Wikipedia:WikiProject Singapore/Archives/New SGpedians' Collaboration

Singapore and Southeast Asian Collection, Lee Kong Chian Reference Library.

The New SGpedians' Collaboration is an open-ended project which aims to improve coverage of Singapore-related articles. There are many issues that may be common knowledge in Singapore, but are not included or/and known outside Singapore due to lack of research into the topic. It is also a good way to counter systemic bias in coverage of historic events that are outside the Internet era.

This collaboration may require some form of specialised research, for example searching for newspaper records on microfilm. There are some controversial issues in the past before the Internet era, that Singaporeans in this generation may not be aware of and worthy of inclusion. There are some claims in articles that happen to be true, have written sources to back them up, but have not been located and properly cited, hence regarded as untrue. The goal is to ensure that the coverage of these issues are as neutral, encyclopedic and accurate as possible with the use of written sources and verifiability.

Every week, three topics will be selected, with specific issues on the article to take action on. This may include articles that have not yet been created, which provides opportunities for Did You Know? inclusion.

Example

1. An early version of Philip Yeo displays only his achievements [1]. We know that there was some controversies from a simple Google search, but we may not exactly know what they are [2]. In particular due to the AcidFlask incident, we have to be very cautious of WP:BLP and ensure that whatever is written are backed by reliable sources.
2. An Internet search easily reveals on the AcidFlask incident due to its international coverage online, as included in this version. [3]. However, the response on the scholarship issue has missing citations and long-term memory recalls fury due to statements made by a female scholar. More research is needed here.
3. As the incidents are relatively recent, articles from the mainstream media can be found by a revised Google search [4], in which sources from the mainstream media are quoted. Information on the controversial statements made by the female scholar is also found and cited. [5] The article's coverage of the controversy is now complete [6].
4. Mainstream articles expire about 7 days from date of publication for print agencies, and approximately one year for Channel NewsAsia. In this instance, it is fortunate that they can found via the Internet in its cached form. If they cannot be found on the Internet, they can still be found in their print format, but it will be more difficult to do so.

Book/Newspaper/Internet records

• Lee Kong Chian Reference Library offers the most comprehensive collection of newspaper microfilms and Singapore collection. They can be located on 11th floor, National Library, Singapore, on Victoria Street. Laptops are allowed to be brought in, including chargers, though not books and writing materials. Free wireless access is also offered at this time, which means one is able to read the microfilm and edit a Wikipedia article at the same time.
• Regional libraries, Jurong Regional Library, Woodlands Regional Library and Tampines Regional Library also offer microfilm newspaper archives.
• Other libraries may or may not contain archives up to one month.
• If the only thing you have is an Internet connection, the Wayback Machine may provide old copies of news reports for the local media on indexed days. Expired Internet news articles can also be recovered in this manner, and they are accepted as sources.

A simple registration is required with the librarian for the use of microfilm records. Usage is free-of-charge.

This Week

National Kidney Foundation Singapore scandal

Current event; Article outstanding required information on past trials and the current 2007 civil trial. Urgent. - Mailer Diablo 16:30, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Article Nominations

Next week's collaboration will be selected on *date*.

See also

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles
• Wikipedia:SGpedians' notice board/SGCOTF (Previous version)