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Welcome to WikiProject Taiwan! This is a WikiProject open to anyone interested in editing, expanding and refining Wikipedia's coverage of articles concerning Taiwan (officially the Republic of China). Our scope may overlap with WikiProject Japan and WikiProject China in some areas, but will be separate most of the time. This WikiProject strives for neutrality on topics of a geopolitical and ethnic nature.

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Scope

Articles relating to the following topics: History of Taiwan, Culture of Taiwan, Taiwanese people, Republic of China Armed Forces, Geography of Taiwan, Sports in Taiwan, Energy in Taiwan, Politics of Taiwan, Religion in Taiwan

This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to Taiwan, its cities, counties, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Taiwan in a fair and accurate manner.

Goals

• To create a body of articles that accurately depicts the history and culture of Taiwan and the Taiwanese people.
• Expand the number of articles regarding Taiwan and Taiwanese subjects.
• Highlight the situation of post-1949 Taiwan without running into POV issues.
• Add more English sources to existing Taiwan-related articles, using the <ref> element.

Collaboration

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.

Guidelines

These are for discussion on proper usage of spelling for Chinese related pages.

• WP:CHINESE Chinese Naming Conventions.
• MOS:CHINESE Manual of Style.

Departments

The four departments are used to coordinate with other participants in improving articles.

• Assessment: To assess the quality of articles in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program. Ratings are attributed to articles via the {{WPTAIWAN}} project banner.
• Peer review: Request peer review to examine articles and obtain ideas for further improvement.
• Photography: Request and supply photos needed in articles.
• Translation: Request and assist in the translation of high-quality non-English material.

Task Forces

• WP:TWTOWNS: Taiwanese townships task force.
• WP:TWMIL: Chinese military history task force.
• WP:TWBALL: Taiwanese Baseball task force.

Article alerts

Article alerts

Did you know

• 25 Jan 2025 – Nien-Hsi Yang (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Butterdiplomat (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Jan 2025 – Goodnight Chicken (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Jolielover (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 15 Jan 2025 – Kang Chu Sports Park (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by JMWt (t · c) was closed as keep by Benison (t · c) on 22 Jan 2025; see discussion (5 participants)
• 14 Jan 2025 – List of Hindu empires and dynasties (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Mr.Hanes (t · c) was closed as no consensus by Vanderwaalforces (t · c) on 05 Feb 2025; see discussion (20 participants; relisted)
• 08 Jan 2025 – List of Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers head coaches (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Dclemens1971 (t · c) was closed as redirect by OwenX (t · c) on 15 Jan 2025; see discussion (4 participants)
• 06 Jan 2025 – Anti-Taiwanese sentiment (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Amigao (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 13 Jan 2025; see discussion (6 participants)
• 02 Jan 2025 – Philippine jade culture (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Toadspike (t · c) was closed as delete by Randykitty (t · c) on 09 Jan 2025; see discussion (7 participants)
• 23 Dec 2024 – Kdan Mobile (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by IgelRM (t · c) was closed as no consensus by Barkeep49 (t · c) on 15 Jan 2025; see discussion (12 participants; relisted)

Categories for discussion

• 05 Feb 2025 – Category:Wikipedia categories named after universities and colleges in Taiwan (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Feb 2025 – Category:Wikipedia categories named after populated places in Taiwan (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Feb 2025 – Category:Wikipedia categories named after organizations based in Taiwan (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Feb 2025 – Category:Wikipedia categories named after companies of Taiwan (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Feb 2025 – Category:Wikipedia categories named after buildings and structures in Taiwan (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Feb 2025 – Category:Wikipedia categories named after Taiwanese musical groups (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Feb 2025 – Category:Wikipedia categories named after Taiwanese musicians (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Feb 2025 – Category:Wikipedia categories named after Taiwanese people (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Feb 2025 – Category:Wikipedia categories named after Taiwanese awards (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
• 31 Jan 2025 – Category:Chen family of Kaohsiung (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Mike Selinker (t · c) was closed; see discussion

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Good article nominees

• 27 Dec 2024 – Typhoon Krathon (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by HurricaneEdgar (t · c); start discussion
• 20 Jan 2025 – Goodnight Chicken (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Jolielover (t · c) was promoted by LunaEatsTuna (t · c), see discussion

Requested moves

• 04 Feb 2025 – Nien-Hsi Yang (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Yang Nien-hsi by Prince of Erebor (t · c); see discussion
• 30 Jan 2025 – Wu Tao-yan (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Wu Tao-yuan by Sports2021 (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Jan 2025 – On the Run! (Jay Chou album) (talk · edit · hist) move request to On the Run! by Zinderboff (t · c) was moved to On the Run (Jay Chou album) (talk · edit · hist) by Tiggerjay (t · c) on 30 Jan 2025; see discussion
• 14 Jan 2025 – Taichung Metro (talk · edit · hist) move request to Taichung MRT by Bailmoney27 (t · c) was moved to Taichung MRT (talk · edit · hist) by Robertsky (t · c) on 21 Jan 2025; see discussion
• 05 Jan 2025 – Supreme Court of the Republic of China (talk · edit · hist) move request to Supreme Court of Taiwan by Butterdiplomat (t · c) was moved to Supreme Court of Taiwan (talk · edit · hist) by Cyberdog958 (t · c) on 21 Jan 2025; see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 05 Feb 2025 – Settler state (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Settler colonialism by Викидим (t · c); see discussion
• 03 Feb 2025 – Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Taiwanese Resistance to the Japanese Invasion (1895) by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
• 31 Jan 2025 – Taiwanese Resistance to the Japanese Invasion (1895) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895) by 特磨 (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Jan 2025 – Jinguashi Mine (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Jinguashi by Cagliost (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Articles to be split

• 25 Dec 2020 – Silicon Integrated Systems (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Danikayser84 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 23 Jan 2025 – Draft:Big Cat Studio (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Leopapayon (t · c)

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Statistics

As of 8 February 2025, there are 12,855 articles within the scope of WikiProject Taiwan, of which 3 are featured and 30 are good articles. This makes up 0.18% of the articles on Wikipedia, 0.03% of all featured articles and lists, and 0.07% of all good articles. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etc., there are 25,710 pages in the project. For a more detailed overview see Taiwan article statistics in the sidebar.

Taiwan articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FL			2	1			3
GA	2	4	8	15			29
B	20	59	63	88		2	232
C	24	87	199	715		3	1,028
Start	6	110	559	3,406		143	4,224
Stub		45	559	5,917		137	6,658
List	4	9	125	398		1	537
Category					5,946		5,946
Disambig					50		50
File					113		113
Portal					55		55
Project					62		62
Redirect		2	16	105	198		321
Template					557		557
NA					4		4
Other					26		26
Assessed	56	316	1,531	10,645	7,011	286	19,845
Unassessed		1	2	4		137	144
Total	56	317	1,533	10,649	7,011	423	19,989
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 65,934			Ω = 5.42

270 edits	Barbie Hsu
210 edits	Taiwanese Americans
45 edits	Dee Hsu
33 edits	Lunar New Year in Taiwan
23 edits	Chinese Taipei at the 2025 Asian Winter Games
19 edits	Ko Wen-je
19 edits	Meteor Garden (2001 TV series)
16 edits	Chiau Wen-yan
13 edits	2026 World Baseball Classic qualification rosters
12 edits	Chinese New Year

These are the articles that have been edited the most within the last seven days. Last updated 8 February 2025 by HotArticlesBot.

Templates

• To add a page to the project, please add one of the following templates to the top of the talk page of the article: {{WikiProject Taiwan}} or {{WPTAIWAN}}.
• To invite a user to participate in this project, add {{subst:WPTAIWAN-invite}} to their talk page.

Awards

There is now a barnstar which can be awarded to people in thanks for contributions to Taiwan-related articles. For details on how to use it, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Taiwan/Barnstar.

		Taiwan Barnstar of Merit
		Awarded to Some Contributor by A User for contributions to WikiProject Taiwan, specifically for great work in getting the articles on X, Y, and Z to Good Article status. 08 February 2025