Belarusian Wikipedia

There are two Belarusian Wikipedias (Belarusian: Беларуская Вікіпедыя; Taraškievica: Беларуская Вікіпэдыя) : one in the orthography of the Belarusian language which is official in modern Belarus (Narkamaŭka, prefix "be:"),[8] and another one in the pre-reform of 1933, classical orthography (Taraškievica, prefix "be-tarask:", formerly "be-x-old:").[9]

Belarusian Wikipedia
Type of site
Internet encyclopedia project
Available inBelarusian
(Official[1][2] orthography, Narkomovka)
OwnerWikimedia Foundation
URLbe.wikipedia.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional
Belarusian Wikipedia (Taraškievica)
Type of site
Internet encyclopedia project
Available inBelarusian
(Classical[2][3][4][5][6][7] orthography, Taraškievica)
OwnerWikimedia Foundation
URLbe-tarask.wikipedia.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional

As of March 2014, the most popular editions of Wikipedia within Belarus are the Russian Wikipedia (with 84.0% of all page views) followed by the English Wikipedia (10.2%).[10]

History

The first Belarusian Wikipedia was started on August 12, 2004. One of its creators and first administrators was Uladzimir Katkouski (user name: rydel).[11][12] Katkouski/rydel (who died in 2007) created over 1,300 articles in the Belarusian Wikipedia alone.[12]

Articles in the Belarusian Wikipedia were inconsistently written in both variants of the orthography, leading to conflicts between the adherents of the two.[13][14]

A "clean" version in the official orthography was initiated in the Wikipedias "incubator" at Wikimedia's Meta-Wiki.[14] However, the first application for a new Wikipedia was rejected in December 2006 by the Board of Trustees and Language Commission for technical reasons, quoting: "This discussion was created before the implementation of the Language proposal policy, and it is incompatible with the policy."[15] A redrafted proposal was approved in March 2007.[16]

Upon approval, in the evening of the same day, over 6,000 articles written in the pre-reform orthography were transferred from the "be.wikipedia.org" domain to "be-x-old.wikipedia.org", while the 3,500 pages from "Incubator" were moved[17] to "be.wikipedia.org".[14] However, due to a software bug, the move did not go smoothly: in the morning the articles seemed to have disappeared, and users could not log in.[18] This led to a number of news reports that articles in old Belarusian orthography were deleted from Wikipedia.[19][20]

In September 2015, the domain name of the classical orthography Belarusian Wikipedias was changed from be-x-old.wikipedia.org to be-tarask.wikipedia.org, reflecting the official language subtag assigned by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority in 2007.

Including the time in the "incubator", the current variant of be-Wikipedia has existed since August 2006.[21]

Rates of contributions

Initially the official Belarusian Wikipedia overtook the classical one, but in about a year, it slowed down, and in fall 2008, the classical one was ahead.[13] Today, the official Belarusian Wikipedia has again surpassed the one in the classical orthography.

On March 15, 2008 the official Belarusian encyclopedia reached 10,000 articles.[21]

On June 17, 2009, the classical Belarusian encyclopedia reached 20,000 articles, holding the 65th place among other Wikipedias. At that time, the official Belarusian Wikipedia had about 16,000 articles, holding the 71st place.[13]

On November 16, 2010 the official Belarusian encyclopedia reached 25,000 articles.

In August 2015, the official Belarusian encyclopedia reached 100,000 articles.

References
  1. Тэорыя і практыка беларускай тэрміналогіі / Арашонкава Г. У., Булыка А. М., Люшцік У. В., Падлужны А. І.; Навук. рэд. А. І. Падлужны. — Мн.: Беларуская навука, 1999. — 175 с. ISBN 985-08-0317-7.
  2. Cychun H. Weißrussisch // Lexikon der Sprachen des europäischen Ostens / hrsg. von Miloš Okuka. Unter Mitw. von Gerald Krenn, 2002. — 1031 S. — ISBN 3-85129-510-2.
  3. Решение Высшего Хозяйственного Суда Республики Беларусь от 22.12.98 г № 2—1/98 по иску редакции газеты «Наша Нива» (г. Минск) к ответчику — Государственному комитету Республики Беларусь по печати — о признании недействительным предупреждения от 29 мая 1998 г. № 26 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2012-09-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. А. Ю. Мусорин (кандидат филологических наук). Вариативность названий стран в современном белорусском языке // Иностранные языки в научном и учебно-методическом аспектах. — Вып. 7. — Новосибирск, 2008. — С. 31—35
  5. Ніна Баршчэўская (доктар філялягічных навук). Беларуская эміграцыя — абаронца роднае мовы. — Варшава: Катэдра Беларускай Філялёгіі Факультэт Прыкладной Лінгвістыкі і Ўсходнеславянскіх Філялёгіяў Варшаўскі Ўніверсітэт, 2004.
  6. Пётра Садоўскі (кандыдат філалагічных навук). Інавацыі 90-х гадоў у мове беларускіх недзяржаўных выданняў // Беларуская мова: шляхі развіцця, кантакты, перспектывы. Матэрыялы ІІІ Міжнароднага кангрэса беларусістаў «Беларуская культура ў дыялогу цывілізацый». Мн.: Беларускі Кнігазбор, 2001. ISBN 985-6638-33-X. С. 224
  7. Юрась Бушлякоў, Вінцук Вячорка, Зьміцер Санько, Зьміцер Саўка. Беларускі клясычны правапіс. Збор правілаў. Сучасная нармалізацыя. Вільня—Менск, 2005. — 160 с.
  8. "The Official Belarusian Wikipedia (be:)" (in Belarusian). Be.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  9. "The Classical Belarusian Wikipedia (be-tarask:)" (in Belarusian). Be-tarask.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  10. "Page Views Per Country". Wikimedia Traffic Analysis Report. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  11. "How to Find Wikipedia... Using the Classical Orthography", Polskie Radio, August 11, 2007 (in Belarusian)
  12. "To stand for the Belarusian – in Belarusian!" (“Калі адстойваць беларускае, то па-беларуску!”) Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, an interview with the parents of Uladzimir Katkouski by Radio Liberty, May 19, 2008 (in Belarusian)
  13. "20,000th article in the Belarusian Wikipedia in Classical Orthography" Archived 2009-06-19 at the Wayback Machine, Nasha Niva Online, June 17, 2009 (in Belarusian)
  14. "Belarusian Language Encyclopedia amid of Scandal", March 27, 2007 (in Russian)
  15. Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Belarusian, Meta (closed Dec. 6, 2006)
  16. Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Belarusian normative", Meta (closed Mar. 26, 2007)]
  17. Move page script history
  18. "Вікіпэдыя і Вікіпедыя: год суіснаваньня пасьля падзелу" ("Wikipedia and Wikipiedia: A Year After the Split"), generation.by April 8, 2008 (in Belarusian)
  19. "Scandal in Belarusian Wikipedia" Archived June 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Charter'97, March 28, 2007 (in Russian)
  20. "Belarusian Wikipedia Has Been Destroyed", SEOnews, March 28, 2007 (in Russian)
  21. "Belarusian Encyclopedia Crossed the 10,000 Article threshold" Archived May 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
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