Basque Wikipedia
Encyclopedia
The Basque Wikipedia is the Basque language
edition of Wikipedia
. Founded on December 6, 2001 (although its main page was created in November 2003) and reaching 58,124 articles by August 19, 2010, making it the 45th-largest Wikipedia. As of , it has active contributors, of which are administrators, and has about articles.
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 January 25, 2008, the Basque Wikipedia was awarded the Argia Saria granted by the magazine Argia
in the category of Internet.
On May 21, 2011, Basque Wikipedia published its 100,000 article, an article about the prohibition of using Basque language throughout history called Euskararen debekua. The article was written collectively by many Wikipedians.
Basque language
Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
edition of Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
. Founded on December 6, 2001 (although its main page was created in November 2003) and reaching 58,124 articles by August 19, 2010, making it the 45th-largest Wikipedia. As of , it has active contributors, of which are administrators, and has about articles.
In an August 2007 interview, Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales is an American Internet entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and promoter of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the Wikia company....
, co-founder of Wikipedia, used the Basque Wikipedia as an example of the rationale for having Wikipedias in smaller languages:
- "Certainly within Wikipedia right now we are seeing some fairly successful projects in small European languages. You don't really need a Welsh language WikipediaWelsh WikipediaThe Welsh Wikipedia is the Welsh-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in July 2003. On 23 June 2007 it reached 10,000 articles, the 66th Wikipedia to do so. On 20 November 2008 it attained 20,000 articles. Less than a year later, on 28 October 2009, it reached 25,000 articles...
, perhaps. The number of people who speak Welsh who don't also speak English is very small and getting smaller every year. So why do we have a Welsh Wikipedia? Well, people wanted it, so they're making it. And language preservation is the main motive. It is their mother tongue and they want to keep it alive, keep its literature alive. Certainly some of the larger small languages like BasqueBasque languageBasque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...
and CatalanCatalan languageCatalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
have very successful projects. I definitely see that preserving parts of your language and culture through collaborative projects makes a lot of sense."
On January 25, 2008, the Basque Wikipedia was awarded the Argia Saria granted by the magazine Argia
Argia (magazine)
Argia is a weekly newsmagazine published in Basque language, the eldest one still working, after surviving Francisco Franco's dictatorship in Spain. During 2009 they celebrated their 90th anniversary. Their main office is in Lasarte-Oria, Basque Country...
in the category of Internet.
On May 21, 2011, Basque Wikipedia published its 100,000 article, an article about the prohibition of using Basque language throughout history called Euskararen debekua. The article was written collectively by many Wikipedians.
Statistics
| Number of Articles | Date | Article |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | December 6, 2001 | Lurra |
| 1,000 | April 2004 | |
| 5,000 | January 28, 2006 | |
| 10,000 | May 28, 2006 | |
| 20,000 | September 10, 2007 | |
| 25,000 | April 6, 2008 | Euskal Herriak Bere Eskola |
| 30,000 | September 12, 2008 | Sexu |
| 40,000 | July 15, 2009 | Eden Project |
| 45,000 | October 13, 2009 | Xinmin Hiria |
| 50,000 | December 30, 2009 | Errinozero |
| 55,000 | April 12, 2010 | |
| 60,000 | November 8, 2010 | Posta Kode |
| 70,000 | April 18, 2011 | Écurat |
| 80,000 | April 22, 2011 | Kolonbiako geografia |
| 90,000 | May 1, 2011 | Isabel Farnesio |
| 100,000 | May 21, 2011 | Euskararen debekua |
New articles per day
- November 8, 2010: 456 articles
- December 20, 2009: 239 articles
- October 8, 2009: 219 articles
- August 30, 2009: 141 articles
- October 7, 2009: 134 articles
- October 11, 2009: 125 articles
- October 9, 2009: 118 articles
- October 13, 2009: 115 articles