Tamil Wikipedia

The Tamil Wikipedia (Tamil: தமிழ் விக்கிப்பீடியா) is the Tamil language edition of Wikipedia, run by the Wikimedia Foundation.[1] It was established in September 2003 and crossed 91,000 articles in March 2017. As of 1 July 2020, the Tamil Wikipedia is the 61st largest Wikipedia and the second largest Wikipedia among Indian languages by article count. It is also the first Wikipedia of Dravidian origin to possess more than 10,000 articles. The project is one of the leading Wikipedia among other South Asian language Wikipedia's in various quality matrices.[2] It has more than 91,610 articles and 109,691 registered users as of March 2017.[3] It crossed 100,000 articles in May 2017.[4]

Tamil Wikipedia
Logo of the Tamil Wikipedia
Screenshot
The homepage of the Tamil Wikipedia (December 2013)
Type of site
Internet encyclopedia
Available inTamil
HeadquartersMiami, Florida
OwnerWikimedia Foundation
URLta.wikipedia.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationOpen read access.
No registration needed for general editing, but necessary for certain tasks including
  • • protected page edit 
  • • page creation 
  • • file upload 
Users109,691+ (as of March 2017)
LaunchedSeptember 2003
Content license
Creative Commons Attribution/
Share-Alike 3.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL)
Media licensing varies

Cultural Significance

Contrary to common academic criticism of Wikipedia in the Western countries, the Tamil Wikipedia is widely regarded as an important source of information in the Tamil language on the Internet.[5] The encyclopedia undergoes far less vandalism compared to larger Wikipedia projects, largely because the project has slower growth, mainly due to the lack of computers or Internet service in rural areas of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. Most of the project's development comes from the overseas Tamil diaspora.[5][6]

In April 2010, the Tamil Internet Conference held a contest for college students across the state of Tamil Nadu, India for increasing content on the Tamil Wikipedia.[7] The contest was made with regards to the World Classical Tamil Conference 2010, a meeting of Tamil scholars across the world who discuss modern development of the language. With over 2000 contestants enrolled, the contest concluded with the creation of 1,200 new academically reviewed articles on the Tamil Wikipedia in various subjects.[8]

In September 2013, the Tamil Wikipedia celebrated its 10th anniversary.[9]

Users and editors
Tamil Wikipedia statistics
Number of user accountsNumber of articlesNumber of filesNumber of administrators
185980134405770537

See also

References
  1. Frederick, Prince (May 21, 2009). "The Tamil Wiki…six years on". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  2. stats:EN/TablesWikipediaTA.htm
  3. "List of Wikipedias". meta.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
  4. of Wikipedias
  5. Tamil Wikipedia 1000 Articles CD Project Proposal – Version 1.0 : MAYU’s Personal Blog Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine
  6. The Photologue of the Tamil Wikipedia Academy | kiruba.com
  7. "Move for more Tamil content in Wikipedia". The Hindu. Chennai, India. April 1, 2010.
  8. Madhavan, Karthik (15 June 2010). "1,200 articles selected to Tamil Wikipedia upload". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
  9. Subramaniam, Karhtik. "Tamil Wikipedia to celebrate 10 years". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
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