Tulu Wikipedia
The Tulu Wikipedia is the Tulu language edition of Wikipedia, run by the Wikimedia Foundation.[1] It currently has over 1,000 articles. It is the 23rd language of India to get a Wikipedia after eight years in incubation.[2][3]
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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia |
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| Available in | Tulu |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation[1] |
| URL | tcy |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Open read access. No registration needed for general editing, but necessary for certain tasks including
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| Users | 200 |
| Launched | August 2016 (as full site) |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 3.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL) Media licensing varies |
History
Katherine Maher, the executive director of Wikimedia Foundation announced the launch of the Tulu Wikipedia as a full site at the WIkiConference 2016.[1] It was in incubation since 2008. As of August 2016, it had 200 registered editors with 10 of them being active, and over 1000 articles.[4] It was the 23rd language from India to have a Wikipedia edition.[5]
Users and editors
| Number of user accounts | Number of articles | Number of files | Number of administrators |
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| 4047 | 1429 | 2 |
References
- "After eight years, Tulu Wikipedia goes live". The Hindu: Mobile Edition. 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
- "Exercise to correct articles in Tulu Wikipedia begins". The Hindu. April 28, 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- "India's 23rd Regional Language Wikipedia Goes Live in Tulu". Gadgets360. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- "Wikipedia launches 23rd Indic language Wiki with Tulu". www.medianama.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- "Tulu Wikipedia enters fifth year on August 6". The Hindu. 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
Further reading
- Sadu, Charan (2020-09-06). "Building Wikipedia, in Kannada and Tulu". Times of India.
External links
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Tulu edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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