya and Dogo Beer pages uploaded.
 * 17 April 2012. Third course (Spring 2012) began.
 * 24 April 2012. Discussion about new projects: additions to Taneda Santōka page, possible Bari-san page, possible Koshin'an page.
 * 1 May 2012. Possible cancellation of Bari-san, continued Taneda Santōka discussion.
 * 8 May 2012. We discussed Ushi-oni, Kōshin-an, and Isso-an.
 * 15, 22, 29 May, 5, 12, 19, 26 June, 3 July 2012. Planning for Uwajima Ushi-oni Festival, Kōshin-an, Kurita Chodo.
 * 9 July 2012 Icuc2 decided to make a Hōgon-ji (Matsuyama) page.
 * 17 July 2012. Icuc2 created Hōgon-ji (Matsuyama)
 * 24 July 2012. Final class of Spring 2012 semester. Ityo00 created Uwajima Ushi-oni Festival. Risa1484 added Kōshin-an and Kurita Chodō.
 * 12 April 2020. Local Culture and the Internet (Tenth Anniversary Class) is officially open.
 * May 2020. Iruzime joined.
 * 20 May 2020. Matsuyama Castle (Iyo) was taken over by Iruzime at 1:56 p.m., in a surprise maneuver. However, the move was opposed by Viewmont Viking, who reverted the edit, stating it was "not encylopedic in tone." The skirmish continued until 2:58 p.m. when Iruzime's third edit went through unopposed. Icuc2, arriving late on the scene the following day, fixed the formatting, changed a sentence, and suggested some changes.
 * 8 July 2020 Ehime Prefecture got some culture, thanks to User:Dtsukey