So far, I've been mainly editing articles in de.wikipedia on politics and modern history of Japan, and when I find the time [=rarely] other even more obscure [as seen from the Euro-Atlantic plurality of de./en.users] places around the world; but I will try do more here in coming months/years.
In an attempt to make myself useful in an area I have some Wikipedia experience in dealing with and that is well-covered in the corresponding language version of Wikipedia and to get a grip on Wikidata features, I'm currently delving into modern (Meiji–) Japanese subdivisions – the modern administrative geography and merger history in Japan is about as structured as you can get: [with only minor exceptions] contiguous, three-layered, uniform subdivisions of the country and several large waves of mergers (prefectures mainly 1871/72 and 1875/76, districts 1878/79 and 1896, municipalities 1889 [Meiji, comprehensive introduction to replace pre-modern subdivisions], 1920s [Taishō, smaller/localized], 1950s [Shōwa, huge], 2000s [Heisei, large]. If I cannot put that into Wikidata in a plausible way, it's not a project for structured data I can use.
Since Wikidata serves as a multi-language "crossroads", I'd prefer to stick to English here as much as possible to keep discussions accessible to as many users as possible.
