Wikipedia:School and university projects/SFU Tiananmen Square Project

Simon Fraser University's History 479 course ("Change, Conflict and Resistance in Twentieth-Century China: Tiananmen Square"), first offered in Fall 2010, created new articles and sections related to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. One new article, about the April 26 Editorial, was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." section on April 26, 2011, April 26, 2013, and April 26, 2017.

The course was offered for a second time in Spring 2014; students uploaded original content in March and April 2014.

The course was offered for a third time in Spring 2016 as 479W (the "W" means "writing intensive"). Students uploaded original content in April 2016.

The course was offered for the fourth time in Spring 2018 as 479W; students uploaded original content in April 2018.

Articles Created and Edited in 2018

 * 1989 Chinese protests by region
 * New article.


 * 1989 Sino-Soviet Summit
 * New article.


 * Chen Mingyuan
 * New article.


 * Chen Xitong
 * Major revision and expansion.


 * Chengdu protests of 1989
 * New article.


 * Defend Tiananmen Square Headquarters
 * Major revision


 * Li Lu
 * New section.


 * Lu Jinghua
 * New article.


 * Operation Yellowbird
 * Major revision and expansion.


 * Political Purges During and After the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989
 * New article.


 * Reactions to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
 * New section.


 * Tiananmen Exiles
 * New article.


 * Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
 * Expansion of "Economic impact" section.
 * Added new section about "Tiananmen's 21 Most Wanted List."


 * Wang Juntao
 * New article.


 * Wu Renhua
 * New article.


 * Yu Dongyue
 * Major revision and expansion.


 * Yu Zhijian
 * New article.

Articles Created and Edited in 2016

 * 1986 Chinese Student Demonstrations
 * New article.


 * Almost a Revolution
 * Major revision and expansion.


 * Chai Ling
 * Major revision and expansion.


 * Finances of Student Organizations during the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989
 * New article.


 * Instances of Insubordination in the PLA during the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests
 * New section.


 * Jiang Jielian
 * New article.


 * Li Lu
 * New section.


 * People's Daily during the 1989 Student Movement
 * New article.


 * People's Liberation Army at Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
 * Added new material to section about rumors.


 * The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited
 * New article.


 * Red China Blues
 * Expanded stub into full article.


 * Student and Government Dialogue during the 1989 Student Movement
 * New article.


 * Student Propaganda During the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989
 * New article.


 * The Students’ Hunger Strike of the 1989 Tiananmen Protests
 * New article.


 * Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989
 * Contributed new material about morning of June 4 and June 5.


 * Women's Roles during the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989
 * New article.

Articles Created and Edited in 2014

 * April 27 Demonstration
 * Contributed new article.


 * Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation
 * Contributed new article.


 * Chai Ling
 * Major revision and expansion.


 * Defacement of Mao Zedong's Portrait on the Tiananmen, 1989
 * Major revision and expansion. Still pending: correcting the title.


 * Defend Tiananmen Square Headquarters
 * Contributed new article.


 * Fang Zheng
 * Contributed new article.


 * Feng Congde
 * Turned stub into a full article.


 * Foreign Media and the Tiananmen Square Protests
 * Contributed new article.


 * A Heart for Freedom: The Remarkable Journey of a Young Dissident, her Daring Escape, and her Quest to Free China's Daughters
 * Contributed new article.


 * Hou Dejian
 * Contributed new article.


 * Hu Qili
 * Expanded short entry into a full article.


 * International Material Gifts From Outside Mainland China During the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests
 * Contributed new article.


 * Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China
 * Added new subsection titled "Specific examples of internet censorship" and added content about how the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 have been censored.


 * Memorials for the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
 * Major revision and expansion.


 * Su Xiaokang
 * Contributed new article.


 * A Tiananmen Journal: Republic on the Square
 * Contributed new article.


 * Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
 * Added new subsection titled "China's National Image."


 * Yan Mingfu
 * Contributed new article.

Articles Created and Edited in 2010

 * Activities of the People’s Liberation Army During Tiananmen Protests of 1989
 * Contributed new article.


 * Arrest and trial of Chen Ziming and Wang Juntao
 * Contributed new article.


 * Beijing Workers' Autonomous Federation
 * Contributed new article.


 * Ding Zilin
 * Contributed new section on Ding's activism.


 * Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship
 * Replaced stub with full article.


 * Lu Decheng
 * Contributed new article.


 * April 26 Editorial
 * Contributed new article.


 * Reactions to Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 (new main article spun-off from Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989)
 * Added new content about the UN reaction
 * Added new section titled "Reaction of Chinese in North America, Hong Kong and Taiwan"


 * River Elegy
 * Added new section titled "Government, Intellectuals' and Public Reactions to and Debates about River Elegy (Heshang)."


 * Student Posters and Leaflets during the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989
 * Contributed new article.


 * Tiananmen Papers
 * Major expansion and rewrite.


 * Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989
 * Major expansion of "Background" section.
 * Added new subsection titled "1 June – 2 June" under "Military Action" subsection.
 * Major revision of "Forbidden topic in mainland China" section.
 * Added new content about a UN Committee on Torture report.
 * Added new subsection titled "Aftermath."


 * Vancouver's Reaction to the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre
 * Contributed new article.


 * Wang Dan
 * Added new sections on Wang Dan's life after 1989, significant revision.


 * Yao Yilin
 * Added new section titled "Role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests."


 * Zhang Liang (author)
 * Contributed new article.