# Taiwan BBS

> website

**Wikidata**: [Q10915695](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10915695)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/taiwan-bbs

## Summary
Taiwan BBS (aliases: twbbs.tw, 台論) is a Taiwan-based website that operated at the domain http://www.twbbs.tw/. It was active from 2004-03-16 until 2012-11-30 and is recorded in Wikidata and the Google Knowledge Graph.

## Key Facts
- Taiwan BBS is an instance of a website (Wikidata item Q30239).
- The site’s primary domain was http://www.twbbs.tw/.
- Aliases for the site include "twbbs.tw" and "台論".
- Country: Taiwan.
- Start date (launch): 2004-03-16.
- End date (ceased operation): 2012-11-30.
- Listed language on Wikipedia link data: zh (Chinese).
- Appears in Google Knowledge Graph with ID /g/155sjfq2.
- Sitelink count recorded for this Wikidata item: 1.

## FAQs
### Q: What was Taiwan BBS?
A: Taiwan BBS was a Taiwan-based website, also known as twbbs.tw or 台論, that served content at the domain http://www.twbbs.tw/.

### Q: When was Taiwan BBS active?
A: Taiwan BBS was active from 2004-03-16 until 2012-11-30.

### Q: Is Taiwan BBS still accessible on its domain?
A: The structured data lists an end time of 2012-11-30; the site's recorded domain was http://www.twbbs.tw/. The entry indicates the site ceased operation on that end date.

### Q: In which language is Taiwan BBS referenced on Wikipedia/Wikidata?
A: The Wikipedia language associated with this Wikidata entry is Chinese (zh).

## Why It Matters
Taiwan BBS is a documented instance of a Taiwan-hosted website with a clearly defined operational period (2004–2012). Its presence in structured knowledge sources—Wikidata and the Google Knowledge Graph—shows it was notable enough to receive identifiers and metadata beyond a simple URL. For researchers, archivists, and those studying Taiwan’s online landscape in the 2000s, Taiwan BBS represents a discrete web entity with verifiable launch and end dates, a distinct domain, and language linkage to Chinese-language Wikipedia. Even without content or creator details in the provided material, the recorded metadata (aliases, domain, country, operational timeframe, Wikidata instance classification, and Google Knowledge Graph ID) allows precise referencing, citation, and linkage in knowledge bases, timelines, and domain-focused studies. This makes Taiwan BBS useful as a dated marker of web activity originating from Taiwan during the 2000s.

## Notable For
- Having a formally recorded domain: http://www.twbbs.tw/.
- Operating under the aliases "twbbs.tw" and the Chinese name "台論".
- Clear documented operational dates: launched 2004-03-16 and ended 2012-11-30.
- Being recorded in knowledge systems: Wikidata (instance of website) and Google Knowledge Graph (/g/155sjfq2).
- Associated Wikipedia language link: zh (Chinese).

## Body
### Identity and classification
- Name: Taiwan BBS.
- Aliases: twbbs.tw; 台論.
- Instance of: website (Wikidata item Q30239).
- Wikidata description: website.
- Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/155sjfq2.

### Domain and access
- Primary URL: http://www.twbbs.tw/.
- The provided structured data lists this URL as the site value with a reference to Wikidata (P143: Q30239).

### Operational timeline
- Start time (launch date): 2004-03-16.
- End time (ceased operation): 2012-11-30.
- The dates above are the recorded start and end times in the structured entry.

### Geographic and language metadata
- Country associated: Taiwan.
- Wikipedia language link recorded: zh (Chinese).
- Sitelink count for this Wikidata entry: 1.

### Knowledge-graph and dataset presence
- Registered as an instance of a website on Wikidata (reference to Q30239).
- Has a Google Knowledge Graph identifier: /g/155sjfq2.
- The broader "website" class has an inception date recorded as 1990 in related data (reference to Q328), which contextualizes the class but does not change Taiwan BBS’s specific dates.

### References and identifiers
- Domain reference originates from Wikidata entry data (P143: Q30239).
- The entity’s metadata (dates, aliases, country, and identifiers) is the basis for linking and citation in knowledge bases.