Wikipedia Asian Month 2025/Taiwan Files Special Event

Taiwan’s Memory of
International Partnerships

2025 December

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Introduction

During this special edition of Wikipedia Asian Month, the National Archives Administration (NAA) of Taiwan and Wikimedia Taiwan (WMTW) invite you to explore and revisit a pivotal chapter in Taiwan’s modern history. NAA provided several archival photographs which document how Taiwan, from the 1950s to the 1970s, engaged with the world as a representative of "Free China." These rare diplomatic images reflect the symbolic tensions of the Cold War era.

You are invited to translate the image descriptions to your language, identify important figures depicted in the photos, that will provide historical context that enriches our understanding of each moment. You are also welcome to upload contemporary images or records of the same locations, allowing us to visually contrast the past with the present.

WMTW also hope that this event is an experiment, allowing Wikipedia Asia Month to take on more diverse forms in the future, and enabling the world to better understand Asia.

Rules

• Contest Period: 1–31 December 2025.
• To participate in the event, select photographs from the event’s archive list and complete any combination of the three tasks a total of 4 times.
• Participants who reach this milestone will receive a small prize (limited quantity — awarded on a first-come, first-served basis).
• You may complete the following tasks:
  1. Translate a photo description into a language in which it has not yet been translated.
     • Each successfully added translation counts as 1 task per photograph.
  2. Add the photo to relevant Wikimedia Commons categories for the people shown in it.
     • Each new category connection added for an individual counts as 1 task.
  3. Provide a verifiable contemporary photo of the same location or scene shown in the archival photo.
     • Each uploaded photo as 1 task.
     • If multiple uploaded photos are too similar (judged by the organizers), they will be counted as 1 task only.
• Please register all completed tasks through "Fountain tool" by clicking the button at the top and submitting your contribution. Only entries recorded in the tool will be counted.
• The organizers reserve the final right of interpretation for all contest rules.

Awards

All winners will receive cultural and creative merchandise provided by the NAA.

• Participants who complete 4 tasks will receive a basic reward.
• In addition, win the two special prizes will award exclusive surprise prizes:
  1. Eye of History — given to the participant whose uploaded the most historic photo ( selected by the organizers).
  2. Friend of Taiwan — given to the participant who completes the highest total number of tasks.

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Organizers

The special event is hosted by National Achives Administration of Taiwan & Wikimedia Taiwan. Please mail to rekewikimedia.tw if you have any question.