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1 History

It seems that Wikipedia started being multilingual in May 2001. According to the announcement [1], May, about 12 non-English editions had been created, including a Japanese one. The original site address was http://ja.wikipedia.com and all pages were written in the Latin alphabet or romaji, as the software did not work with Japanese characters.

The first article was named "Nihongo No Funimekusu" (though incorrect, it was probably intended to mean onso taikei ( phonemics) and was written in entirely romaji. RoseParks, who was one of the initial members of Wikipedia, posted it in late March to early April. It seems the site had been in the test stage. Until late December in that year, there were only two pages.

1.1 Japanization

On September 1, 2002, the software hosting wikipedia was upgraded to the so-called "Phase III", and the articles were moved from the old version to the new. From that point it becomes possible to trace the articles. As old articles show, there were articles posted by several non-native-Japanese speakers. The major coverage in that time includes Japanese culture, Language, Geography, and programming-related articles.

In the same month, the translation into Japanese of the Wikipedia software interface began. By the end of year, pages about how to edit or about the GNU Free Documentation License had been translated.

In mid-December, the number of registered users stood about 10; the number of articles also stood at around 10.

1.2 Coverage in Wired News Japanese edition

In January 31, 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U, a Japanese online magazine, Wired News Japanese edition covered Wikipedia. It seems that it was the first time that Wikipedia was mentioned in the Japanese media.

After that, the number of participants started to increase considerably and many pages about the Wikipedia project were translated or created.

There were a handful of articles about cartoonists, Japanese prefectures as well as stock trades.

1.3 1000 page milestone

On February 12February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 322 days remaining, 323 in leap years. Events 1541 Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia. 1554 Nine days after claiming the throne of England, Lady Jane Grey is beheade, 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U, the Japanese edition of Wikipedia reached the 1000 pages milestone, two years after the English edition.

1.4 Slashdotted

Given that accomplishment, Slashdot Japan posted a story about Japanese Wikipedia. Several days after that, the number of participants doubled, attesting to the power of the Slashdot effectSlashdot The Slashdot effect is the huge influx of Internet traffic to a website as a result of its being mentioned on Slashdot, a popular technology news and information site. It can be generalized to refer to any time a popular website links to another.

Because of this exposure, a variety of articles started to appear, among them PhysicsPhysics (from the Greek, physikos , "natural", and physis , "Nature") is the science of Nature in the broadest sense. Physicists study the behavior and properties of matter in a wide variety of contexts, ranging from the sub-microscopic particles from whi, BiologyBiology studies the variety of life clockwise from top-left E. coli tree fern, gazelle, Goliath beetle Biology is the science of life. It is concerned with the characteristics and behaviors of organisms, how species and individuals come into existence, an, Information technologyInformation technology (IT) or information and communication technology (ICT) is the technology required for information processing. In particular the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and ret, LiteratureLiterature is literally "an acquaintance with letters" as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary; the term has, however, generally come to identify a collection of texts. The word "literature" spelled with a lower-case "l" can refer to, Music, Game, Manga, Celebrity.

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