Wikiquote
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Wikiquote is part of a family of wiki-based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation using MediaWiki software. The project's objective is to produce collaboratively a vast reference of quotations from prominent people, books, films, proverbs, etc. and writings about them. The website aims to be as accurate as possible regarding the provenance and sourcing of the quotations.
Parts of this article (those related to History) need to be updated. The reason given is: Last update for history is in 2018. (September 2023) |
Quick Facts Type of site, Available in ...
Type of site | Quotation repository |
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Available in | Multilingual (73 active)[1] |
Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
Created by | Daniel Alston, Brion Vibber and the Wikimedia community |
URL | wikiquote |
Commercial | No |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | 10 July 2003; 21 years ago (2003-07-10) |
Current status | active |
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Initially, the project operated only in English from July 2003, expanding to include other languages in July 2004.[2] As of August 2024, there are active Wikiquote sites for 73 languages[1] comprising a total of 329,501 articles and 1,518 recently active editors.[3]