Tulu Wikipedia

Tulu language edition of Wikipedia

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Internet encyclopediaAvailable inTuluOwnerWikimedia Foundation[1]URLtcy.wikipedia.orgCommercialNoRegistrationOpen read access.
No registration needed for general editing, but necessary for certain tasks including
  •  protected page edit 
  •  page creation 
  •  file upload 
Users6200Launched6 August 2016 (as full site)
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(most text also dual-licensed under GFDL)
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The Tulu Wikipedia is the Tulu language edition of Wikipedia, run by the Wikimedia Foundation.[1] It currently has 2,164 articles and it is the 253rd largest edition of Wikipedia by article count.[2] It is the 23rd language of India to get a Wikipedia after eight years in incubation.[3][4]

History

Katherine Maher, the executive director of Wikimedia Foundation announced the launch of the Tulu Wikipedia as a full site at WikiConference India 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.[5] It was the 23rd language from India to have a Wikipedia edition.[6] By 2024, it had doubled in size, and had more than 2 100 articles. The Hindu noted in 2024 that the Tulu Wikipedia does not have any institutional support.[7]

Users and editors

Tulu Wikipedia statistics
Number of user accounts Number of articles Number of files Number of administrators
6200 2164 12 3

See also

  • Kannada Wikipedia
  • Malayalam Wikipedia
  • Tamil Wikipedia
  • Telugu Wikipedia

References

  1. ^ a b c "After eight years, Tulu Wikipedia goes live". The Hindu: Mobile Edition. 7 August 2016. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. ^ "List of Wikipedias". Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Exercise to correct articles in Tulu Wikipedia begins". The Hindu. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  4. ^ "India's 23rd Regional Language Wikipedia Goes Live in Tulu". Gadgets360. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Wikipedia launches 23rd Indic language Wiki with Tulu". www.medianama.com. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Tulu Wikipedia enters fifth year on August 6". The Hindu. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  7. ^ Kamila, Raviprasad (29 March 2024). "Tulu Wikipedia more than doubles in size in seven years". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

Further reading

  • Sadu, Charan (6 September 2020). "Building Wikipedia, in Kannada and Tulu". Times of India.

External links

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