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Basque-language edition of Wikipedia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Basque Wikipedia (Basque: Euskarazko Wikipedia[1] or Euskal Wikipedia) is the Basque language edition of Wikipedia. Founded on 6 December 2001,[2] although its main page was created in November 2003, it reached 58,124 articles by 19 August 2010, making it the 45th-largest Wikipedia.[3] As of October 2024, it has 462 active contributors, of which 12 are administrators, and has about 446,000 articles.[4][5][6]
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 Basque Wikipedia's screenshot, 26 June 2016. It currently has 445,685 articles. | |
Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
|---|---|
| Available in | Basque |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| URL | eu.wikipedia.org |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 6 December 2001 |
In an August 2007 interview, Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, used the Basque Wikipedia as an example of the rationale for having Wikipedias in smaller languages:
On 25 January 2008, the Basque Wikipedia was awarded the Argia Saria granted by the magazine Argia in the category of Internet.[8][9][10]
On 21 May 2011, Basque Wikipedia published its 100,000 article, an article about the prohibition of using Basque language throughout history called Euskararen debekua.[11] In December 2011, around 11,000 new articles were added to Basque Wikipedia by the Culture Ministry of the Basque Government.[12]
In 2018, the Basque Wikipedia started a sub-project where articles were aimed at children, named Txikipedia ("txiki" being Basque for "small"). It was inspired by an independent French project named Vikidia. Two years after the launch, the project had 2,600 articles, most being focused on maths and natural sciences.[13]
As of September 2024, the Basque Wikipedia has the fourth greatest number of articles per speaker among Wikipedias with over 100,000 articles, and ranks 21st overall.[14] These figures were based on Ethnologue's estimate of 665,800 Basque speakers.
| Number of Articles | Date | Article |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 December 2001 | Lurra |
| 1,000 | April 2004 | |
| 5,000 | 28 January 2006 | |
| 10,000 | 28 May 2006 | |
| 20,000 | 10 September 2007 | |
| 25,000 | 6 April 2008[1] | Euskal Herriak Bere Eskola |
| 30,000 | 12 September 2008 | Sexu |
| 40,000 | 15 July 2009 | Eden Project |
| 45,000 | 13 October 2009 | Xinmin Hiria |
| 50,000 | 30 December 2009 | Errinozero |
| 55,000 | 12 April 2010 | |
| 60,000 | 8 November 2010 | Posta Kode |
| 70,000 | 18 April 2011 | Écurat |
| 80,000 | 22 April 2011 | Kolonbiako geografia |
| 90,000 | 1 May 2011 | Elisabet Farnesio |
| 100,000 | 21 May 2011 | Euskararen debekua |
| 120,000 | 21 December 2011 | |
| 130,000 | 5 May 2012 | Vireo approximans |
| 150,000 | 27 March 2013 | Pointe-à-Pitre |
| 200,000 | 19 September 2014 | Malda (topografia) |
| 250.000 | 23 June 2016 | Abuwtiyuw |
| 400.000 | 19 October 2022 | Justizia klimatiko |
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