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Taiwan

2023-07-28T00:56:40Z

Ht12345: rearranged sections, template coordination

''This article is for about the community for Taiwan, not to be confused with the community for the [[Republic Of China]].'' {{Community
| name = Taiwan
| aka = r/placeTW
| description = A community for creating Taiwan-related art on r/place
| subcommunities =
| subreddit = Taiwan
| discord = https://discord.gg/8xSQKCHSnT
| website = http://placetw.com
| twitter =
| twitch =
| artwork = [[First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC)]], [[Taiwan Independence Flag]], [[Taipei 101 attempt]], [[Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio]], [[Hearts of Taiwan]]
| logo = Taiwan_r-place_logo.jpeg
}}

'''Taiwan''', officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, neighboring the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consists of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei City and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taoyuan. With 23.45 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan</ref>

Taiwan's r/place community (coordinated through [https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/ r/Taiwan] in 2017 and 2022, [https://www.reddit.com/r/placeTW r/placeTW] established after r/place 2022) was the largest Taiwan-related community operating on r/place in 2022. This community is mostly aligned with the Pan-Green Coalition in Taiwan.

== History ==

=== r/place 2023 ===

==== Preliminary preparation ====
The current owner of the r/placeTW Discord server at the time, ht12345, began preparations for the a potential 2023 r/place on March 24th, 2023<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/960883198928244806/1088903499770761227</ref> after being informed of the rumors the week prior. This next r/place event was labeled "202X" in the Discord server due to his skepticism of the legitimacy of the rumors, as well as some reluctance to believe that a repeat of r/place would happen so soon<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959467908982013974/1087607533495144478</ref>. Nonetheless, preparations were made and announced to the community on March 29th<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/1089662951646056489/1090487634331193384</ref>.

Preliminary alliances, negotiations, and channels of contact were established with other communities by ht12345. The following communities were known to have established some sort of relation with Taiwan r/place: Ireland, American Flag in Place, r/placeNL, r/placeFR, Indie Alliance, r/placeDE, r/korea_place r/bangladesh, r/PlaceColorado, and r/PlacePride<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/1089679863130103858/1089679956197527612</ref>.

r/place never happened on April 1st, 2023, and whatever preparations were done were kept around. Following rumors that r/place could happen on June 23rd, ht12345 sought for Taiwan to be a member of the P3ACE alliance. Although back before April UGA privately requested to ht12345 that Taiwan should not seek to be a part of the P3ACE alliance due to concerns about the gacha community's potential conflict with a Taiwanese community being indirectly aligned with them<ref>https://discord.com/channels/1085612005894922250/1089290539582619778/1120077274952249496</ref>, the withdrawal of UGA from the P3ACE alliance <ref>https://discord.com/channels/1085612005894922250/1088268105219850280/1116766491380027392</ref> opened an opportunity for Taiwan to apply for the alliance. The vote was overwhelmingly for Taiwan to join the P3ACE alliance (with Colorado, AFIP, Genshin, among others voting yes), with only 1 faction voting negatively<ref>https://discord.com/channels/1085612005894922250/1120090563442655343/1120090575627100210</ref>. Taiwan was officially considered the 44th member of the P3ACE alliance on June 21st, 2023.

However, r/placeTW did not receive support from r/taiwan to participate in r/place this year. The [https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/15435i5/comment/**/ designated megathread for Taiwan's r/place 2023] received little attention, and the moderators of r/taiwan removed the pin on the subreddit a day after r/place started. This, along with the timezone difference making it night in Taiwan, severely limited r/placeTW's ability to establish a place on the canvas early on.

=== r/place 2022 ===

==== Beginnings ====
Taiwan began its r/place journey in 2022 following a post by u/gsdeman on r/Taiwan<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/taiwan_flag_on_rplace/</ref>. A subsequent "red blob" was initialized by u/skyblocker804 at (942, 568)<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/comment/i2zknui/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3</ref>, and an initial design of a flag of Taiwan (ROC) was created shortly after<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttshci/heres_my_plan_on_taiwanese_flag_on_rplace_22x34/</ref>. Shortly after, u/wusterdam_www (wusterdam) created a Discord server to coordinate Taiwan's efforts on r/place, with u/howardt12345 (ht12345) being the second person to join. AvocadosConstant joined shortly after, establishing a Google Sheets with the proposed design for better coordination.

=== r/place 2017 ===

== r/place 2022 Artworks ==

==== First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC) ====
Taiwan's first flag was established shortly after the beginning of r/place 2022 following a post on r/Taiwan from r/gsdeman<ref name=":0" />.

==== Taiwan Independence Flag ====
[[File:Taiwan independence flag.png|thumb|233x233px|The final iteration of the Taiwan Independence flag.]]
The "Taiwan independence flag" is a flag made by the World Taiwanese Congress, and is the most common flag used by Taiwan independence supporters. The original design was informally proposed by ht12345 as an attempt to swap the design of the ROC flag with it<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959529206369366026/959850328185004142</ref> mere minutes before the first canvas expansion. It was established to be the design Taiwan would make in the first canvas expansion shortly after.

After failing to secure a location beside the [[XjPooh]] and the [[r/brasil|Brazilian flag]], Taiwan decided to establish the flag to the left of the flag of [[Ireland]] and above the [[Czech]] flag. This led to the establishment of an alliance with [[Ireland]] and strengthening the existing alliance with the [[Czech]].

==== Taipei 101 attempt ====

==== Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio ====
[[File:Asian Trio + Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand.png|thumb|205x205px|The East Asian Trio, with the flags of Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand above it. ]]
The "East Asian Trio"<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/tukuro/the_east_asian_trio/</ref>, also referred to as the Asian Trio, was a group of the flags of Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan between Ukraine and the Denmark area of the [[Nordic Union]].

Approximately a day after r/place started, a flag of Japan was noticed to appear at (316,158). It was quickly joined by a flag of South Korea to the left of it. Members from [[r/china place]] sought to establish a flag of Taiwan beside South Korea, which was completed shortly after. However, this led to a dispute between the Taiwan and Korea communities, as Korea originally planned to give the space to their left to a Tunisian flag. The Taiwan community was mostly in favor of Taiwan giving up its flag there, however there was slight opposition to the consensus by a member of the discord. The first canvas expansion happened shortly after, diverting everyone's attention away from the area and leading to the flag of Taiwan staying in that area.
[[File:Asian Trio at the end.png|thumb|206x206px|The East Asian Trio at the end of r/place, with a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan under Mongolia.]]
A flag of Mongolia appeared on top of the Taiwan flag at the East Asian Trio, which was repeatedly destroyed by the Nordic Union. Taiwan served as a mediator role between the two communities in their dispute, who both proposed that Taiwan give the flag at that location to Mongolia. Significant amounts of time were spent by ht12345 representing the Taiwan community in the Nordic Union to negotiate a favorable solution for all parties, but eventually conceded to the original proposed solution in exchange for significant amounts of support for Taiwan. While met with limited opposition, Taiwan's community unaminously voted in favor of giving the flag to Mongolia, with 106 in favor and 0 against<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959523971726966845/960415075850666045</ref>.

In the end, after some instability in the region, Taiwan was able to successfully give the flag to Mongolia with the help of a Mongolian streamer. On the final version of r/place, a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan can be found under the flag of Mongolia, as part of the tribute to Ukraine.

==== Hearts of Taiwan ====

===== Ukraine flag hearts =====
One heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan could for the most part found in the heart flag area of the Ukrainian region, where flags of countries supporting the Ukrainians in the defense of their country against the invasion by Russia expressed their support. It was from time to time under attack, for example during a period of time where the flag hearts were attempted to be changed into Russian flags. The attacks were, however, defended against, and in the end, one could still see the flag of Taiwan, below and slightly to the right of where the flag of Taiwan in the East Asian Trio were originally to be found.

===== Flag hearts chain =====
[[File:Taiwan ROC Nigeria Hearts.png|thumb|222x222px|Hearts of Taiwan independence, Taiwan ROC, and Nigeria on the flag hearts chain between Ukraine and Romania.]]
When the flag of Ukraine spanned the entire canvas on the first day, a flag heart chain was noted by members of the discord. Taiwan sought to establish two hearts on the chain, one for Taiwan ROC and one for Taiwan independence, under the area of former Romania. The heart of Taiwan independence, originally on the right of Taiwan ROC, was for some time the target of [[Nigeria]]<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu3c2x/the_heart_at_703x162_can_be_changed_into_a/</ref>, who sought to convert the heart to the flag of Nigeria. Taiwan and Nigeria later established an agreement where Taiwan would cede the original independence heart to Nigeria and re-establish it on the left of Taiwan ROC in exchange for an alliance between the two communities<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu5sas/rtaiwan_agrees_to_let_nigeria_have_the_heart/</ref>.

These hearts were short-lived, as Romania seized the surrounding area some time after.

== r/place 2017 Artworks ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

==== Flag of the ROC<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/634hre/discussion_flag_on_rplace/</ref> ====

==== Heart of Taiwan ROC ====

== Coordination Techniques Used ==

=== r/place 2023 ===
Taiwan's r/place community supported the osuplace template<ref><nowiki>https://github.com/osuplace/templateManager</nowiki></ref> format, hosted on the template repository belonging to the placeTW Github Organization<ref><nowiki>https://github.com/placeTW/template-2023</nowiki></ref> . The domain http://template.placetw.com/ redirected to the template, and the link was shared with allies to allow them to be aware of Taiwan's template. The template was periodically updated with the most updated design, allowing for more efficient coordination compared to last year.

=== r/place 2022 ===
[[File:Taiwan google sheets 1.png|thumb|An example of a Google Sheets table used by Taiwan's r/place community to show coordinates of a given design.|324x324px]]
Taiwan's r/place community decided early on to forego overlays and bots and instead used [https://sheets.google.com/ Google Sheets] as the primary method of design and coordination. Cells on the table were made to be square, and colored in manually. The first row and column of a table were used to show the y and x axis coordinates of a given pixel. Every time a new design was finalized, it was sent in a dedicated announcements channel in the Discord. This method proved to be effective enough that it was used by Taiwan until the very end.

This method was flawed in that it took time for word of the latest plans to get out. This led to miscommunication with members outside of the discord, who remained diligent in defending the existing plans and inadvertently blocking members of the Discord from accomplishing the latest plan.

While some members of the community were known to use bots, it was not officially endorsed by representatives of the community until 2 hours before r/place ended, when Taiwan accepted an invitation to join Hong Kong's bot network.

Ideas for several automation tools, including a Discord bot to automatically generate various types of images given pixel art input<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961832641475264522</ref> as well as an online portal to display all necessary information<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961841840288563271</ref>, were proposed as suggestions for the next r/place. The domain [http://placetw.com/ placetw.com] is currently held by ht12345 for future use.

== Alliances and Foreign Relations (r/place 2022)<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/twg18o/taiwans_contributions_on_rplace/</ref> ==

* [[r/brasil]]
* r/CalgaryFlames
* r/cambodia
*[[r/china place]]
* r/civbattleroyale
* r/czech
* r/Denmark
* r/france
* [[r/fuckcars]]
* [[Green Lattice]]
* r/HermitCraft
* r/HongKong
* r/IndianPlace
* [[Indie Alliance]]
* [[Indonesia|r/indonesia]]
* r/ireland
* r/Kindelia
* r/Korea_Place
*r/Macau
* r/mexico
* r/newzealand
* r/Nigeria
* [[Nordic Union]]
* r/OriAndTheBlindForest
* r/outerwilds
* r/Palau
* r/PracticalGuideToEvil
* r/reddevils
* [[Republic Of China|r/RepublicOfChina]]
* r/SFU
* r/SIGONO
* r/Slovakia
* r/Tennesseetitans
* [[Thailand|r/Thailand, r/thaithai]]
*[[United Factions of r/Place]]
* r/ween
* [[Yume Nikki]]
<references />
[[Category:Communities]]
[[Category:Alliances]]
[[Category:Geographical Communities]]
[[Category:Subreddit Communities]]

Taiwan

2023-07-28T00:48:34Z

Ht12345: /* Preliminary preparation */ note on r/taiwan

''This article is for about the community for Taiwan, not to be confused with the community for the [[Republic Of China]].'' {{Community
| name = Taiwan
| aka = r/placeTW
| description = A community for creating Taiwan-related art on r/place
| subcommunities =
| subreddit = Taiwan
| discord = https://discord.gg/8xSQKCHSnT
| website = http://placetw.com
| twitter =
| twitch =
| artwork = [[First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC)]], [[Taiwan Independence Flag]], [[Taipei 101 attempt]], [[Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio]], [[Hearts of Taiwan]]
| logo = Taiwan_r-place_logo.jpeg
}}

'''Taiwan''', officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, neighboring the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consists of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei City and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taoyuan. With 23.45 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan</ref>

Taiwan's r/place community (coordinated through [https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/ r/Taiwan] in 2017 and 2022, [https://www.reddit.com/r/placeTW r/placeTW] established after r/place 2022) was the largest Taiwan-related community operating on r/place in 2022. This community is mostly aligned with the Pan-Green Coalition in Taiwan.

== History ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

=== r/place 2022 ===

==== Beginnings ====
Taiwan began its r/place journey in 2022 following a post by u/gsdeman on r/Taiwan<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/taiwan_flag_on_rplace/</ref>. A subsequent "red blob" was initialized by u/skyblocker804 at (942, 568)<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/comment/i2zknui/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3</ref>, and an initial design of a flag of Taiwan (ROC) was created shortly after<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttshci/heres_my_plan_on_taiwanese_flag_on_rplace_22x34/</ref>. Shortly after, u/wusterdam_www (wusterdam) created a Discord server to coordinate Taiwan's efforts on r/place, with u/howardt12345 (ht12345) being the second person to join. AvocadosConstant joined shortly after, establishing a Google Sheets with the proposed design for better coordination.

=== r/place 2023 ===

==== Preliminary preparation ====
The current owner of the r/placeTW Discord server at the time, ht12345, began preparations for the a potential 2023 r/place on March 24th, 2023<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/960883198928244806/1088903499770761227</ref> after being informed of the rumors the week prior. This next r/place event was labeled "202X" in the Discord server due to his skepticism of the legitimacy of the rumors, as well as some reluctance to believe that a repeat of r/place would happen so soon<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959467908982013974/1087607533495144478</ref>. Nonetheless, preparations were made and announced to the community on March 29th<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/1089662951646056489/1090487634331193384</ref>.

Preliminary alliances, negotiations, and channels of contact were established with other communities by ht12345. The following communities were known to have established some sort of relation with Taiwan r/place: Ireland, American Flag in Place, r/placeNL, r/placeFR, Indie Alliance, r/placeDE, r/korea_place r/bangladesh, r/PlaceColorado, and r/PlacePride<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/1089679863130103858/1089679956197527612</ref>.

r/place never happened on April 1st, 2023, and whatever preparations were done were kept around. Following rumors that r/place could happen on June 23rd, ht12345 sought for Taiwan to be a member of the P3ACE alliance. Although back before April UGA privately requested to ht12345 that Taiwan should not seek to be a part of the P3ACE alliance due to concerns about the gacha community's potential conflict with a Taiwanese community being indirectly aligned with them<ref>https://discord.com/channels/1085612005894922250/1089290539582619778/1120077274952249496</ref>, the withdrawal of UGA from the P3ACE alliance <ref>https://discord.com/channels/1085612005894922250/1088268105219850280/1116766491380027392</ref> opened an opportunity for Taiwan to apply for the alliance. The vote was overwhelmingly for Taiwan to join the P3ACE alliance (with Colorado, AFIP, Genshin, among others voting yes), with only 1 faction voting negatively<ref>https://discord.com/channels/1085612005894922250/1120090563442655343/1120090575627100210</ref>. Taiwan was officially considered the 44th member of the P3ACE alliance on June 21st, 2023.

However, r/placeTW did not receive support from r/taiwan to participate in r/place this year. The [https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/15435i5/comment/**/ designated megathread for Taiwan's r/place 2023] received little attention, and the moderators of r/taiwan removed the pin on the subreddit a day after r/place started. This, along with the timezone difference making it night in Taiwan, severely limited r/placeTW's ability to establish a place on the canvas early on.

== r/place 2017 Artworks ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

==== Flag of the ROC<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/634hre/discussion_flag_on_rplace/</ref> ====

==== Heart of Taiwan ROC ====

== r/place 2022 Artworks ==

==== First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC) ====
Taiwan's first flag was established shortly after the beginning of r/place 2022 following a post on r/Taiwan from r/gsdeman<ref name=":0" />.

==== Taiwan Independence Flag ====
[[File:Taiwan independence flag.png|thumb|233x233px|The final iteration of the Taiwan Independence flag.]]
The "Taiwan independence flag" is a flag made by the World Taiwanese Congress, and is the most common flag used by Taiwan independence supporters. The original design was informally proposed by ht12345 as an attempt to swap the design of the ROC flag with it<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959529206369366026/959850328185004142</ref> mere minutes before the first canvas expansion. It was established to be the design Taiwan would make in the first canvas expansion shortly after.

After failing to secure a location beside the [[XjPooh]] and the [[r/brasil|Brazilian flag]], Taiwan decided to establish the flag to the left of the flag of [[Ireland]] and above the [[Czech]] flag. This led to the establishment of an alliance with [[Ireland]] and strengthening the existing alliance with the [[Czech]].

==== Taipei 101 attempt ====

==== Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio ====
[[File:Asian Trio + Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand.png|thumb|205x205px|The East Asian Trio, with the flags of Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand above it. ]]
The "East Asian Trio"<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/tukuro/the_east_asian_trio/</ref>, also referred to as the Asian Trio, was a group of the flags of Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan between Ukraine and the Denmark area of the [[Nordic Union]].

Approximately a day after r/place started, a flag of Japan was noticed to appear at (316,158). It was quickly joined by a flag of South Korea to the left of it. Members from [[r/china place]] sought to establish a flag of Taiwan beside South Korea, which was completed shortly after. However, this led to a dispute between the Taiwan and Korea communities, as Korea originally planned to give the space to their left to a Tunisian flag. The Taiwan community was mostly in favor of Taiwan giving up its flag there, however there was slight opposition to the consensus by a member of the discord. The first canvas expansion happened shortly after, diverting everyone's attention away from the area and leading to the flag of Taiwan staying in that area.
[[File:Asian Trio at the end.png|thumb|206x206px|The East Asian Trio at the end of r/place, with a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan under Mongolia.]]
A flag of Mongolia appeared on top of the Taiwan flag at the East Asian Trio, which was repeatedly destroyed by the Nordic Union. Taiwan served as a mediator role between the two communities in their dispute, who both proposed that Taiwan give the flag at that location to Mongolia. Significant amounts of time were spent by ht12345 representing the Taiwan community in the Nordic Union to negotiate a favorable solution for all parties, but eventually conceded to the original proposed solution in exchange for significant amounts of support for Taiwan. While met with limited opposition, Taiwan's community unaminously voted in favor of giving the flag to Mongolia, with 106 in favor and 0 against<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959523971726966845/960415075850666045</ref>.

In the end, after some instability in the region, Taiwan was able to successfully give the flag to Mongolia with the help of a Mongolian streamer. On the final version of r/place, a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan can be found under the flag of Mongolia, as part of the tribute to Ukraine.

==== Hearts of Taiwan ====

===== Ukraine flag hearts =====
One heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan could for the most part found in the heart flag area of the Ukrainian region, where flags of countries supporting the Ukrainians in the defense of their country against the invasion by Russia expressed their support. It was from time to time under attack, for example during a period of time where the flag hearts were attempted to be changed into Russian flags. The attacks were, however, defended against, and in the end, one could still see the flag of Taiwan, below and slightly to the right of where the flag of Taiwan in the East Asian Trio were originally to be found.

===== Flag hearts chain =====
[[File:Taiwan ROC Nigeria Hearts.png|thumb|222x222px|Hearts of Taiwan independence, Taiwan ROC, and Nigeria on the flag hearts chain between Ukraine and Romania.]]
When the flag of Ukraine spanned the entire canvas on the first day, a flag heart chain was noted by members of the discord. Taiwan sought to establish two hearts on the chain, one for Taiwan ROC and one for Taiwan independence, under the area of former Romania. The heart of Taiwan independence, originally on the right of Taiwan ROC, was for some time the target of [[Nigeria]]<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu3c2x/the_heart_at_703x162_can_be_changed_into_a/</ref>, who sought to convert the heart to the flag of Nigeria. Taiwan and Nigeria later established an agreement where Taiwan would cede the original independence heart to Nigeria and re-establish it on the left of Taiwan ROC in exchange for an alliance between the two communities<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu5sas/rtaiwan_agrees_to_let_nigeria_have_the_heart/</ref>.

These hearts were short-lived, as Romania seized the surrounding area some time after.

== Coordination Techniques Used on r/place 2022 ==
[[File:Taiwan google sheets 1.png|thumb|An example of a Google Sheets table used by Taiwan's r/place community to show coordinates of a given design.|324x324px]]
Taiwan's r/place community decided early on to forego overlays and bots and instead used [https://sheets.google.com/ Google Sheets] as the primary method of design and coordination. Cells on the table were made to be square, and colored in manually. The first row and column of a table were used to show the y and x axis coordinates of a given pixel. Every time a new design was finalized, it was sent in a dedicated announcements channel in the Discord. This method proved to be effective enough that it was used by Taiwan until the very end.

This method was flawed in that it took time for word of the latest plans to get out. This led to miscommunication with members outside of the discord, who remained diligent in defending the existing plans and inadvertently blocking members of the Discord from accomplishing the latest plan.

While some members of the community were known to use bots, it was not officially endorsed by representatives of the community until 2 hours before r/place ended, when Taiwan accepted an invitation to join Hong Kong's bot network.

Ideas for several automation tools, including a Discord bot to automatically generate various types of images given pixel art input<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961832641475264522</ref> as well as an online portal to display all necessary information<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961841840288563271</ref>, were proposed as suggestions for the next r/place. The domain [http://placetw.com/ placetw.com] is currently held by ht12345 for future use.

== Alliances and Foreign Relations (r/place 2022)<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/twg18o/taiwans_contributions_on_rplace/</ref> ==

* [[r/brasil]]
* r/CalgaryFlames
* r/cambodia
*[[r/china place]]
* r/civbattleroyale
* r/czech
* r/Denmark
* r/france
* [[r/fuckcars]]
* [[Green Lattice]]
* r/HermitCraft
* r/HongKong
* r/IndianPlace
* [[Indie Alliance]]
* [[Indonesia|r/indonesia]]
* r/ireland
* r/Kindelia
* r/Korea_Place
*r/Macau
* r/mexico
* r/newzealand
* r/Nigeria
* [[Nordic Union]]
* r/OriAndTheBlindForest
* r/outerwilds
* r/Palau
* r/PracticalGuideToEvil
* r/reddevils
* [[Republic Of China|r/RepublicOfChina]]
* r/SFU
* r/SIGONO
* r/Slovakia
* r/Tennesseetitans
* [[Thailand|r/Thailand, r/thaithai]]
*[[United Factions of r/Place]]
* r/ween
* [[Yume Nikki]]
<references />
[[Category:Communities]]
[[Category:Alliances]]
[[Category:Geographical Communities]]
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Taiwan

2023-07-28T00:36:51Z

Ht12345: /* Preliminary preparation */ P3ACE alliance

''This article is for about the community for Taiwan, not to be confused with the community for the [[Republic Of China]].'' {{Community
| name = Taiwan
| aka = r/placeTW
| description = A community for creating Taiwan-related art on r/place
| subcommunities =
| subreddit = Taiwan
| discord = https://discord.gg/8xSQKCHSnT
| website = http://placetw.com
| twitter =
| twitch =
| artwork = [[First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC)]], [[Taiwan Independence Flag]], [[Taipei 101 attempt]], [[Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio]], [[Hearts of Taiwan]]
| logo = Taiwan_r-place_logo.jpeg
}}

'''Taiwan''', officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, neighboring the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consists of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei City and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taoyuan. With 23.45 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan</ref>

Taiwan's r/place community (coordinated through [https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/ r/Taiwan] in 2017 and 2022, [https://www.reddit.com/r/placeTW r/placeTW] established after r/place 2022) was the largest Taiwan-related community operating on r/place in 2022. This community is mostly aligned with the Pan-Green Coalition in Taiwan.

== History ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

=== r/place 2022 ===

==== Beginnings ====
Taiwan began its r/place journey in 2022 following a post by u/gsdeman on r/Taiwan<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/taiwan_flag_on_rplace/</ref>. A subsequent "red blob" was initialized by u/skyblocker804 at (942, 568)<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/comment/i2zknui/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3</ref>, and an initial design of a flag of Taiwan (ROC) was created shortly after<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttshci/heres_my_plan_on_taiwanese_flag_on_rplace_22x34/</ref>. Shortly after, u/wusterdam_www (wusterdam) created a Discord server to coordinate Taiwan's efforts on r/place, with u/howardt12345 (ht12345) being the second person to join. AvocadosConstant joined shortly after, establishing a Google Sheets with the proposed design for better coordination.

=== r/place 2023 ===

==== Preliminary preparation ====
The current owner of the r/placeTW Discord server, ht12345, began preparations for the a potential 2023 r/place on March 24th, 2023<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/960883198928244806/1088903499770761227</ref> after being informed of the rumors the week prior. This next r/place event was labeled "202X" in the Discord server due to his skepticism of the legitimacy of the rumors, as well as some reluctance to believe that a repeat of r/place would happen so soon<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959467908982013974/1087607533495144478</ref>. Nonetheless, preparations were made and announced to the community on March 29th<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/1089662951646056489/1090487634331193384</ref>.

Preliminary alliances, negotiations, and channels of contact were established with other communities by ht12345. The following communities were known to have established some sort of relation with Taiwan r/place: Ireland, American Flag in Place, r/placeNL, r/placeFR, Indie Alliance, r/placeDE, r/korea_place r/bangladesh, r/PlaceColorado, and r/PlacePride<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/1089679863130103858/1089679956197527612</ref>.

r/place never happened on April 1st, 2023, and whatever preparations were done were kept around. Following rumors that r/place could happen on June 23rd, ht12345 sought for Taiwan to be a member of the P3ACE alliance. Although back before April UGA privately requested to ht12345 that Taiwan should not seek to be a part of the P3ACE alliance due to concerns about the gacha community's potential conflict with a Taiwanese community being indirectly aligned with them<ref>https://discord.com/channels/1085612005894922250/1089290539582619778/1120077274952249496</ref>, the withdrawal of UGA from the P3ACE alliance <ref>https://discord.com/channels/1085612005894922250/1088268105219850280/1116766491380027392</ref> opened an opportunity for Taiwan to apply for the alliance. The vote for Taiwan to join the P3ACE alliance concluded with 34 yes (including votes from Colorado, AFIP, Genshin, and a fair number of other communities, 5 neutral, 1 abstain, and 0 votes against<ref>https://discord.com/channels/1085612005894922250/1120090563442655343/1120090575627100210</ref>. Taiwan was officially considered the 44th member of the P3ACE alliance on June 21st, 2023.

== r/place 2017 Artworks ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

==== Flag of the ROC<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/634hre/discussion_flag_on_rplace/</ref> ====

==== Heart of Taiwan ROC ====

== r/place 2022 Artworks ==

==== First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC) ====
Taiwan's first flag was established shortly after the beginning of r/place 2022 following a post on r/Taiwan from r/gsdeman<ref name=":0" />.

==== Taiwan Independence Flag ====
[[File:Taiwan independence flag.png|thumb|233x233px|The final iteration of the Taiwan Independence flag.]]
The "Taiwan independence flag" is a flag made by the World Taiwanese Congress, and is the most common flag used by Taiwan independence supporters. The original design was informally proposed by ht12345 as an attempt to swap the design of the ROC flag with it<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959529206369366026/959850328185004142</ref> mere minutes before the first canvas expansion. It was established to be the design Taiwan would make in the first canvas expansion shortly after.

After failing to secure a location beside the [[XjPooh]] and the [[r/brasil|Brazilian flag]], Taiwan decided to establish the flag to the left of the flag of [[Ireland]] and above the [[Czech]] flag. This led to the establishment of an alliance with [[Ireland]] and strengthening the existing alliance with the [[Czech]].

==== Taipei 101 attempt ====

==== Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio ====
[[File:Asian Trio + Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand.png|thumb|205x205px|The East Asian Trio, with the flags of Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand above it. ]]
The "East Asian Trio"<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/tukuro/the_east_asian_trio/</ref>, also referred to as the Asian Trio, was a group of the flags of Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan between Ukraine and the Denmark area of the [[Nordic Union]].

Approximately a day after r/place started, a flag of Japan was noticed to appear at (316,158). It was quickly joined by a flag of South Korea to the left of it. Members from [[r/china place]] sought to establish a flag of Taiwan beside South Korea, which was completed shortly after. However, this led to a dispute between the Taiwan and Korea communities, as Korea originally planned to give the space to their left to a Tunisian flag. The Taiwan community was mostly in favor of Taiwan giving up its flag there, however there was slight opposition to the consensus by a member of the discord. The first canvas expansion happened shortly after, diverting everyone's attention away from the area and leading to the flag of Taiwan staying in that area.
[[File:Asian Trio at the end.png|thumb|206x206px|The East Asian Trio at the end of r/place, with a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan under Mongolia.]]
A flag of Mongolia appeared on top of the Taiwan flag at the East Asian Trio, which was repeatedly destroyed by the Nordic Union. Taiwan served as a mediator role between the two communities in their dispute, who both proposed that Taiwan give the flag at that location to Mongolia. Significant amounts of time were spent by ht12345 representing the Taiwan community in the Nordic Union to negotiate a favorable solution for all parties, but eventually conceded to the original proposed solution in exchange for significant amounts of support for Taiwan. While met with limited opposition, Taiwan's community unaminously voted in favor of giving the flag to Mongolia, with 106 in favor and 0 against<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959523971726966845/960415075850666045</ref>.

In the end, after some instability in the region, Taiwan was able to successfully give the flag to Mongolia with the help of a Mongolian streamer. On the final version of r/place, a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan can be found under the flag of Mongolia, as part of the tribute to Ukraine.

==== Hearts of Taiwan ====

===== Ukraine flag hearts =====
One heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan could for the most part found in the heart flag area of the Ukrainian region, where flags of countries supporting the Ukrainians in the defense of their country against the invasion by Russia expressed their support. It was from time to time under attack, for example during a period of time where the flag hearts were attempted to be changed into Russian flags. The attacks were, however, defended against, and in the end, one could still see the flag of Taiwan, below and slightly to the right of where the flag of Taiwan in the East Asian Trio were originally to be found.

===== Flag hearts chain =====
[[File:Taiwan ROC Nigeria Hearts.png|thumb|222x222px|Hearts of Taiwan independence, Taiwan ROC, and Nigeria on the flag hearts chain between Ukraine and Romania.]]
When the flag of Ukraine spanned the entire canvas on the first day, a flag heart chain was noted by members of the discord. Taiwan sought to establish two hearts on the chain, one for Taiwan ROC and one for Taiwan independence, under the area of former Romania. The heart of Taiwan independence, originally on the right of Taiwan ROC, was for some time the target of [[Nigeria]]<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu3c2x/the_heart_at_703x162_can_be_changed_into_a/</ref>, who sought to convert the heart to the flag of Nigeria. Taiwan and Nigeria later established an agreement where Taiwan would cede the original independence heart to Nigeria and re-establish it on the left of Taiwan ROC in exchange for an alliance between the two communities<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu5sas/rtaiwan_agrees_to_let_nigeria_have_the_heart/</ref>.

These hearts were short-lived, as Romania seized the surrounding area some time after.

== Coordination Techniques Used on r/place 2022 ==
[[File:Taiwan google sheets 1.png|thumb|An example of a Google Sheets table used by Taiwan's r/place community to show coordinates of a given design.|324x324px]]
Taiwan's r/place community decided early on to forego overlays and bots and instead used [https://sheets.google.com/ Google Sheets] as the primary method of design and coordination. Cells on the table were made to be square, and colored in manually. The first row and column of a table were used to show the y and x axis coordinates of a given pixel. Every time a new design was finalized, it was sent in a dedicated announcements channel in the Discord. This method proved to be effective enough that it was used by Taiwan until the very end.

This method was flawed in that it took time for word of the latest plans to get out. This led to miscommunication with members outside of the discord, who remained diligent in defending the existing plans and inadvertently blocking members of the Discord from accomplishing the latest plan.

While some members of the community were known to use bots, it was not officially endorsed by representatives of the community until 2 hours before r/place ended, when Taiwan accepted an invitation to join Hong Kong's bot network.

Ideas for several automation tools, including a Discord bot to automatically generate various types of images given pixel art input<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961832641475264522</ref> as well as an online portal to display all necessary information<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961841840288563271</ref>, were proposed as suggestions for the next r/place. The domain [http://placetw.com/ placetw.com] is currently held by ht12345 for future use.

== Alliances and Foreign Relations (r/place 2022)<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/twg18o/taiwans_contributions_on_rplace/</ref> ==

* [[r/brasil]]
* r/CalgaryFlames
* r/cambodia
*[[r/china place]]
* r/civbattleroyale
* r/czech
* r/Denmark
* r/france
* [[r/fuckcars]]
* [[Green Lattice]]
* r/HermitCraft
* r/HongKong
* r/IndianPlace
* [[Indie Alliance]]
* [[Indonesia|r/indonesia]]
* r/ireland
* r/Kindelia
* r/Korea_Place
*r/Macau
* r/mexico
* r/newzealand
* r/Nigeria
* [[Nordic Union]]
* r/OriAndTheBlindForest
* r/outerwilds
* r/Palau
* r/PracticalGuideToEvil
* r/reddevils
* [[Republic Of China|r/RepublicOfChina]]
* r/SFU
* r/SIGONO
* r/Slovakia
* r/Tennesseetitans
* [[Thailand|r/Thailand, r/thaithai]]
*[[United Factions of r/Place]]
* r/ween
* [[Yume Nikki]]
<references />
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Taiwan

2023-07-28T00:19:12Z

Ht12345: /* r/place "202X" */ changed to 2023

''This article is for about the community for Taiwan, not to be confused with the community for the [[Republic Of China]].'' {{Community
| name = Taiwan
| aka = r/placeTW
| description = A community for creating Taiwan-related art on r/place
| subcommunities =
| subreddit = Taiwan
| discord = https://discord.gg/8xSQKCHSnT
| website = http://placetw.com
| twitter =
| twitch =
| artwork = [[First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC)]], [[Taiwan Independence Flag]], [[Taipei 101 attempt]], [[Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio]], [[Hearts of Taiwan]]
| logo = Taiwan_r-place_logo.jpeg
}}

'''Taiwan''', officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, neighboring the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consists of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei City and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taoyuan. With 23.45 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan</ref>

Taiwan's r/place community (coordinated through [https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/ r/Taiwan] in 2017 and 2022, [https://www.reddit.com/r/placeTW r/placeTW] established after r/place 2022) was the largest Taiwan-related community operating on r/place in 2022. This community is mostly aligned with the Pan-Green Coalition in Taiwan.

== History ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

=== r/place 2022 ===

==== Beginnings ====
Taiwan began its r/place journey in 2022 following a post by u/gsdeman on r/Taiwan<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/taiwan_flag_on_rplace/</ref>. A subsequent "red blob" was initialized by u/skyblocker804 at (942, 568)<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/comment/i2zknui/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3</ref>, and an initial design of a flag of Taiwan (ROC) was created shortly after<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttshci/heres_my_plan_on_taiwanese_flag_on_rplace_22x34/</ref>. Shortly after, u/wusterdam_www (wusterdam) created a Discord server to coordinate Taiwan's efforts on r/place, with u/howardt12345 (ht12345) being the second person to join. AvocadosConstant joined shortly after, establishing a Google Sheets with the proposed design for better coordination.

=== r/place 2023 ===

==== Preliminary preparation ====
The current owner of the r/placeTW Discord server, ht12345, began preparations for the a potential 2023 r/place on March 24th, 2023<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/960883198928244806/1088903499770761227</ref> after being informed of the rumors the week prior. This next r/place event was labeled "202X" in the Discord server due to his skepticism of the legitimacy of the rumors, as well as some reluctance to believe that a repeat of r/place would happen so soon<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959467908982013974/1087607533495144478</ref>. Nonetheless, preparations were made and announced to the community on March 29th<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/1089662951646056489/1090487634331193384</ref>.

Preliminary alliances, negotiations, and channels of contact were established with other communities by ht12345. The following communities were known to have established some sort of relation with Taiwan r/place: Ireland, American Flag in Place, r/placeNL, r/placeFR, Indie Alliance, r/placeDE, r/korea_place r/bangladesh, r/PlaceColorado, and r/PlacePride<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/1089679863130103858/1089679956197527612</ref>.

== r/place 2017 Artworks ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

==== Flag of the ROC<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/634hre/discussion_flag_on_rplace/</ref> ====

==== Heart of Taiwan ROC ====

== r/place 2022 Artworks ==

==== First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC) ====
Taiwan's first flag was established shortly after the beginning of r/place 2022 following a post on r/Taiwan from r/gsdeman<ref name=":0" />.

==== Taiwan Independence Flag ====
[[File:Taiwan independence flag.png|thumb|233x233px|The final iteration of the Taiwan Independence flag.]]
The "Taiwan independence flag" is a flag made by the World Taiwanese Congress, and is the most common flag used by Taiwan independence supporters. The original design was informally proposed by ht12345 as an attempt to swap the design of the ROC flag with it<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959529206369366026/959850328185004142</ref> mere minutes before the first canvas expansion. It was established to be the design Taiwan would make in the first canvas expansion shortly after.

After failing to secure a location beside the [[XjPooh]] and the [[r/brasil|Brazilian flag]], Taiwan decided to establish the flag to the left of the flag of [[Ireland]] and above the [[Czech]] flag. This led to the establishment of an alliance with [[Ireland]] and strengthening the existing alliance with the [[Czech]].

==== Taipei 101 attempt ====

==== Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio ====
[[File:Asian Trio + Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand.png|thumb|205x205px|The East Asian Trio, with the flags of Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand above it. ]]
The "East Asian Trio"<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/tukuro/the_east_asian_trio/</ref>, also referred to as the Asian Trio, was a group of the flags of Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan between Ukraine and the Denmark area of the [[Nordic Union]].

Approximately a day after r/place started, a flag of Japan was noticed to appear at (316,158). It was quickly joined by a flag of South Korea to the left of it. Members from [[r/china place]] sought to establish a flag of Taiwan beside South Korea, which was completed shortly after. However, this led to a dispute between the Taiwan and Korea communities, as Korea originally planned to give the space to their left to a Tunisian flag. The Taiwan community was mostly in favor of Taiwan giving up its flag there, however there was slight opposition to the consensus by a member of the discord. The first canvas expansion happened shortly after, diverting everyone's attention away from the area and leading to the flag of Taiwan staying in that area.
[[File:Asian Trio at the end.png|thumb|206x206px|The East Asian Trio at the end of r/place, with a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan under Mongolia.]]
A flag of Mongolia appeared on top of the Taiwan flag at the East Asian Trio, which was repeatedly destroyed by the Nordic Union. Taiwan served as a mediator role between the two communities in their dispute, who both proposed that Taiwan give the flag at that location to Mongolia. Significant amounts of time were spent by ht12345 representing the Taiwan community in the Nordic Union to negotiate a favorable solution for all parties, but eventually conceded to the original proposed solution in exchange for significant amounts of support for Taiwan. While met with limited opposition, Taiwan's community unaminously voted in favor of giving the flag to Mongolia, with 106 in favor and 0 against<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959523971726966845/960415075850666045</ref>.

In the end, after some instability in the region, Taiwan was able to successfully give the flag to Mongolia with the help of a Mongolian streamer. On the final version of r/place, a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan can be found under the flag of Mongolia, as part of the tribute to Ukraine.

==== Hearts of Taiwan ====

===== Ukraine flag hearts =====
One heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan could for the most part found in the heart flag area of the Ukrainian region, where flags of countries supporting the Ukrainians in the defense of their country against the invasion by Russia expressed their support. It was from time to time under attack, for example during a period of time where the flag hearts were attempted to be changed into Russian flags. The attacks were, however, defended against, and in the end, one could still see the flag of Taiwan, below and slightly to the right of where the flag of Taiwan in the East Asian Trio were originally to be found.

===== Flag hearts chain =====
[[File:Taiwan ROC Nigeria Hearts.png|thumb|222x222px|Hearts of Taiwan independence, Taiwan ROC, and Nigeria on the flag hearts chain between Ukraine and Romania.]]
When the flag of Ukraine spanned the entire canvas on the first day, a flag heart chain was noted by members of the discord. Taiwan sought to establish two hearts on the chain, one for Taiwan ROC and one for Taiwan independence, under the area of former Romania. The heart of Taiwan independence, originally on the right of Taiwan ROC, was for some time the target of [[Nigeria]]<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu3c2x/the_heart_at_703x162_can_be_changed_into_a/</ref>, who sought to convert the heart to the flag of Nigeria. Taiwan and Nigeria later established an agreement where Taiwan would cede the original independence heart to Nigeria and re-establish it on the left of Taiwan ROC in exchange for an alliance between the two communities<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu5sas/rtaiwan_agrees_to_let_nigeria_have_the_heart/</ref>.

These hearts were short-lived, as Romania seized the surrounding area some time after.

== Coordination Techniques Used on r/place 2022 ==
[[File:Taiwan google sheets 1.png|thumb|An example of a Google Sheets table used by Taiwan's r/place community to show coordinates of a given design.|324x324px]]
Taiwan's r/place community decided early on to forego overlays and bots and instead used [https://sheets.google.com/ Google Sheets] as the primary method of design and coordination. Cells on the table were made to be square, and colored in manually. The first row and column of a table were used to show the y and x axis coordinates of a given pixel. Every time a new design was finalized, it was sent in a dedicated announcements channel in the Discord. This method proved to be effective enough that it was used by Taiwan until the very end.

This method was flawed in that it took time for word of the latest plans to get out. This led to miscommunication with members outside of the discord, who remained diligent in defending the existing plans and inadvertently blocking members of the Discord from accomplishing the latest plan.

While some members of the community were known to use bots, it was not officially endorsed by representatives of the community until 2 hours before r/place ended, when Taiwan accepted an invitation to join Hong Kong's bot network.

Ideas for several automation tools, including a Discord bot to automatically generate various types of images given pixel art input<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961832641475264522</ref> as well as an online portal to display all necessary information<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961841840288563271</ref>, were proposed as suggestions for the next r/place. The domain [http://placetw.com/ placetw.com] is currently held by ht12345 for future use.

== Alliances and Foreign Relations (r/place 2022)<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/twg18o/taiwans_contributions_on_rplace/</ref> ==

* [[r/brasil]]
* r/CalgaryFlames
* r/cambodia
*[[r/china place]]
* r/civbattleroyale
* r/czech
* r/Denmark
* r/france
* [[r/fuckcars]]
* [[Green Lattice]]
* r/HermitCraft
* r/HongKong
* r/IndianPlace
* [[Indie Alliance]]
* [[Indonesia|r/indonesia]]
* r/ireland
* r/Kindelia
* r/Korea_Place
*r/Macau
* r/mexico
* r/newzealand
* r/Nigeria
* [[Nordic Union]]
* r/OriAndTheBlindForest
* r/outerwilds
* r/Palau
* r/PracticalGuideToEvil
* r/reddevils
* [[Republic Of China|r/RepublicOfChina]]
* r/SFU
* r/SIGONO
* r/Slovakia
* r/Tennesseetitans
* [[Thailand|r/Thailand, r/thaithai]]
*[[United Factions of r/Place]]
* r/ween
* [[Yume Nikki]]
<references />
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Taiwan

2023-03-30T03:10:06Z

Ht12345: /* Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio */ given proper credit

''This article is for about the community for Taiwan, not to be confused with the community for the [[Republic Of China]].'' {{Community
| name = Taiwan
| aka = r/placeTW
| description = A community for creating Taiwan-related art on r/place
| subcommunities =
| subreddit = Taiwan
| discord = https://discord.gg/8xSQKCHSnT
| website = http://placetw.com
| twitter =
| twitch =
| artwork = [[First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC)]], [[Taiwan Independence Flag]], [[Taipei 101 attempt]], [[Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio]], [[Hearts of Taiwan]]
| logo = Taiwan_r-place_logo.jpeg
}}

'''Taiwan''', officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, neighboring the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consists of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei City and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taoyuan. With 23.45 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan</ref>

Taiwan's r/place community (coordinated through [https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/ r/Taiwan] in 2017 and 2022, [https://www.reddit.com/r/placeTW r/placeTW] established after r/place 2022) was the largest Taiwan-related community operating on r/place in 2022. This community is mostly aligned with the Pan-Green Coalition in Taiwan.

== History ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

=== r/place 2022 ===

==== Beginnings ====
Taiwan began its r/place journey in 2022 following a post by u/gsdeman on r/Taiwan<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/taiwan_flag_on_rplace/</ref>. A subsequent "red blob" was initialized by u/skyblocker804 at (942, 568)<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/comment/i2zknui/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3</ref>, and an initial design of a flag of Taiwan (ROC) was created shortly after<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttshci/heres_my_plan_on_taiwanese_flag_on_rplace_22x34/</ref>. Shortly after, u/wusterdam_www (wusterdam) created a Discord server to coordinate Taiwan's efforts on r/place, with u/howardt12345 (ht12345) being the second person to join. AvocadosConstant joined shortly after, establishing a Google Sheets with the proposed design for better coordination.

=== r/place "202X" ===

==== Preliminary preparation ====
The current owner of the r/placeTW Discord server, ht12345, began preparations for the a potential 2023 r/place on March 24th, 2023<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/960883198928244806/1088903499770761227</ref> after being informed of the rumors the week prior. This next r/place event was labeled "202X" in the Discord server due to his skepticism of the legitimacy of the rumors, as well as some reluctance to believe that a repeat of r/place would happen so soon<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959467908982013974/1087607533495144478</ref>. Nonetheless, preparations were made and announced to the community on March 29th<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/1089662951646056489/1090487634331193384</ref>.

Preliminary alliances, negotiations, and channels of contact were established with other communities by ht12345. The following communities were known to have established some sort of relation with Taiwan r/place: Ireland, American Flag in Place, r/placeNL, r/placeFR, Indie Alliance, r/placeDE, r/korea_place r/bangladesh, r/PlaceColorado, and r/PlacePride<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/1089679863130103858/1089679956197527612</ref>.

== r/place 2017 Artworks ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

==== Flag of the ROC<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/634hre/discussion_flag_on_rplace/</ref> ====

==== Heart of Taiwan ROC ====

== r/place 2022 Artworks ==

==== First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC) ====
Taiwan's first flag was established shortly after the beginning of r/place 2022 following a post on r/Taiwan from r/gsdeman<ref name=":0" />.

==== Taiwan Independence Flag ====
[[File:Taiwan independence flag.png|thumb|233x233px|The final iteration of the Taiwan Independence flag.]]
The "Taiwan independence flag" is a flag made by the World Taiwanese Congress, and is the most common flag used by Taiwan independence supporters. The original design was informally proposed by ht12345 as an attempt to swap the design of the ROC flag with it<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959529206369366026/959850328185004142</ref> mere minutes before the first canvas expansion. It was established to be the design Taiwan would make in the first canvas expansion shortly after.

After failing to secure a location beside the [[XjPooh]] and the [[r/brasil|Brazilian flag]], Taiwan decided to establish the flag to the left of the flag of [[Ireland]] and above the [[Czech]] flag. This led to the establishment of an alliance with [[Ireland]] and strengthening the existing alliance with the [[Czech]].

==== Taipei 101 attempt ====

==== Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio ====
[[File:Asian Trio + Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand.png|thumb|205x205px|The East Asian Trio, with the flags of Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand above it. ]]
The "East Asian Trio"<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/tukuro/the_east_asian_trio/</ref>, also referred to as the Asian Trio, was a group of the flags of Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan between Ukraine and the Denmark area of the [[Nordic Union]].

Approximately a day after r/place started, a flag of Japan was noticed to appear at (316,158). It was quickly joined by a flag of South Korea to the left of it. Members from [[r/china place]] sought to establish a flag of Taiwan beside South Korea, which was completed shortly after. However, this led to a dispute between the Taiwan and Korea communities, as Korea originally planned to give the space to their left to a Tunisian flag. The Taiwan community was mostly in favor of Taiwan giving up its flag there, however there was slight opposition to the consensus by a member of the discord. The first canvas expansion happened shortly after, diverting everyone's attention away from the area and leading to the flag of Taiwan staying in that area.
[[File:Asian Trio at the end.png|thumb|206x206px|The East Asian Trio at the end of r/place, with a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan under Mongolia.]]
A flag of Mongolia appeared on top of the Taiwan flag at the East Asian Trio, which was repeatedly destroyed by the Nordic Union. Taiwan served as a mediator role between the two communities in their dispute, who both proposed that Taiwan give the flag at that location to Mongolia. Significant amounts of time were spent by ht12345 representing the Taiwan community in the Nordic Union to negotiate a favorable solution for all parties, but eventually conceded to the original proposed solution in exchange for significant amounts of support for Taiwan. While met with limited opposition, Taiwan's community unaminously voted in favor of giving the flag to Mongolia, with 106 in favor and 0 against<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959523971726966845/960415075850666045</ref>.

In the end, after some instability in the region, Taiwan was able to successfully give the flag to Mongolia with the help of a Mongolian streamer. On the final version of r/place, a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan can be found under the flag of Mongolia, as part of the tribute to Ukraine.

==== Hearts of Taiwan ====

===== Ukraine flag hearts =====
One heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan could for the most part found in the heart flag area of the Ukrainian region, where flags of countries supporting the Ukrainians in the defense of their country against the invasion by Russia expressed their support. It was from time to time under attack, for example during a period of time where the flag hearts were attempted to be changed into Russian flags. The attacks were, however, defended against, and in the end, one could still see the flag of Taiwan, below and slightly to the right of where the flag of Taiwan in the East Asian Trio were originally to be found.

===== Flag hearts chain =====
[[File:Taiwan ROC Nigeria Hearts.png|thumb|222x222px|Hearts of Taiwan independence, Taiwan ROC, and Nigeria on the flag hearts chain between Ukraine and Romania.]]
When the flag of Ukraine spanned the entire canvas on the first day, a flag heart chain was noted by members of the discord. Taiwan sought to establish two hearts on the chain, one for Taiwan ROC and one for Taiwan independence, under the area of former Romania. The heart of Taiwan independence, originally on the right of Taiwan ROC, was for some time the target of [[Nigeria]]<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu3c2x/the_heart_at_703x162_can_be_changed_into_a/</ref>, who sought to convert the heart to the flag of Nigeria. Taiwan and Nigeria later established an agreement where Taiwan would cede the original independence heart to Nigeria and re-establish it on the left of Taiwan ROC in exchange for an alliance between the two communities<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu5sas/rtaiwan_agrees_to_let_nigeria_have_the_heart/</ref>.

These hearts were short-lived, as Romania seized the surrounding area some time after.

== Coordination Techniques Used on r/place 2022 ==
[[File:Taiwan google sheets 1.png|thumb|An example of a Google Sheets table used by Taiwan's r/place community to show coordinates of a given design.|324x324px]]
Taiwan's r/place community decided early on to forego overlays and bots and instead used [https://sheets.google.com/ Google Sheets] as the primary method of design and coordination. Cells on the table were made to be square, and colored in manually. The first row and column of a table were used to show the y and x axis coordinates of a given pixel. Every time a new design was finalized, it was sent in a dedicated announcements channel in the Discord. This method proved to be effective enough that it was used by Taiwan until the very end.

This method was flawed in that it took time for word of the latest plans to get out. This led to miscommunication with members outside of the discord, who remained diligent in defending the existing plans and inadvertently blocking members of the Discord from accomplishing the latest plan.

While some members of the community were known to use bots, it was not officially endorsed by representatives of the community until 2 hours before r/place ended, when Taiwan accepted an invitation to join Hong Kong's bot network.

Ideas for several automation tools, including a Discord bot to automatically generate various types of images given pixel art input<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961832641475264522</ref> as well as an online portal to display all necessary information<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961841840288563271</ref>, were proposed as suggestions for the next r/place. The domain [http://placetw.com/ placetw.com] is currently held by ht12345 for future use.

== Alliances and Foreign Relations (r/place 2022)<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/twg18o/taiwans_contributions_on_rplace/</ref> ==

* [[r/brasil]]
* r/CalgaryFlames
* r/cambodia
*[[r/china place]]
* r/civbattleroyale
* r/czech
* r/Denmark
* r/france
* [[r/fuckcars]]
* [[Green Lattice]]
* r/HermitCraft
* r/HongKong
* r/IndianPlace
* [[Indie Alliance]]
* [[Indonesia|r/indonesia]]
* r/ireland
* r/Kindelia
* r/Korea_Place
*r/Macau
* r/mexico
* r/newzealand
* r/Nigeria
* [[Nordic Union]]
* r/OriAndTheBlindForest
* r/outerwilds
* r/Palau
* r/PracticalGuideToEvil
* r/reddevils
* [[Republic Of China|r/RepublicOfChina]]
* r/SFU
* r/SIGONO
* r/Slovakia
* r/Tennesseetitans
* [[Thailand|r/Thailand, r/thaithai]]
*[[United Factions of r/Place]]
* r/ween
* [[Yume Nikki]]
<references />
[[Category:Communities]]
[[Category:Alliances]]
[[Category:Geographical Communities]]
[[Category:Subreddit Communities]]

Taiwan

2023-03-30T03:00:01Z

Ht12345: r/place "202X" preparation

''This article is for about the community for Taiwan, not to be confused with the community for the [[Republic Of China]].'' {{Community
| name = Taiwan
| aka = r/placeTW
| description = A community for creating Taiwan-related art on r/place
| subcommunities =
| subreddit = Taiwan
| discord = https://discord.gg/8xSQKCHSnT
| website = http://placetw.com
| twitter =
| twitch =
| artwork = [[First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC)]], [[Taiwan Independence Flag]], [[Taipei 101 attempt]], [[Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio]], [[Hearts of Taiwan]]
| logo = Taiwan_r-place_logo.jpeg
}}

'''Taiwan''', officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, neighboring the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consists of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei City and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taoyuan. With 23.45 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan</ref>

Taiwan's r/place community (coordinated through [https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/ r/Taiwan] in 2017 and 2022, [https://www.reddit.com/r/placeTW r/placeTW] established after r/place 2022) was the largest Taiwan-related community operating on r/place in 2022. This community is mostly aligned with the Pan-Green Coalition in Taiwan.

== History ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

=== r/place 2022 ===

==== Beginnings ====
Taiwan began its r/place journey in 2022 following a post by u/gsdeman on r/Taiwan<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/taiwan_flag_on_rplace/</ref>. A subsequent "red blob" was initialized by u/skyblocker804 at (942, 568)<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/comment/i2zknui/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3</ref>, and an initial design of a flag of Taiwan (ROC) was created shortly after<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttshci/heres_my_plan_on_taiwanese_flag_on_rplace_22x34/</ref>. Shortly after, u/wusterdam_www (wusterdam) created a Discord server to coordinate Taiwan's efforts on r/place, with u/howardt12345 (ht12345) being the second person to join. AvocadosConstant joined shortly after, establishing a Google Sheets with the proposed design for better coordination.

=== r/place "202X" ===

==== Preliminary preparation ====
The current owner of the r/placeTW Discord server, ht12345, began preparations for the a potential 2023 r/place on March 24th, 2023<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/960883198928244806/1088903499770761227</ref> after being informed of the rumors the week prior. This next r/place event was labeled "202X" in the Discord server due to his skepticism of the legitimacy of the rumors, as well as some reluctance to believe that a repeat of r/place would happen so soon<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959467908982013974/1087607533495144478</ref>. Nonetheless, preparations were made and announced to the community on March 29th<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/1089662951646056489/1090487634331193384</ref>.

Preliminary alliances, negotiations, and channels of contact were established with other communities by ht12345. The following communities were known to have established some sort of relation with Taiwan r/place: Ireland, American Flag in Place, r/placeNL, r/placeFR, Indie Alliance, r/placeDE, r/korea_place r/bangladesh, r/PlaceColorado, and r/PlacePride<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/1089679863130103858/1089679956197527612</ref>.

== r/place 2017 Artworks ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

==== Flag of the ROC<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/634hre/discussion_flag_on_rplace/</ref> ====

==== Heart of Taiwan ROC ====

== r/place 2022 Artworks ==

==== First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC) ====
Taiwan's first flag was established shortly after the beginning of r/place 2022 following a post on r/Taiwan from r/gsdeman<ref name=":0" />.

==== Taiwan Independence Flag ====
[[File:Taiwan independence flag.png|thumb|233x233px|The final iteration of the Taiwan Independence flag.]]
The "Taiwan independence flag" is a flag made by the World Taiwanese Congress, and is the most common flag used by Taiwan independence supporters. The original design was informally proposed by ht12345 as an attempt to swap the design of the ROC flag with it<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959529206369366026/959850328185004142</ref> mere minutes before the first canvas expansion. It was established to be the design Taiwan would make in the first canvas expansion shortly after.

After failing to secure a location beside the [[XjPooh]] and the [[r/brasil|Brazilian flag]], Taiwan decided to establish the flag to the left of the flag of [[Ireland]] and above the [[Czech]] flag. This led to the establishment of an alliance with [[Ireland]] and strengthening the existing alliance with the [[Czech]].

==== Taipei 101 attempt ====

==== Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio ====
[[File:Asian Trio + Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand.png|thumb|205x205px|The East Asian Trio, with the flags of Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand above it. ]]
The "East Asian Trio"<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/tukuro/the_east_asian_trio/</ref>, also referred to as the Asian Trio, was a group of the flags of Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan between Ukraine and the Denmark area of the [[Nordic Union]].

Approximately a day after r/place started, a flag of Japan was noticed to appear at (316,158). It was quickly joined by a flag of South Korea to the left of it. Members from [[r/china place]] sought to establish a flag of Taiwan beside South Korea, which was completed shortly after. However, this led to a dispute between the Taiwan and Korea communities, as Korea originally planned to give the space to their left to a Tunisian flag. The Taiwan community was mostly in favor of Taiwan giving up its flag there, however there was slight opposition to the consensus by a member of the discord. The first canvas expansion happened shortly after, diverting everyone's attention away from the area and leading to the flag of Taiwan staying in that area.
[[File:Asian Trio at the end.png|thumb|206x206px|The East Asian Trio at the end of r/place, with a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan under Mongolia.]]
A flag of Mongolia appeared on top of the Taiwan flag at the East Asian Trio, which was repeatedly destroyed by the Nordic Union. Taiwan served as a mediator role between the two communities in their dispute, who both proposed that Taiwan give the flag at that location to Mongolia. Significant amounts of time were spent by a representative of the Taiwan community to negotiate a favorable solution for all parties, but eventually conceded to the original proposed solution in exchange for significant amounts of support for Taiwan. While met with limited opposition, Taiwan's community unaminously voted in favor of giving the flag to Mongolia, with 106 in favor and 0 against<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959523971726966845/960415075850666045</ref>.

In the end, after some instability in the region, Taiwan was able to successfully give the flag to Mongolia with the help of a Mongolian streamer. On the final version of r/place, a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan can be found under the flag of Mongolia, as part of the tribute to Ukraine.

==== Hearts of Taiwan ====

===== Ukraine flag hearts =====
One heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan could for the most part found in the heart flag area of the Ukrainian region, where flags of countries supporting the Ukrainians in the defense of their country against the invasion by Russia expressed their support. It was from time to time under attack, for example during a period of time where the flag hearts were attempted to be changed into Russian flags. The attacks were, however, defended against, and in the end, one could still see the flag of Taiwan, below and slightly to the right of where the flag of Taiwan in the East Asian Trio were originally to be found.

===== Flag hearts chain =====
[[File:Taiwan ROC Nigeria Hearts.png|thumb|222x222px|Hearts of Taiwan independence, Taiwan ROC, and Nigeria on the flag hearts chain between Ukraine and Romania.]]
When the flag of Ukraine spanned the entire canvas on the first day, a flag heart chain was noted by members of the discord. Taiwan sought to establish two hearts on the chain, one for Taiwan ROC and one for Taiwan independence, under the area of former Romania. The heart of Taiwan independence, originally on the right of Taiwan ROC, was for some time the target of [[Nigeria]]<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu3c2x/the_heart_at_703x162_can_be_changed_into_a/</ref>, who sought to convert the heart to the flag of Nigeria. Taiwan and Nigeria later established an agreement where Taiwan would cede the original independence heart to Nigeria and re-establish it on the left of Taiwan ROC in exchange for an alliance between the two communities<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu5sas/rtaiwan_agrees_to_let_nigeria_have_the_heart/</ref>.

These hearts were short-lived, as Romania seized the surrounding area some time after.

== Coordination Techniques Used on r/place 2022 ==
[[File:Taiwan google sheets 1.png|thumb|An example of a Google Sheets table used by Taiwan's r/place community to show coordinates of a given design.|324x324px]]
Taiwan's r/place community decided early on to forego overlays and bots and instead used [https://sheets.google.com/ Google Sheets] as the primary method of design and coordination. Cells on the table were made to be square, and colored in manually. The first row and column of a table were used to show the y and x axis coordinates of a given pixel. Every time a new design was finalized, it was sent in a dedicated announcements channel in the Discord. This method proved to be effective enough that it was used by Taiwan until the very end.

This method was flawed in that it took time for word of the latest plans to get out. This led to miscommunication with members outside of the discord, who remained diligent in defending the existing plans and inadvertently blocking members of the Discord from accomplishing the latest plan.

While some members of the community were known to use bots, it was not officially endorsed by representatives of the community until 2 hours before r/place ended, when Taiwan accepted an invitation to join Hong Kong's bot network.

Ideas for several automation tools, including a Discord bot to automatically generate various types of images given pixel art input<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961832641475264522</ref> as well as an online portal to display all necessary information<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961841840288563271</ref>, were proposed as suggestions for the next r/place. The domain [http://placetw.com/ placetw.com] is currently held by ht12345 for future use.

== Alliances and Foreign Relations (r/place 2022)<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/twg18o/taiwans_contributions_on_rplace/</ref> ==

* [[r/brasil]]
* r/CalgaryFlames
* r/cambodia
*[[r/china place]]
* r/civbattleroyale
* r/czech
* r/Denmark
* r/france
* [[r/fuckcars]]
* [[Green Lattice]]
* r/HermitCraft
* r/HongKong
* r/IndianPlace
* [[Indie Alliance]]
* [[Indonesia|r/indonesia]]
* r/ireland
* r/Kindelia
* r/Korea_Place
*r/Macau
* r/mexico
* r/newzealand
* r/Nigeria
* [[Nordic Union]]
* r/OriAndTheBlindForest
* r/outerwilds
* r/Palau
* r/PracticalGuideToEvil
* r/reddevils
* [[Republic Of China|r/RepublicOfChina]]
* r/SFU
* r/SIGONO
* r/Slovakia
* r/Tennesseetitans
* [[Thailand|r/Thailand, r/thaithai]]
*[[United Factions of r/Place]]
* r/ween
* [[Yume Nikki]]
<references />
[[Category:Communities]]
[[Category:Alliances]]
[[Category:Geographical Communities]]
[[Category:Subreddit Communities]]

Taiwan

2022-04-23T03:00:13Z

Ht12345: Added more links to alliances

''This article is for about the community for Taiwan, not to be confused with the community for the [[Republic Of China]].'' {{Community
| name = Taiwan
| aka = r/placeTW
| description = A community for creating Taiwan-related art on r/place
| subcommunities =
| subreddit = Taiwan
| discord = https://discord.gg/8xSQKCHSnT
| website = http://placetw.com
| twitter =
| twitch =
| artwork = [[First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC)]], [[Taiwan Independence Flag]], [[Taipei 101 attempt]], [[Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio]], [[Hearts of Taiwan]]
| logo = Taiwan_r-place_logo.jpeg
}}

'''Taiwan''', officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, neighboring the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consists of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei City and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taoyuan. With 23.45 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan</ref>

Taiwan's r/place community (coordinated through [https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/ r/Taiwan] in 2017 and 2022, [https://www.reddit.com/r/placeTW r/placeTW] established after r/place 2022) was the largest Taiwan-related community operating on r/place in 2022. This community is mostly aligned with the Pan-Green Coalition in Taiwan.

== History ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

=== r/place 2022 ===
Taiwan began its r/place journey in 2022 following a post by u/gsdeman on r/Taiwan<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/taiwan_flag_on_rplace/</ref>. A subsequent "red blob" was initialized by u/skyblocker804 at (942, 568)<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/comment/i2zknui/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3</ref>, and an initial design of a flag of Taiwan (ROC) was created shortly after<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttshci/heres_my_plan_on_taiwanese_flag_on_rplace_22x34/</ref>. Shortly after, u/wusterdam_www (wusterdam) created a Discord server to coordinate Taiwan's efforts on r/place, with u/howardt12345 (ht12345) being the second person to join. AvocadosConstant joined shortly after, establishing a Google Sheets with the proposed design for better coordination.

== Artwork ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

==== Flag of the ROC<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/634hre/discussion_flag_on_rplace/</ref> ====

==== Heart of Taiwan ROC ====

=== r/place 2022 ===

==== First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC) ====
Taiwan's first flag was established shortly after the beginning of r/place 2022 following a post on r/Taiwan from r/gsdeman<ref name=":0" />.

==== Taiwan Independence Flag ====
[[File:Taiwan independence flag.png|thumb|233x233px|The final iteration of the Taiwan Independence flag.]]
The "Taiwan independence flag" is a flag made by the World Taiwanese Congress, and is the most common flag used by Taiwan independence supporters. The original design was informally proposed by ht12345 as an attempt to swap the design of the ROC flag with it<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959529206369366026/959850328185004142</ref> mere minutes before the first canvas expansion. It was established to be the design Taiwan would make in the first canvas expansion shortly after.

After failing to secure a location beside the [[XjPooh]] and the [[r/brasil|Brazilian flag]], Taiwan decided to establish the flag to the left of the flag of [[Ireland]] and above the [[Czech]] flag. This led to the establishment of an alliance with [[Ireland]] and strengthening the existing alliance with the [[Czech]].

==== Taipei 101 attempt ====

==== Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio ====
[[File:Asian Trio + Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand.png|thumb|205x205px|The East Asian Trio, with the flags of Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand above it. ]]
The "East Asian Trio"<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/tukuro/the_east_asian_trio/</ref>, also referred to as the Asian Trio, was a group of the flags of Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan between Ukraine and the Denmark area of the [[Nordic Union]].

Approximately a day after r/place started, a flag of Japan was noticed to appear at (316,158). It was quickly joined by a flag of South Korea to the left of it. Members from [[r/china place]] sought to establish a flag of Taiwan beside South Korea, which was completed shortly after. However, this led to a dispute between the Taiwan and Korea communities, as Korea originally planned to give the space to their left to a Tunisian flag. The Taiwan community was mostly in favor of Taiwan giving up its flag there, however there was slight opposition to the consensus by a member of the discord. The first canvas expansion happened shortly after, diverting everyone's attention away from the area and leading to the flag of Taiwan staying in that area.
[[File:Asian Trio at the end.png|thumb|206x206px|The East Asian Trio at the end of r/place, with a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan under Mongolia.]]
A flag of Mongolia appeared on top of the Taiwan flag at the East Asian Trio, which was repeatedly destroyed by the Nordic Union. Taiwan served as a mediator role between the two communities in their dispute, who both proposed that Taiwan give the flag at that location to Mongolia. Significant amounts of time were spent by a representative of the Taiwan community to negotiate a favorable solution for all parties, but eventually conceded to the original proposed solution in exchange for significant amounts of support for Taiwan. While met with limited opposition, Taiwan's community unaminously voted in favor of giving the flag to Mongolia, with 106 in favor and 0 against<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959523971726966845/960415075850666045</ref>.

In the end, after some instability in the region, Taiwan was able to successfully give the flag to Mongolia with the help of a Mongolian streamer. On the final version of r/place, a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan can be found under the flag of Mongolia, as part of the tribute to Ukraine.

==== Hearts of Taiwan ====

===== Ukraine flag hearts =====
One heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan could for the most part found in the heart flag area of the Ukrainian region, where flags of countries supporting the Ukrainians in the defense of their country against the invasion by Russia expressed their support. It was from time to time under attack, for example during a period of time where the flag hearts were attempted to be changed into Russian flags. The attacks were, however, defended against, and in the end, one could still see the flag of Taiwan, below and slightly to the right of where the flag of Taiwan in the East Asian Trio were originally to be found.

===== Flag hearts chain =====
[[File:Taiwan ROC Nigeria Hearts.png|thumb|222x222px|Hearts of Taiwan independence, Taiwan ROC, and Nigeria on the flag hearts chain between Ukraine and Romania.]]
When the flag of Ukraine spanned the entire canvas on the first day, a flag heart chain was noted by members of the discord. Taiwan sought to establish two hearts on the chain, one for Taiwan ROC and one for Taiwan independence, under the area of former Romania. The heart of Taiwan independence, originally on the right of Taiwan ROC, was for some time the target of [[Nigeria]]<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu3c2x/the_heart_at_703x162_can_be_changed_into_a/</ref>, who sought to convert the heart to the flag of Nigeria. Taiwan and Nigeria later established an agreement where Taiwan would cede the original independence heart to Nigeria and re-establish it on the left of Taiwan ROC in exchange for an alliance between the two communities<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu5sas/rtaiwan_agrees_to_let_nigeria_have_the_heart/</ref>.

These hearts were short-lived, as Romania seized the surrounding area some time after.

== Coordination Techniques Used ==
[[File:Taiwan google sheets 1.png|thumb|An example of a Google Sheets table used by Taiwan's r/place community to show coordinates of a given design.|324x324px]]
Taiwan's r/place community decided early on to forego overlays and bots and instead used [http://sheets.google.com/ Google Sheets] as the primary method of design and coordination. Cells on the table were made to be square, and colored in manually. The first row and column of a table were used to show the y and x axis coordinates of a given pixel. Every time a new design was finalized, it was sent in a dedicated announcements channel in the Discord. This method proved to be effective enough that it was used by Taiwan until the very end.

This method was flawed in that it took time for word of the latest plans to get out. This led to miscommunication with members outside of the discord, who remained diligent in defending the existing plans and inadvertently blocking members of the Discord from accomplishing the latest plan.

While some members of the community were known to use bots, it was not officially endorsed by representatives of the community until 2 hours before r/place ended, when Taiwan accepted an invitation to join Hong Kong's bot network.

Ideas for several automation tools, including a Discord bot to automatically generate various types of images given pixel art input<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961832641475264522</ref> as well as an online portal to display all necessary information<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961841840288563271</ref>, were proposed as suggestions for the next r/place. The domain [http://placetw.com/ placetw.com] is currently held by ht12345 for future use.

== Alliances and Foreign Relations<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/twg18o/taiwans_contributions_on_rplace/</ref> ==

* [[r/brasil]]
* r/CalgaryFlames
* r/cambodia
*[[r/china place]]
* r/civbattleroyale
* r/czech
* r/Denmark
* r/france
* [[r/fuckcars]]
* [[Green Lattice]]
* r/HermitCraft
* r/HongKong
* r/IndianPlace
* [[Indie Alliance]]
* [[Indonesia|r/indonesia]]
* r/ireland
* r/Kindelia
* r/Korea_Place
*r/Macau
* r/mexico
* r/newzealand
* r/Nigeria
* [[Nordic Union]]
* r/OriAndTheBlindForest
* r/outerwilds
* r/Palau
* r/PracticalGuideToEvil
* r/reddevils
* [[Republic Of China|r/RepublicOfChina]]
* r/SFU
* r/SIGONO
* r/Slovakia
* r/Tennesseetitans
* [[Thailand|r/Thailand, r/thaithai]]
*[[United Factions of r/Place]]
* r/ween
* [[Yume Nikki]]
<references />
[[Category:Communities]]
[[Category:Alliances]]
[[Category:Geographical Communities]]
[[Category:Subreddit Communities]]

Taiwan

2022-04-22T17:44:33Z

Ht12345: added Brazil link

''This article is for about the community for Taiwan, not to be confused with the community for the [[Republic Of China]].'' {{Community
| name = Taiwan
| aka = r/placeTW
| description = A community for creating Taiwan-related art on r/place
| subcommunities =
| subreddit = Taiwan
| discord = https://discord.gg/8xSQKCHSnT
| website = http://placetw.com
| twitter =
| twitch =
| artwork = [[First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC)]], [[Taiwan Independence Flag]], [[Taipei 101 attempt]], [[Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio]], [[Hearts of Taiwan]]
| logo = Taiwan_r-place_logo.jpeg
}}

'''Taiwan''', officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, neighboring the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consists of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei City and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taoyuan. With 23.45 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan</ref>

Taiwan's r/place community (coordinated through [https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/ r/Taiwan] in 2017 and 2022, [https://www.reddit.com/r/placeTW r/placeTW] established after r/place 2022) was the largest Taiwan-related community operating on r/place in 2022. This community is mostly aligned with the Pan-Green Coalition in Taiwan.

== History ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

=== r/place 2022 ===
Taiwan began its r/place journey in 2022 following a post by u/gsdeman on r/Taiwan<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/taiwan_flag_on_rplace/</ref>. A subsequent "red blob" was initialized by u/skyblocker804 at (942, 568)<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/comment/i2zknui/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3</ref>, and an initial design of a flag of Taiwan (ROC) was created shortly after<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttshci/heres_my_plan_on_taiwanese_flag_on_rplace_22x34/</ref>. Shortly after, u/wusterdam_www (wusterdam) created a Discord server to coordinate Taiwan's efforts on r/place, with u/howardt12345 (ht12345) being the second person to join. AvocadosConstant joined shortly after, establishing a Google Sheets with the proposed design for better coordination.

== Artwork ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

==== Flag of the ROC<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/634hre/discussion_flag_on_rplace/</ref> ====

==== Heart of Taiwan ROC ====

=== r/place 2022 ===

==== First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC) ====
Taiwan's first flag was established shortly after the beginning of r/place 2022 following a post on r/Taiwan from r/gsdeman<ref name=":0" />.

==== Taiwan Independence Flag ====
[[File:Taiwan independence flag.png|thumb|233x233px|The final iteration of the Taiwan Independence flag.]]
The "Taiwan independence flag" is a flag made by the World Taiwanese Congress, and is the most common flag used by Taiwan independence supporters. The original design was informally proposed by ht12345 as an attempt to swap the design of the ROC flag with it<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959529206369366026/959850328185004142</ref> mere minutes before the first canvas expansion. It was established to be the design Taiwan would make in the first canvas expansion shortly after.

After failing to secure a location beside the [[XjPooh]] and the [[r/brasil|Brazilian flag]], Taiwan decided to establish the flag to the left of the flag of [[Ireland]] and above the [[Czech]] flag. This led to the establishment of an alliance with [[Ireland]] and strengthening the existing alliance with the [[Czech]].

==== Taipei 101 attempt ====

==== Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio ====
[[File:Asian Trio + Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand.png|thumb|205x205px|The East Asian Trio, with the flags of Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand above it. ]]
The "East Asian Trio"<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/tukuro/the_east_asian_trio/</ref>, also referred to as the Asian Trio, was a group of the flags of Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan between Ukraine and the Denmark area of the [[Nordic Union]].

Approximately a day after r/place started, a flag of Japan was noticed to appear at (316,158). It was quickly joined by a flag of South Korea to the left of it. Members from [[r/china place]] sought to establish a flag of Taiwan beside South Korea, which was completed shortly after. However, this led to a dispute between the Taiwan and Korea communities, as Korea originally planned to give the space to their left to a Tunisian flag. The Taiwan community was mostly in favor of Taiwan giving up its flag there, however there was slight opposition to the consensus by a member of the discord. The first canvas expansion happened shortly after, diverting everyone's attention away from the area and leading to the flag of Taiwan staying in that area.
[[File:Asian Trio at the end.png|thumb|206x206px|The East Asian Trio at the end of r/place, with a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan under Mongolia.]]
A flag of Mongolia appeared on top of the Taiwan flag at the East Asian Trio, which was repeatedly destroyed by the Nordic Union. Taiwan served as a mediator role between the two communities in their dispute, who both proposed that Taiwan give the flag at that location to Mongolia. Significant amounts of time were spent by a representative of the Taiwan community to negotiate a favorable solution for all parties, but eventually conceded to the original proposed solution in exchange for significant amounts of support for Taiwan. While met with limited opposition, Taiwan's community unaminously voted in favor of giving the flag to Mongolia, with 106 in favor and 0 against<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959523971726966845/960415075850666045</ref>.

In the end, after some instability in the region, Taiwan was able to successfully give the flag to Mongolia with the help of a Mongolian streamer. On the final version of r/place, a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan can be found under the flag of Mongolia, as part of the tribute to Ukraine.

==== Hearts of Taiwan ====

===== Ukraine flag hearts =====
One heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan could for the most part found in the heart flag area of the Ukrainian region, where flags of countries supporting the Ukrainians in the defense of their country against the invasion by Russia expressed their support. It was from time to time under attack, for example during a period of time where the flag hearts were attempted to be changed into Russian flags. The attacks were, however, defended against, and in the end, one could still see the flag of Taiwan, below and slightly to the right of where the flag of Taiwan in the East Asian Trio were originally to be found.

===== Flag hearts chain =====
[[File:Taiwan ROC Nigeria Hearts.png|thumb|222x222px|Hearts of Taiwan independence, Taiwan ROC, and Nigeria on the flag hearts chain between Ukraine and Romania.]]
When the flag of Ukraine spanned the entire canvas on the first day, a flag heart chain was noted by members of the discord. Taiwan sought to establish two hearts on the chain, one for Taiwan ROC and one for Taiwan independence, under the area of former Romania. The heart of Taiwan independence, originally on the right of Taiwan ROC, was for some time the target of [[Nigeria]]<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu3c2x/the_heart_at_703x162_can_be_changed_into_a/</ref>, who sought to convert the heart to the flag of Nigeria. Taiwan and Nigeria later established an agreement where Taiwan would cede the original independence heart to Nigeria and re-establish it on the left of Taiwan ROC in exchange for an alliance between the two communities<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu5sas/rtaiwan_agrees_to_let_nigeria_have_the_heart/</ref>.

These hearts were short-lived, as Romania seized the surrounding area some time after.

== Coordination Techniques Used ==
[[File:Taiwan google sheets 1.png|thumb|An example of a Google Sheets table used by Taiwan's r/place community to show coordinates of a given design.|324x324px]]
Taiwan's r/place community decided early on to forego overlays and bots and instead used [http://sheets.google.com/ Google Sheets] as the primary method of design and coordination. Cells on the table were made to be square, and colored in manually. The first row and column of a table were used to show the y and x axis coordinates of a given pixel. Every time a new design was finalized, it was sent in a dedicated announcements channel in the Discord. This method proved to be effective enough that it was used by Taiwan until the very end.

This method was flawed in that it took time for word of the latest plans to get out. This led to miscommunication with members outside of the discord, who remained diligent in defending the existing plans and inadvertently blocking members of the Discord from accomplishing the latest plan.

While some members of the community were known to use bots, it was not officially endorsed by representatives of the community until 2 hours before r/place ended, when Taiwan accepted an invitation to join Hong Kong's bot network.

Ideas for several automation tools, including a Discord bot to automatically generate various types of images given pixel art input<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961832641475264522</ref> as well as an online portal to display all necessary information<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961841840288563271</ref>, were proposed as suggestions for the next r/place. The domain [http://placetw.com/ placetw.com] is currently held by ht12345 for future use.

== Alliances<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/twg18o/taiwans_contributions_on_rplace/</ref> ==

* [[r/Brazil]]
* r/CalgaryFlames
* r/cambodia
*[[r/china place]]
* r/civbattleroyale
* r/czech
* r/Denmark
* r/france
* r/fuckcars
* [[Green Lattice]]
* r/HermitCraft
* r/HongKong
* r/IndianPlace
* r/IndieAlliance
* [[Indonesia|r/indonesia]]
* r/ireland
* r/Kindelia
* r/Korea_Place
*r/Macau
* r/mexico
* r/newzealand
* r/Nigeria
* r/NordicUnion
* r/OriAndTheBlindForest
* r/outerwilds
* r/Palau
* r/PracticalGuideToEvil
* r/reddevils
* [[Republic Of China|r/RepublicOfChina]]
* r/SFU
* r/SIGONO
* r/Slovakia
* r/Tennesseetitans
* r/Thailand, r/thaithai
* r/ween
* r/yumenikki

<references />
[[Category:Communities]]
[[Category:Alliances]]
[[Category:Geographical Communities]]
[[Category:Subreddit Communities]]

Taiwan

2022-04-22T02:46:36Z

Ht12345: Added tags, china place references

''This article is for about the community for Taiwan, not to be confused with the community for the [[Republic Of China]].'' {{Community
| name = Taiwan
| aka = r/placeTW
| description = A community for creating Taiwan-related art on r/place
| subcommunities =
| subreddit = Taiwan
| discord = https://discord.gg/8xSQKCHSnT
| website = http://placetw.com
| twitter =
| twitch =
| artwork = [[First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC)]], [[Taiwan Independence Flag]], [[Taipei 101 attempt]], [[Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio]], [[Hearts of Taiwan]]
| logo = Taiwan_r-place_logo.jpeg
}}

'''Taiwan''', officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, neighboring the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consists of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei City and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taoyuan. With 23.45 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan</ref>

Taiwan's r/place community (coordinated through [https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/ r/Taiwan] in 2017 and 2022, [https://www.reddit.com/r/placeTW r/placeTW] established after r/place 2022) was the largest Taiwan-related community operating on r/place in 2022. This community is mostly aligned with the Pan-Green Coalition in Taiwan.

== History ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

=== r/place 2022 ===
Taiwan began its r/place journey in 2022 following a post by u/gsdeman on r/Taiwan<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/taiwan_flag_on_rplace/</ref>. A subsequent "red blob" was initialized by u/skyblocker804 at (942, 568)<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/comment/i2zknui/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3</ref>, and an initial design of a flag of Taiwan (ROC) was created shortly after<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttshci/heres_my_plan_on_taiwanese_flag_on_rplace_22x34/</ref>. Shortly after, u/wusterdam_www (wusterdam) created a Discord server to coordinate Taiwan's efforts on r/place, with u/howardt12345 (ht12345) being the second person to join. AvocadosConstant joined shortly after, establishing a Google Sheets with the proposed design for better coordination.

== Artwork ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

==== Flag of the ROC<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/634hre/discussion_flag_on_rplace/</ref> ====

==== Heart of Taiwan ROC ====

=== r/place 2022 ===

==== First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC) ====
Taiwan's first flag was established shortly after the beginning of r/place 2022 following a post on r/Taiwan from r/gsdeman<ref name=":0" />.

==== Taiwan Independence Flag ====
[[File:Taiwan independence flag.png|thumb|233x233px|The final iteration of the Taiwan Independence flag.]]
The "Taiwan independence flag" is a flag made by the World Taiwanese Congress, and is the most common flag used by Taiwan independence supporters. The original design was informally proposed by ht12345 as an attempt to swap the design of the ROC flag with it<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959529206369366026/959850328185004142</ref> mere minutes before the first canvas expansion. It was established to be the design Taiwan would make in the first canvas expansion shortly after.

After failing to secure a location beside the [[XjPooh]] and [[Brazil]], Taiwan decided to establish the flag to the left of the flag of [[Ireland]] and above the [[Czech]] flag. This led to the establishment of an alliance with [[Ireland]] and strengthening the existing alliance with the [[Czech]].

==== Taipei 101 attempt ====

==== Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio ====
[[File:Asian Trio + Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand.png|thumb|205x205px|The East Asian Trio, with the flags of Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand above it. ]]
The "East Asian Trio"<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/tukuro/the_east_asian_trio/</ref>, also referred to as the Asian Trio, was a group of the flags of Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan between Ukraine and the Denmark area of the [[Nordic Union]].

Approximately a day after r/place started, a flag of Japan was noticed to appear at (316,158). It was quickly joined by a flag of South Korea to the left of it. Members from [[r/china place]] sought to establish a flag of Taiwan beside South Korea, which was completed shortly after. However, this led to a dispute between the Taiwan and Korea communities, as Korea originally planned to give the space to their left to a Tunisian flag. The Taiwan community was mostly in favor of Taiwan giving up its flag there, however there was slight opposition to the consensus by a member of the discord. The first canvas expansion happened shortly after, diverting everyone's attention away from the area and leading to the flag of Taiwan staying in that area.
[[File:Asian Trio at the end.png|thumb|206x206px|The East Asian Trio at the end of r/place, with a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan under Mongolia.]]
A flag of Mongolia appeared on top of the Taiwan flag at the East Asian Trio, which was repeatedly destroyed by the Nordic Union. Taiwan served as a mediator role between the two communities in their dispute, who both proposed that Taiwan give the flag at that location to Mongolia. Significant amounts of time were spent by a representative of the Taiwan community to negotiate a favorable solution for all parties, but eventually conceded to the original proposed solution in exchange for significant amounts of support for Taiwan. While met with limited opposition, Taiwan's community unaminously voted in favor of giving the flag to Mongolia, with 106 in favor and 0 against<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959523971726966845/960415075850666045</ref>.

In the end, after some instability in the region, Taiwan was able to successfully give the flag to Mongolia with the help of a Mongolian streamer. On the final version of r/place, a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan can be found under the flag of Mongolia, as part of the tribute to Ukraine.

==== Hearts of Taiwan ====

===== Ukraine flag hearts =====
One heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan could for the most part found in the heart flag area of the Ukrainian region, where flags of countries supporting the Ukrainians in the defense of their country against the invasion by Russia expressed their support. It was from time to time under attack, for example during a period of time where the flag hearts were attempted to be changed into Russian flags. The attacks were, however, defended against, and in the end, one could still see the flag of Taiwan, below and slightly to the right of where the flag of Taiwan in the East Asian Trio were originally to be found.

===== Flag hearts chain =====
[[File:Taiwan ROC Nigeria Hearts.png|thumb|222x222px|Hearts of Taiwan independence, Taiwan ROC, and Nigeria on the flag hearts chain between Ukraine and Romania.]]
When the flag of Ukraine spanned the entire canvas on the first day, a flag heart chain was noted by members of the discord. Taiwan sought to establish two hearts on the chain, one for Taiwan ROC and one for Taiwan independence, under the area of former Romania. The heart of Taiwan independence, originally on the right of Taiwan ROC, was for some time the target of [[Nigeria]]<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu3c2x/the_heart_at_703x162_can_be_changed_into_a/</ref>, who sought to convert the heart to the flag of Nigeria. Taiwan and Nigeria later established an agreement where Taiwan would cede the original independence heart to Nigeria and re-establish it on the left of Taiwan ROC in exchange for an alliance between the two communities<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu5sas/rtaiwan_agrees_to_let_nigeria_have_the_heart/</ref>.

These hearts were short-lived, as Romania seized the surrounding area some time after.

== Coordination Techniques Used ==
[[File:Taiwan google sheets 1.png|thumb|An example of a Google Sheets table used by Taiwan's r/place community to show coordinates of a given design.|324x324px]]
Taiwan's r/place community decided early on to forego overlays and bots and instead used [http://sheets.google.com/ Google Sheets] as the primary method of design and coordination. Cells on the table were made to be square, and colored in manually. The first row and column of a table were used to show the y and x axis coordinates of a given pixel. Every time a new design was finalized, it was sent in a dedicated announcements channel in the Discord. This method proved to be effective enough that it was used by Taiwan until the very end.

This method was flawed in that it took time for word of the latest plans to get out. This led to miscommunication with members outside of the discord, who remained diligent in defending the existing plans and inadvertently blocking members of the Discord from accomplishing the latest plan.

While some members of the community were known to use bots, it was not officially endorsed by representatives of the community until 2 hours before r/place ended, when Taiwan accepted an invitation to join Hong Kong's bot network.

Ideas for several automation tools, including a Discord bot to automatically generate various types of images given pixel art input<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961832641475264522</ref> as well as an online portal to display all necessary information<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961841840288563271</ref>, were proposed as suggestions for the next r/place. The domain [http://placetw.com/ placetw.com] is currently held by ht12345 for future use.

== Alliances<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/twg18o/taiwans_contributions_on_rplace/</ref> ==

* r/Brazil
* r/CalgaryFlames
* r/cambodia
*[[r/china place]]
* r/civbattleroyale
* r/czech
* r/Denmark
* r/france
* r/fuckcars
* [[Green Lattice]]
* r/HermitCraft
* r/HongKong
* r/IndianPlace
* r/IndieAlliance
* [[Indonesia|r/indonesia]]
* r/ireland
* r/Kindelia
* r/Korea_Place
*r/Macau
* r/mexico
* r/newzealand
* r/Nigeria
* r/NordicUnion
* r/OriAndTheBlindForest
* r/outerwilds
* r/Palau
* r/PracticalGuideToEvil
* r/reddevils
* [[Republic Of China|r/RepublicOfChina]]
* r/SFU
* r/SIGONO
* r/Slovakia
* r/Tennesseetitans
* r/Thailand, r/thaithai
* r/ween
* r/yumenikki

[[Category:Communities]]
[[Category:Alliances]]

<references />
[[Category:Geographical Communities]]
[[Category:Subreddit Communities]]

Taiwan

2022-04-13T13:12:00Z

Ht12345: /* Hearts of Taiwan */ Flags hearts chain section

''This article is for about the community for Taiwan, not to be confused with the community for the [[Republic Of China]].'' {{Community
| name = Taiwan
| aka = r/placeTW
| description = A community for creating Taiwan-related art on r/place
| subcommunities =
| subreddit = Taiwan
| discord = https://discord.gg/8xSQKCHSnT
| website = http://placetw.com
| twitter =
| twitch =
| artwork = [[First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC)]], [[Taiwan Independence Flag]], [[Taipei 101 attempt]], [[Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio]], [[Hearts of Taiwan]]
| logo = Taiwan_r-place_logo.jpeg
}}

'''Taiwan''', officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, neighboring the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consists of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei City and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taoyuan. With 23.45 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan</ref>

Taiwan's r/place community (coordinated through [https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/ r/Taiwan] in 2017 and 2022, [https://www.reddit.com/r/placeTW r/placeTW] established after r/place 2022) was the largest Taiwan-related community operating on r/place in 2022. This community is mostly aligned with the Pan-Green Coalition in Taiwan.

== History ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

=== r/place 2022 ===
Taiwan began its r/place journey in 2022 following a post by u/gsdeman on r/Taiwan<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/taiwan_flag_on_rplace/</ref>. A subsequent "red blob" was initialized by u/skyblocker804 at (942, 568)<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttrhau/comment/i2zknui/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3</ref>, and an initial design of a flag of Taiwan (ROC) was created shortly after<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/ttshci/heres_my_plan_on_taiwanese_flag_on_rplace_22x34/</ref>. Shortly after, u/wusterdam_www (wusterdam) created a Discord server to coordinate Taiwan's efforts on r/place, with u/howardt12345 (ht12345) being the second person to join. AvocadosConstant joined shortly after, establishing a Google Sheets with the proposed design for better coordination.

== Artwork ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

==== Flag of the ROC<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/634hre/discussion_flag_on_rplace/</ref> ====

==== Heart of Taiwan ROC ====

=== r/place 2022 ===

==== First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC) ====
Taiwan's first flag was established shortly after the beginning of r/place 2022 following a post on r/Taiwan from r/gsdeman<ref name=":0" />.

==== Taiwan Independence Flag ====
[[File:Taiwan independence flag.png|thumb|233x233px|The final iteration of the Taiwan Independence flag.]]
The "Taiwan independence flag" is a flag made by the World Taiwanese Congress, and is the most common flag used by Taiwan independence supporters. The original design was informally proposed by ht12345 as an attempt to swap the design of the ROC flag with it<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959529206369366026/959850328185004142</ref> mere minutes before the first canvas expansion. It was established to be the design Taiwan would make in the first canvas expansion shortly after.

After failing to secure a location beside the [[XjPooh]] and [[Brazil]], Taiwan decided to establish the flag to the left of the flag of [[Ireland]] and above the [[Czech]] flag. This led to the establishment of an alliance with [[Ireland]] and strengthening the existing alliance with the [[Czech]].

==== Taipei 101 attempt ====

==== Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio ====
[[File:Asian Trio + Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand.png|thumb|205x205px|The East Asian Trio, with the flags of Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand above it. ]]
The "East Asian Trio"<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/tukuro/the_east_asian_trio/</ref>, also referred to as the Asian Trio, was a group of the flags of Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan between Ukraine and the Denmark area of the [[Nordic Union]].

Approximately a day after r/place started, a flag of Japan was noticed to appear at (316,158). It was quickly joined by a flag of South Korea to the left of it. Members outside of the Taiwan community sought to establish a flag of Taiwan beside South Korea, which was completed shortly after. However, this led to a dispute between the Taiwan and Korea communities, as Korea originally planned to give the space to their left to a Tunisian flag. The Taiwan community was mostly in favor of Taiwan giving up its flag there, however there was slight opposition to the consensus by a member of the discord. The first canvas expansion happened shortly after, diverting everyone's attention away from the area and leading to the flag of Taiwan staying in that area.
[[File:Asian Trio at the end.png|thumb|206x206px|The East Asian Trio at the end of r/place, with a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan under Mongolia.]]
A flag of Mongolia appeared on top of the Taiwan flag at the East Asian Trio, which was repeatedly destroyed by the Nordic Union. Taiwan served as a mediator role between the two communities in their dispute, who both proposed that Taiwan give the flag at that location to Mongolia. Significant amounts of time were spent by a representative of the Taiwan community to negotiate a favorable solution for all parties, but eventually conceded to the original proposed solution in exchange for significant amounts of support for Taiwan. While met with limited opposition, Taiwan's community unaminously voted in favor of giving the flag to Mongolia, with 106 in favor and 0 against<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/959523971726966845/960415075850666045</ref>.

In the end, after some instability in the region, Taiwan was able to successfully give the flag to Mongolia with the help of a Mongolian streamer. On the final version of r/place, a heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan can be found under the flag of Mongolia, as part of the tribute to Ukraine.

==== Hearts of Taiwan ====

===== Ukraine flag hearts =====
One heart in the design of the flag of Taiwan could for the most part found in the heart flag area of the Ukrainian region, where flags of countries supporting the Ukrainians in the defense of their country against the invasion by Russia expressed their support. It was from time to time under attack, for example during a period of time where the flag hearts were attempted to be changed into Russian flags. The attacks were, however, defended against, and in the end, one could still see the flag of Taiwan, below and slightly to the right of where the flag of Taiwan in the East Asian Trio were originally to be found.

===== Flag hearts chain =====
[[File:Taiwan ROC Nigeria Hearts.png|thumb|222x222px|Hearts of Taiwan independence, Taiwan ROC, and Nigeria on the flag hearts chain between Ukraine and Romania.]]
When the flag of Ukraine spanned the entire canvas on the first day, a flag heart chain was noted by members of the discord. Taiwan sought to establish two hearts on the chain, one for Taiwan ROC and one for Taiwan independence, under the area of former Romania. The heart of Taiwan independence, originally on the right of Taiwan ROC, was for some time the target of [[Nigeria]]<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu3c2x/the_heart_at_703x162_can_be_changed_into_a/</ref>, who sought to convert the heart to the flag of Nigeria. Taiwan and Nigeria later established an agreement where Taiwan would cede the original independence heart to Nigeria and re-establish it on the left of Taiwan ROC in exchange for an alliance between the two communities<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Nigeria/comments/tu5sas/rtaiwan_agrees_to_let_nigeria_have_the_heart/</ref>.

These hearts were short-lived, as Romania seized the surrounding area some time after.

== Coordination Techniques Used ==
[[File:Taiwan google sheets 1.png|thumb|An example of a Google Sheets table used by Taiwan's r/place community to show coordinates of a given design.|324x324px]]
Taiwan's r/place community decided early on to forego overlays and bots and instead used [http://sheets.google.com/ Google Sheets] as the primary method of design and coordination. Cells on the table were made to be square, and colored in manually. The first row and column of a table were used to show the y and x axis coordinates of a given pixel. Every time a new design was finalized, it was sent in a dedicated announcements channel in the Discord. This method proved to be effective enough that it was used by Taiwan until the very end.

This method was flawed in that it took time for word of the latest plans to get out. This led to miscommunication with members outside of the discord, who remained diligent in defending the existing plans and inadvertently blocking members of the Discord from accomplishing the latest plan.

While some members of the community were known to use bots, it was not officially endorsed by representatives of the community until 2 hours before r/place ended, when Taiwan accepted an invitation to join Hong Kong's bot network.

Ideas for several automation tools, including a Discord bot to automatically generate various types of images given pixel art input<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961832641475264522</ref> as well as an online portal to display all necessary information<ref>https://discord.com/channels/959467908315111444/961016928992891010/961841840288563271</ref>, were proposed as suggestions for the next r/place. The domain [http://placetw.com/ placetw.com] is currently held by ht12345 for future use.

== Alliances<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/twg18o/taiwans_contributions_on_rplace/</ref> ==

* r/Brazil
* r/CalgaryFlames
* r/cambodia
* r/civbattleroyale
* r/czech
* r/Denmark
* r/france
* r/fuckcars
* [[Green Lattice]]
* r/HermitCraft
* r/HongKong
* r/IndianPlace
* r/IndieAlliance
* [[Indonesia|r/indonesia]]
* r/ireland
* r/Kindelia
* r/Korea_Place
*r/Macau
* r/mexico
* r/newzealand
* r/Nigeria
* r/NordicUnion
* r/OriAndTheBlindForest
* r/outerwilds
* r/Palau
* r/PracticalGuideToEvil
* r/reddevils
* [[Republic Of China|r/RepublicOfChina]]
* r/SFU
* r/SIGONO
* r/Slovakia
* r/Tennesseetitans
* r/Thailand, r/thaithai
* r/ween
* r/yumenikki

[[Category:Communities]]
[[Category:Alliances]]

<references />

File:Taiwan ROC Nigeria Hearts.png

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Ht12345:

Hearts of Taiwan independence, Taiwan ROC, and Nigeria on the flag hearts chain

Taiwan

2022-04-13T03:29:27Z

Ht12345: /* Former flag of Taiwan at East Asian Trio */ cleaned up wording

Taiwan

2022-04-12T22:40:28Z

Ht12345: fixed link

Taiwan

2022-04-12T22:23:38Z

Ht12345: Added links to artwork, removed defense efforts

United Factions of r/Place

2022-04-12T20:32:13Z

Ht12345: /* Members */ Added Taiwan to the list

{{Community
| name = United Factions of r/Place
| description = An alliance between over 60 communities spanning the entire canvas of [[r/place 2022]]
| aka = UFP
| subreddit = UnitedFactionsofPlace
| discord = https://discord.gg/ec4jMghraa
| subcommunities =
| logo = UFP_Logo.png
}}
The '''United Factions of r/Place''' ('''UFP''') was a large coalition between communities that spanned across the entire canvas. Member states assisted each-other in times of need and acted together to protect artwork from streamers such as [[xQcOW|xQc]].

==History==

==Members==
*Art Heaven
*Baba Makes r/Place
*Bengals
*[[The Blue Corner]]
*ENA Alliance
*Foxhole
*JPEGMAFIA
*Kingdom Hearts
*LGBTQ
*Longnose
*r/196
*r/anarchychess
*Argentina
*r/arknights
*r/Autism
*r/babymetal
*Bangladesh
*r/BlueArchive
*r/dankmemesfromsite19
*r/DDLC
*r/dominican
*r/DOOM
*r/Evangelion
*r/fireemblem
*r/greenlattice
*r/hongkong
*Ireland
*r/jerma985
*r/kingcrimson
*r/komi
*r/libraryofruina
*r/lobotomycorporation
*r/Megaten
*r/MyLittlePony
*r/omori
*r/osu
*r/Persona5
*r/playboycarti
*r/PoliticalCompassMemes
*r/Practicalguidetoevil
*r/rust
*r/rwby
*r/Shantae
*r/ShitpostCrusaders
*r/ShingekiNoKyojin
*r/spacexplace
*r/splatoon
*r/StarTrek
*Steins;Gate
*[[Taiwan]]
*r/tallyhall
*r/tetris
*[[Titanfolk]]
*r/touhou
*r/unturned
*r/vexillologycirclejerk
*r/warframe
*School
*The AntiFlag Alliance
*The Cool S Treaty Organization
*TheCroatianSquirrel
*TheFarLeftSideAlliance
*tokipona
*University of Florida

[[Category:Alliances]]

Taiwan

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Taiwan

2022-04-12T03:56:14Z

Ht12345: East Asian Trio

File:Palau flag.png

2022-04-12T03:25:37Z

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A flag of Palau, established with the help of Taiwan and other allies

File:Taipei 101 in progress.png

2022-04-12T03:19:34Z

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Taiwan's presence in the second canvas expansion

File:Taipei 101 plan.png

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The plan for Taiwan's ambitious Taipei 101 project

File:Asian Trio at the end.png

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Ht12345:

Asian Trio at the end, with Mongolia, South Korea, and Japan. A heart in the design of Taiwan ROC is under the Mongolian flag.

File:Asian Trio + Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand.png

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Ht12345:

A pic of the "Asian Trio" with Mongolia, Australia, and New Zealand above it.

Taiwan

2022-04-11T03:23:33Z

Ht12345: /* Taiwan Independence Flag */ grammar fix

Taiwan

2022-04-11T03:17:45Z

Ht12345: wording change, link fixes

Taiwan

2022-04-11T00:33:16Z

Ht12345: Added some history, descriptions, and additional sections

File:Taiwan flag planning.png

2022-04-11T00:22:01Z

Ht12345:

An initial design of the Taiwan Independence flag, with coordinates set to be beside the Irish flag

File:Taiwan independence flag.png

2022-04-11T00:12:44Z

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Flag of Taiwan proposed by the World Taiwanese Congress, commonly used to represent the Taiwanese Independence movement.

File:Taiwan google sheets 1.png

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Ht12345:

An example of Taiwan's planning google sheets.

File:Taiwan flag proposal.png

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Ht12345:

The original proposal for a Taiwan independence flag.

Taiwan

2022-04-10T20:38:19Z

Ht12345: Links to r/Taiwan and r/placeTW

Taiwan

2022-04-10T20:36:30Z

Ht12345: Clarification on communities

Republic Of China

2022-04-10T20:30:18Z

Ht12345: Added communities tag

''This article is about the community of the Republic of China, not to be confused with the separate community for [[Taiwan]].''

{{Community
| name = r/place r/RepublicOfChina
| description = Community representing the Republic of China on r/place
| subreddit = RepublicOfChina
}}

China, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), was a country in East Asia based in Mainland China from 1912 to 1949, prior to the relocation of its central government to Taiwan as a result of the Chinese Civil War. At a population of 541 million in 1949, it was the world's most populous country. Covering 11.4 million square kilometres (4.4 million square miles), it consisted of 35 provinces, 1 special administrative region, 2 regions, 12 special municipalities, 14 leagues, and 4 special banners. This period is often referred to as the Republican Era in Mainland China or the Mainland Period in Taiwan.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)</ref>

On r/place, this community represented those aligned with the Pan-Blue Coalition in Taiwan.
<references />
[[Category:Communities]]

Republic Of China

2022-04-10T20:27:24Z

Ht12345: fixed subreddit link

Taiwan

2022-04-10T20:26:36Z

Ht12345: Added clarification on Taiwan communities

''This article is for about the community for Taiwan, not to be confused with the community for the [[Republic Of China]].'' {{Community
| name = Taiwan
| aka = placeTW
| description = A community for creating Taiwan-related art on r/place
| subcommunities =
| subreddit = Taiwan
| discord = https://discord.gg/8xSQKCHSnT
| website = https://placetw.com
| twitter =
| twitch =
| artwork = First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC), Taiwan independence flag, Former flag of Taiwan at Asian Trio, Taipei 101 attempt, Hearts of Taiwan
| logo = Taiwan_r-place_logo.jpeg
}}

'''Taiwan''', officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, neighboring the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consists of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei City and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taoyuan. With 23.45 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan</ref>

Taiwan's r/place community (known as '''r/placeTW''' after r/place 2022) was the largest Taiwan-related community operating on r/place in 2022. This community is mostly aligned with the Pan-Green Coalition in Taiwan.

== Artwork ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

==== Flag of the ROC ====

==== Heart of Taiwan ROC ====

=== r/place 2022 ===

==== First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC) ====

==== Taiwan Independence Flag ====

==== Taipei 101 attempt ====

==== Former flag of Taiwan at Asian Trio ====

==== Hearts of Taiwan ====

== History ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

=== r/place 2022 ===

== Alliances<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/twg18o/taiwans_contributions_on_rplace/</ref> ==

* r/Brazil
* r/CalgaryFlames
* r/cambodia
* r/civbattleroyale
* r/czech
* r/Denmark
* r/france
* r/fuckcars
* [[Green Lattice]]
*r/HermitCraft
*r/HongKong
*r/IndianPlace
*r/IndieAlliance
*r/indonesia
*r/ireland
*r/Kindelia
*r/Korea_Place
*r/mexico
*r/newzealand
*r/Nigeria
*r/NordicUnion
*r/OriAndTheBlindForest
*r/outerwilds
*r/Palau
*r/PracticalGuideToEvil
*r/reddevils
*r/RepublicOfChina
*r/SFU
*r/SIGONO
*r/Slovakia
*r/Tennesseetitans
*r/Thailand, r/thaithai
*r/ween
*r/yumenikki

[[Category:Communities]]
[[Category:Alliances]]

<references />

Thailand

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Ht12345: /* r/place 2022 */ Added links for ROC community

{{Community
| name = Thailand
| description = A community of Reddit users from Thailand and people interested in the country.
| subreddit = thaithai
| discord = https://discord.gg/pAkHKTGF2u
| artwork = [[Thai Flag]], [[Second Thai Flag]]
| logo = Thai flag.png
}}
'''Thailand''' is a country in Southeast Asia spanning 513,120 square kilometres (198,120 sq mi), with a population of almost 70 million. It is known for its tropical beaches, Buddhist temples and royal palaces. The capital of Thailand is Bangkok.

The Thai Reddit community is relatively small as people use local alternatives like Pantip.

= r/place 2022 =
Thailand formerly had flags next to the first Taiwanese flag and the Minecraft @ Home logo, but it was met with resistance from the Brazilian and the [[Republic Of China]] community (not to be mistaken by the [[Taiwan]] community, who supported the flag there)

The first expansion saw Thailand moving their flags next to Ireland, NASCAR, and Katawa Shoujo. And witnessed the war between the Vietnamese and fans of BigBossLayf Esports, but were unscathed until BigBossLayf decided to expand downward. However their alliance with New Zealand helped them negotiate with BigBossLayf to downsize their logo and give back Thailand its territory.

The second expansion has Thailand attempting to expand down below the German flag, but its area was quickly overtaken by Mexico. Thailand however found a new place next to the [[Seishun Buta Yarou]] alliance, and stayed there until [[The Great Whiteout|the end of r/place]].

== Artwork ==
The first Thai flag features the elephant, Thailand's national animal in collaboration with New Zealand and a sihlouette of the country. The number 112 on its saddle references Thailand's lèse-majesté law prohibiting defamation of the royal family.

The second artwork features the Thai tea and the Democracy Monument.

[[Category:Communities]]

Republic Of China

2022-04-10T20:23:48Z

Ht12345: Created page for Republic of China

''This article is about the community of the Republic of China, not to be confused with the separate community for [[Taiwan]].''

{{Community
| name = r/place r/RepublicOfChina
| description = Community representing the Republic of China on r/place
| subreddit = r/RepublicOfChina
}}

China, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), was a country in East Asia based in Mainland China from 1912 to 1949, prior to the relocation of its central government to Taiwan as a result of the Chinese Civil War. At a population of 541 million in 1949, it was the world's most populous country. Covering 11.4 million square kilometres (4.4 million square miles), it consisted of 35 provinces, 1 special administrative region, 2 regions, 12 special municipalities, 14 leagues, and 4 special banners. This period is often referred to as the Republican Era in Mainland China or the Mainland Period in Taiwan.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)</ref>

On r/place, this community represented those aligned with the Pan-Blue Coalition in Taiwan.

Thailand

2022-04-10T20:17:36Z

Ht12345: /* r/place 2022 */ clarification on Thailand's flag near Taiwan

{{Community
| name = Thailand
| description = A community of Reddit users from Thailand and people interested in the country.
| subreddit = thaithai
| discord = https://discord.gg/pAkHKTGF2u
| artwork = [[Thai Flag]], [[Second Thai Flag]]
| logo = Thai flag.png
}}
'''Thailand''' is a country in Southeast Asia spanning 513,120 square kilometres (198,120 sq mi), with a population of almost 70 million. It is known for its tropical beaches, Buddhist temples and royal palaces. The capital of Thailand is Bangkok.

The Thai Reddit community is relatively small as people use local alternatives like Pantip.

= r/place 2022 =
Thailand formerly had flags next to the first Taiwanese flag and the Minecraft @ Home logo, but it was met with resistance from the Brazilian and the nationalist Taiwanese ROC faction (not to be mistaken by [[Taiwan]], which supported the flag there)

The first expansion saw Thailand moving their flags next to Ireland, NASCAR, and Katawa Shoujo. And witnessed the war between the Vietnamese and fans of BigBossLayf Esports, but were unscathed until BigBossLayf decided to expand downward. However their alliance with New Zealand helped them negotiate with BigBossLayf to downsize their logo and give back Thailand its territory.

The second expansion has Thailand attempting to expand down below the German flag, but its area was quickly overtaken by Mexico. Thailand however found a new place next to the [[Seishun Buta Yarou]] alliance, and stayed there until [[The Great Whiteout|the end of r/place]].

== Artwork ==
The first Thai flag features the elephant, Thailand's national animal in collaboration with New Zealand and a sihlouette of the country. The number 112 on its saddle references Thailand's lèse-majesté law prohibiting defamation of the royal family.

The second artwork features the Thai tea and the Democracy Monument.

[[Category:Communities]]

Taiwan

2022-04-10T20:08:56Z

Ht12345: Added references for description

{{Community
| name = Taiwan
| aka = placeTW
| description = A community for creating Taiwan-related art on r/place
| subcommunities =
| subreddit = Taiwan
| discord = https://discord.gg/8xSQKCHSnT
| website = https://placetw.com
| twitter =
| twitch =
| artwork = First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC), Taiwan independence flag, Former flag of Taiwan at Asian Trio, Taipei 101 attempt, Hearts of Taiwan
| logo = Taiwan_r-place_logo.jpeg
}}

'''Taiwan''', officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, neighboring the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consists of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei City and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taoyuan. With 23.45 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan</ref>

Taiwan's r/place community (known as '''r/placeTW''' after r/place 2022) was the largest Taiwan-related community operating on r/place in 2022.

== Artwork ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

==== Flag of the ROC ====

==== Heart of Taiwan ROC ====

=== r/place 2022 ===

==== First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC) ====

==== Taiwan Independence Flag ====

==== Taipei 101 attempt ====

==== Former flag of Taiwan at Asian Trio ====

==== Hearts of Taiwan ====

== History ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

=== r/place 2022 ===

== Alliances<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/twg18o/taiwans_contributions_on_rplace/</ref> ==

* r/Brazil
* r/CalgaryFlames
* r/cambodia
* r/civbattleroyale
* r/czech
* r/Denmark
* r/france
* r/fuckcars
* [[Green Lattice]]
*r/HermitCraft
*r/HongKong
*r/IndianPlace
*r/IndieAlliance
*r/indonesia
*r/ireland
*r/Kindelia
*r/Korea_Place
*r/mexico
*r/newzealand
*r/Nigeria
*r/NordicUnion
*r/OriAndTheBlindForest
*r/outerwilds
*r/Palau
*r/PracticalGuideToEvil
*r/reddevils
*r/RepublicOfChina
*r/SFU
*r/SIGONO
*r/Slovakia
*r/Tennesseetitans
*r/Thailand, r/thaithai
*r/ween
*r/yumenikki

[[Category:Communities]]
[[Category:Alliances]]

<references />

Taiwan

2022-04-10T20:06:57Z

Ht12345: Added sections for artwork and history

{{Community
| name = Taiwan
| aka = placeTW
| description = A community for creating Taiwan-related art on r/place
| subcommunities =
| subreddit = Taiwan
| discord = https://discord.gg/8xSQKCHSnT
| website = https://placetw.com
| twitter =
| twitch =
| artwork = First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC), Taiwan independence flag, Former flag of Taiwan at Asian Trio, Taipei 101 attempt, Hearts of Taiwan
| logo = Taiwan_r-place_logo.jpeg
}}

'''Taiwan''', officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, neighboring the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consists of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei City and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taoyuan. With 23.45 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.

Taiwan's r/place community (known as '''r/placeTW''' after r/place 2022) was the largest Taiwan-related community operating on r/place in 2022.

== Artwork ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

==== Flag of the ROC ====

==== Heart of Taiwan ROC ====

=== r/place 2022 ===

==== First flag of Taiwan (flags of ROC) ====

==== Taiwan Independence Flag ====

==== Taipei 101 attempt ====

==== Former flag of Taiwan at Asian Trio ====

==== Hearts of Taiwan ====

== History ==

=== r/place 2017 ===

=== r/place 2022 ===

== Alliances<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/twg18o/taiwans_contributions_on_rplace/</ref> ==

* r/Brazil
* r/CalgaryFlames
* r/cambodia
* r/civbattleroyale
* r/czech
* r/Denmark
* r/france
* r/fuckcars
* [[Green Lattice]]
*r/HermitCraft
*r/HongKong
*r/IndianPlace
*r/IndieAlliance
*r/indonesia
*r/ireland
*r/Kindelia
*r/Korea_Place
*r/mexico
*r/newzealand
*r/Nigeria
*r/NordicUnion
*r/OriAndTheBlindForest
*r/outerwilds
*r/Palau
*r/PracticalGuideToEvil
*r/reddevils
*r/RepublicOfChina
*r/SFU
*r/SIGONO
*r/Slovakia
*r/Tennesseetitans
*r/Thailand, r/thaithai
*r/ween
*r/yumenikki

[[Category:Communities]]
[[Category:Alliances]]

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Taiwan

2022-04-10T19:58:49Z

Ht12345: /* Alliances[1] */ Added link to green lattice

{{Community
| name = Taiwan
| aka = placeTW
| description = A community for creating Taiwan-related art on r/place
| subcommunities =
| subreddit = Taiwan
| discord = https://discord.gg/8xSQKCHSnT
| website = https://placetw.com
| twitter =
| twitch =
| artwork = First flag of Taiwan, Taiwan independence flag, Former flag of Taiwan at Asian Trio, Taipei 101 attempt
| logo = Taiwan_r-place_logo.jpeg
}}

'''Taiwan''', officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, neighboring the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consists of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei City and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taoyuan. With 23.45 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.

Taiwan's r/place community (r/placeTW) was the largest Taiwan-related community operating on r/place in 2022.

== Alliances<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/twg18o/taiwans_contributions_on_rplace/</ref> ==

* r/Brazil
* r/CalgaryFlames
* r/cambodia
* r/civbattleroyale
* r/czech
* r/Denmark
* r/france
* r/fuckcars
* [[Green Lattice]]
*r/HermitCraft
*r/HongKong
*r/IndianPlace
*r/IndieAlliance
*r/indonesia
*r/ireland
*r/Kindelia
*r/Korea_Place
*r/mexico
*r/newzealand
*r/Nigeria
*r/NordicUnion
*r/OriAndTheBlindForest
*r/outerwilds
*r/Palau
*r/PracticalGuideToEvil
*r/reddevils
*r/RepublicOfChina
*r/SFU
*r/SIGONO
*r/Slovakia
*r/Tennesseetitans
*r/Thailand, r/thaithai
*r/ween
*r/yumenikki

[[Category:Communities]]
[[Category:Alliances]]

<references />

Taiwan

2022-04-10T19:53:45Z

Ht12345: /* Alliances */

{{Community
| name = Taiwan
| aka = placeTW
| description = A community for creating Taiwan-related art on r/place
| subcommunities =
| subreddit = Taiwan
| discord = https://discord.gg/8xSQKCHSnT
| website = https://placetw.com
| twitter =
| twitch =
| artwork = First flag of Taiwan, Taiwan independence flag, Former flag of Taiwan at Asian Trio, Taipei 101 attempt
| logo = Taiwan_r-place_logo.jpeg
}}

'''Taiwan''', officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, neighboring the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consists of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei City and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taoyuan. With 23.45 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.

Taiwan's r/place community (r/placeTW) was the largest Taiwan-related community operating on r/place in 2022.

== Alliances<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/twg18o/taiwans_contributions_on_rplace/</ref> ==

* r/Brazil
* r/CalgaryFlames
* r/cambodia
* r/civbattleroyale
* r/czech
* r/Denmark
* r/france
* r/fuckcars
* r/GreenLattice
* r/HermitCraft
* r/HongKong
* r/IndianPlace
* r/IndieAlliance
* r/indonesia
* r/ireland
* r/Kindelia
* r/Korea_Place
* r/mexico
* r/newzealand
* r/Nigeria
* r/NordicUnion
* r/OriAndTheBlindForest
* r/outerwilds
* r/Palau
* r/PracticalGuideToEvil
* r/reddevils
* r/RepublicOfChina
* r/SFU
* r/SIGONO
* r/Slovakia
* r/Tennesseetitans
* r/Thailand, r/thaithai
* r/ween
* r/yumenikki

[[Category:Communities]]
[[Category:Alliances]]

Taiwan

2022-04-10T19:41:12Z

Ht12345: Added logo, removed subcommunity

File:Taiwan r-place logo.jpeg

2022-04-10T19:34:00Z

Ht12345: The logo used by Taiwan's r/place community.

== Summary ==
The logo used by Taiwan's r/place community.

Taiwan

2022-04-10T19:22:59Z

Ht12345: Edited community template info

{{Community
| name = Taiwan
| aka = placeTW
| description = A community for creating Taiwan-related art on r/place
| subcommunities = [[r/placeTW]]
| subreddit = Taiwan
| discord = https://discord.gg/8xSQKCHSnT
| website = https://placetw.com
| twitter =
| twitch =
| artwork = First flag of Taiwan, Taiwan independence flag, Former flag of Taiwan at Asian Trio, Taipei 101 attempt
| logo =
}}

'''Taiwan''', officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, neighboring the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consists of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei City and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taoyuan. With 23.45 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.

Taiwan's r/place community (r/placeTW) was the largest Taiwan-related community operating on r/place in 2022.
[[Category:Communities]]

Taiwan

2022-04-10T19:13:15Z

Ht12345: Added community template

{{Community
| name = Taiwan
| aka =
| description = A community for creating Taiwan-related art on r/place
| subcommunities =
| subreddit = r/Taiwan, r/placeTW
| discord = https://discord.gg/8xSQKCHSnT
| website = https://placetw.com
| twitter =
| twitch =
| artwork = First flag of Taiwan, Taiwan independence flag, Former flag of Taiwan at Asian Trio, Taipei 101 attempt
| logo =
}}

'''Taiwan''', officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, neighboring the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consists of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei City and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taoyuan. With 23.45 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.

Taiwan's r/place community (r/placeTW) was the largest Taiwan-related community operating on r/place in 2022.
[[Category:Communities]]

Taiwan

2022-04-10T19:03:13Z

Ht12345: Added to communities

'''Taiwan''', officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. It sits at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, neighboring the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consists of 168 islands with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan, formerly known as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei City and Keelung, forms the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, and Taoyuan. With 23.45 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.

Taiwan's r/place community (r/placeTW) was the largest Taiwan-related community operating on r/place in 2022.
[[Category:Communities]]

Taiwan

2022-04-10T19:01:42Z

Ht12345: Created the page for Taiwan