"Submissions/Wikimedia in Japan: Acculturation and Outreach", presented originally at Wikimania2010, Gdansk, 2010-07-11. An outline of Wikimedia movement in Japan, and Japanese net culture, how Japan has accepted Wikimedia movement and recent attempt of Wikimedia outreach.

1. Wikimedia in Japan Acculturation and Outreach Kizu “Britty” Naoko /aphaia@gmail.com Wikimedia User Group in Kansai

3. Interaction of Wikimedia culture and Japan

4. Coverage, reaction and concerns

5. Outreach and Attention

9. 2nd most visited Wikipedia (10.3% alexa.com, 2010-07-01)

11. among them, 11.4K are active

18. Global Wikimedia movement

22. active since 2003/01

23. first media coverage: 2004

26. Now, a top 10 websites in Japan (alexa.com)

28. by internet.com and Goo Research (reseach.goo.ne.jp)

29. 1,097 users surveyed

30. 85.5% (938 ppl.) know Wikipedia

31. 83.5% (917 ppl.) use Wikipedia

32. 75.8% (831 ppl.) use Wikipedia several times a month or more

37. 2ch.net (1999) : text-only bulletin board, strong anonymity, no registration system

38. mixi.jp (2004) : SNS, gradually shifting to anonymity

39. nikovideo.com (2006): video-upload, comment-function as subtitle

44. copyright is tend to be ignored

45. no citing sources

46. Google hits: “まとめサイト ウィキ”(“summary-website wiki”) 3,140,000 results

47. This usage of wiki may influence to Japanese Wikipedia editing (specially in pop-culture articles)

51. MediaWiki developer / toolserver

54. “Wikipedia by country”

55. “representative in Japan/on ground”

57. Community based outreach began in 2009 (last year)

59. 20 Questions to Jimmy Wales (Tokyo, 2007)

60. Wikimedia Conference Japan (Tokyo, 2009)

62. Shortly, still in cradle

64. Academics

65. Media

66. An example: “Wikipedia Academy” organized by Japan Society of Civil Engineering

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