User:PK2/List of Wikipedias
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Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia edited [en] by lots of different editors [en], started on 15 January 2001 as an English-language encyclopedia. Non-English editions were soon created: the German and Catalan editions were created on approximately 16 March,[1] the French edition was created on 23 March,[2] and the Swedish edition was created on 23 May.[3] As of August 2024, Wikipedia articles have been created in 344 editions, with 331 currently active and 13 closed.[4]
The Meta-Wiki language committee manages policies on creating new Wikimedia projects. To be eligible, a language must have a valid ISO 639 [en] code, be "different", and have "lots of fluent users".[5]