Chinese Wikipedia - Quiz
Chinese Wikipedia
  • 1. Which institution conducted the report on the quality of Chinese Wikipedia articles?
A) Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
B) Wikimedia Foundation
C) Tsinghua University
D) Beijing University
  • 2. According to the report, what is a primary issue with many Chinese Wikipedia articles?
A) Too many high-quality images
B) Overly long and repetitive text
C) Excessive academic bias
D) Content incoherence and lack of detail
  • 3. Why is machine translation not considered a viable solution for improving Chinese Wikipedia?
A) It lacks satisfactory readability
B) It produces articles that are too long
C) It is banned by the government
D) It is too expensive
  • 4. How do some mainland users gain the ability to edit Wikipedia despite IP blocks?
A) Through IP block exemptions granted by administrators
B) By physically traveling to Hong Kong
C) By using official government-approved accounts
D) Through hacking the main server
  • 5. What is the primary goal of the WMC according to the text?
A) To promote Chinese language learning
B) To gain control of Wikipedia to support China's viewpoint
C) To increase the number of Wikipedia contributors globally
D) To improve the translation quality of scientific articles
  • 6. Why does Baidu Baike lack worldwide credibility according to the text?
A) Due to self-censorship and commercialization
B) Because it is only available in simplified Chinese
C) Due to a lack of technical infrastructure
D) Because it refuses to use user-generated content
  • 7. Why was the Wikimedians of Mainland China (WMC) never formally recognized by the Wikimedia Foundation?
A) They were found to be using bots for editing
B) They refused to sign documents protecting member anonymity
C) The Foundation does not recognize regional groups
D) They did not have enough members
  • 8. What kind of threats have WMC editors made against Taiwanese Wikipedians?
A) Identity theft
B) Legal lawsuits
C) Financial blackmail
D) Death threats
  • 9. Which article was specifically mentioned as being subject to intense edit warring between WMC and other editors?
A) Taiwan-China relations
B) 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
C) The Great Firewall of China
D) History of the Communist Party of China
  • 10. What action has the WMC threatened regarding editors of the Hong Kong protests article?
A) Doxing their real-life addresses
B) Filing a complaint with the United Nations
C) Reporting them to the Hong Kong national security police hotline
D) Deleting their personal accounts
  • 11. How does the anonymous Hong Kong editor describe the behavior of pro-Beijing editors compared to pro-democracy editors?
A) More focused on grammar and syntax
B) More aggressive in churning out disinformation
C) Less active in the editing process
D) More likely to cite primary sources
  • 12. What is one tactic used by pro-Beijing editors to shift the narrative on Hong Kong protest articles?
A) Adding only neutral academic sources
B) Automatically blocking all new users
C) Removing content sympathetic to protests
D) Deleting the entire Wikipedia page
  • 13. When did the Chinese Wikipedia begin providing a server-side conversion mechanism?
A) March 2011
B) April 2010
C) January 2005
D) January 2000
  • 14. How many total settings are available for users regarding character and vocabulary conversion?
A) Eight
B) Four
C) Six
D) Two
  • 15. What is the term for a pineapple in mainland China?
A) 黄梨
B) 鳳梨
C) 菠蘿
D) 菠萝
  • 16. According to the survey from 2010-2011, which region contributed the highest percentage of edits?
A) Hong Kong
B) Mainland China
C) Taiwan
D) United States
  • 17. Which written language is the Chinese Wikipedia based on?
A) Cantonese
B) Written vernacular Chinese
C) Shanghainese
D) Classical Chinese
  • 18. Which script does the Wu Wikipedia use exclusively?
A) Bàng-uâ-cê
B) Simplified Chinese
C) Traditional Chinese
D) Pe̍h-ōe-jī
  • 19. Which script does the Classical Chinese Wikipedia use exclusively?
A) Pe̍h-ōe-jī
B) Pha̍k-fa-sṳ
C) Simplified Chinese
D) Traditional Chinese
  • 20. What is used for one-time conversion of a single phrase when conversion tables are insufficient?
A) Page title conversion
B) Regional settings
C) Automatic redirection
D) Markup
  • 21. What writing system does the Min Nan Wikipedia use?
A) Bàng-uâ-cê
B) Pha̍k-fa-sṳ
C) Pe̍h-ōe-jī
D) Simplified Chinese
  • 22. What is the primary function of page title conversion?
A) Grammar correction
B) Vocabulary substitution
C) Text analysis
D) Automatic page redirection
  • 23. When was the Chinese Wikipedia created?
A) 11 May 2015
B) 11 May 2001
C) 1 May 2001
D) 16 September 2021
  • 24. Since when has the Chinese Wikipedia been blocked in mainland China?
A) May 2015
B) September 2021
C) June 2019
D) May 2001
  • 25. Which organization supports the Chinese Wikipedia project?
A) Baidu
B) Chinese Communist Party
C) Wikimedia Foundation
D) United Nations
  • 26. How many articles does the Chinese Wikipedia currently have?
A) 13,379
B) 1,564,678
C) 4,260,867
D) 4.9 billion
  • 27. How many administrators are there on the Chinese Wikipedia?
A) 5
B) 1,564,678
C) 60
D) 13,379
  • 28. When was the first article on the Chinese Wikipedia created?
A) 20 October 2003
B) 1 November 2002
C) 14 June 2003
D) 23 December 2004
  • 29. Who created the first article on the Chinese Wikipedia?
A) Ghyll
B) China Computer Education
C) Ivan Zhai
D) China Times
  • 30. When did the first automatic conversion between simplified and traditional Chinese characters start?
A) 20 October 2003
B) 1 November 2002
C) 23 December 2004
D) 14 June 2003
  • 31. Which software release introduced the conversion table for zh-sg and zh-hk?
A) MediaWiki 1.4.2
B) MediaWiki 1.4
C) MediaWiki 1.0
D) MediaWiki 2.0
  • 32. When were the first five administrators promoted?
A) 14 June 2003
B) 1 November 2002
C) 20 October 2003
D) 16 May 2004
  • 33. What is the ranking of the Chinese Wikipedia in terms of article count?
A) Twelfth-largest
B) Eighth-largest
C) Twentieth-largest
D) First-largest
  • 34. How many page views did Chinese Wikipedia have in 2016?
A) 4.9 billion
B) 3.6 million
C) 1.5 million
D) 7,500
  • 35. In what year did Chinese Wikipedia rank eighth in all-time page views?
A) 2026
B) 2013
C) 2024
D) 2016
  • 36. What was the approximate number of registered users in 2024?
A) 13,379
B) 3.6 million
C) 4.2 million
D) 1.5 million
  • 37. In the name '維基', what does the character '維' refer to?
A) Ropes or webs connecting objects
B) A period of time
C) Circle or enclosure
D) Foundations of a building
  • 38. Who wrote the sentence '海納百川,有容乃大'?
A) Lin Zexu
B) A Qing official
C) A Wikipedia administrator
D) A Taiwanese editor
  • 39. How many administrators were on the Chinese Wikipedia in 2026?
A) 4
B) 60 million
C) 9,100
D) 63
  • 40. Which term is associated exclusively with Wikimedia projects?
A) 海納
B) 維基
C) 圍紀
D) 維客
  • 41. How often is the regular meetup held in Tainan City, Taiwan?
A) Once every two days
B) Once every two weeks
C) Once every year
D) Once every month
  • 42. What is one of the alternative transcriptions of 'wiki' mentioned in the text?
A) 千仞
B) 維基百科
C) 海納百川
D) 圍紀
  • 43. When was the Eastern Min Wikipedia project started?
A) 10 March 2015
B) 23 June 2013
C) 30 September 2013
D) 30 September 2006
  • 44. What is the name of the writing system based on the Fuzhou dialect used in Eastern Min Wikipedia?
A) Pha̍k-fa-sṳ
B) Simplified Chinese
C) Foochow Romanized
D) Hagfa Pinyim
  • 45. What was the ranking of the Eastern Min Wikipedia by number of entries in November 2014?
A) 155th
B) 161st
C) 287th
D) 202nd
  • 46. What is the primary dialect used for the vernacular part of the Hakka Wikipedia?
A) Fuzhou dialect
B) Sixian dialect
C) Mandarin
D) Cantonese
  • 47. How many articles did the Hakka Wikipedia have as of September 2025?
A) 10,366
B) 1,496
C) 4,512
D) 35,210
  • 48. How many registered users did the Hakka Wikipedia have in September 2025?
A) 30
B) 1,496
C) 35,210
D) 13,485
  • 49. What writing system was the Hakka Wikipedia originally written in?
A) Pha̍k-fa-sṳ
B) Simplified Chinese characters
C) Hagfa Pinyim
D) Foochow Romanized
  • 50. On 10 March 2015, what was the Hakka Wikipedia's rank by number of articles?
A) 155th
B) 161st
C) 202nd
D) 287th
  • 51. Who introduced the Foochow Romanized writing system?
A) The Wikimedia Foundation
B) Western missionaries
C) Local Fuzhou linguists
D) Eastern Min editors
  • 52. What technology makes it difficult for censors to see which specific pages a user is viewing?
A) HTTPS links
B) Proxy servers
C) IP redirection
D) Encrypted databases
  • 53. What did users primarily use to access Wikipedia during the third block?
A) VPN software
B) Tor browser
C) Direct satellite links
D) Proxy servers
  • 54. What event was contextually linked to the unblocking of Chinese Wikipedia in July 2008?
A) The upcoming Olympic Games
B) The anniversary of the founding of the PRC
C) A meeting of the United Nations
D) A trade agreement with the US
  • 55. Which newspaper reported on the 2010 administrator controversy involving 'Shizhao'?
A) The New York Times
B) BBC
C) Ming Pao
D) China International Publishing Group
  • 56. What is the nickname for the administrator involved in the 2010 controversy?
A) Enming Yan
B) Jimmy Wales
C) Shizhao
D) Jie Ding
  • 57. Shizhao denied being a member of which group?
A) The World Intellectual Property Organization
B) The Hong Kong government
C) The 50 Cent Party
D) The Wikimedia Foundation
  • 58. What did Shizhao state he did regarding the article about the Concert For Democracy in China?
A) Questioned its notability
B) Deleted it immediately
C) Wrote it himself
D) Supported it publicly
  • 59. Who is an official from the China International Publishing Group mentioned in the text?
A) Shizhao
B) Lokman Tsui
C) Jie Ding
D) Enming Yan
  • 60. According to Enming Yan, what happens when pro-Beijing voices are removed from Wikipedia?
A) The site is unblocked
B) The balance tilts towards anti-Beijing forces
C) The site becomes more neutral
D) The Chinese government increases funding
  • 61. What did Shizhao joke about deleting?
A) The Chinese Constitution
B) The Hong Kong government website
C) Manual for Librarians
D) The 1989 protests article
  • 62. How many users had their administrator privileges removed in the 2021 action?
A) Seven
B) Three hundred
C) Fifty
D) Twelve
  • 63. Who is the Wikimedia Foundation's vice president of community resilience and sustainability?
A) None of the above
B) Katherine Maher
C) Maggie Dennis
D) Jimmy Wales
  • 64. How long did the investigation into infiltration concerns last?
A) Six months
B) A year
C) Three months
D) Two years
  • 65. Under what license is the Chinese Wikipedia released?
A) Creative Commons Attribution
B) Public domain
C) GNU Free Documentation License
D) Fully copyrighted
  • 66. Which company surpassed Baidu Baike in number of articles by October 2009?
A) Sohu
B) Google
C) Hudong Wiki
D) Chinese Wikipedia
  • 67. What is a major reason for Baidu Baike's growth mentioned in the text?
A) Widespread copyright infringement
B) Volunteer professional editors
C) Strict citation requirements
D) High academic credibility
  • 68. Who died in 2016 due to Baidu's commercialization of misinformation?
A) A Chinese Wikipedia founder
B) A government official
C) A Baidu administrator
D) Wei Zexi
  • 69. What happens to the rights of contributors on Baidu Baike and Hudong?
A) Contributors retain ownership of all content
B) Contributors license content under GNU
C) Contributors share ownership with Baidu
D) Contributors forfeit all rights upon submission
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