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The Estonian Wikipedia (Estonian: Eestikeelne Vikipeedia) is the Estonian version of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, started on 24 August 2002. As of May 2024, the edition has about 245,000 articles.[1]
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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
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Available in | Estonian |
Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
URL | et.wikipedia.org |
Commercial | No |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | 24 August 2002; 21 years ago (2002-08-24) |
On 7 December 2008 Estonian Wikipedian Andres Luure was one of fifteen individuals recognized for volunteerism in Estonia for 2008.[2] In 2013 he received Order of the White Star for his contributions to Wikipedia.[3]
The first article competition was held in spring 2009 and first photo competition in summer 2010. Since then those kinds of competitions have been common in Estonian Wikipedia.[4]
As of February 2021, it was the most visited language Wikipedia in Estonia.[5] It ranked before the Russian Wikipedia and the English Wikipedia.[6][7]