Indonesian Wikipedia
Encyclopedia
Indonesian Wikipedia is the edition of Wikipedia
in the Indonesian language
. The Indonesian Wikipedia has become the fifth fastest-growing Wikipedia in an Asian language after the Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Turkish language Wikipedias, and the third largest of any developing country (2006).
Its first article, "Electron", was written on May 30, 2003, yet its Main Page (Halaman utama) was created six months later on November 29.
As of February 2009, there were over 100,000 articles in the Indonesian Wikipedia project.
Although the Indonesian language is similar to Malay language, Indonesian Wikipedia remains separated from the Malay Wikipedia
(initiated on October 2002).
Indonesian is a normative form of the Malay language, an Austronesian (or Malayo-Polynesian) language which had been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for centuries, and was elevated to the status of official language with the Indonesian declaration of independence in 1945, drawing inspiration from the Sumpah Pemuda (Youth's Oath) event in 1928. It is very similar to the official Malaysian form of the language. However it does differ from the Malaysian form in some ways, with differences in pronunciation and also in vocabulary, due in large part to the many Dutch words in the Indonesian vocabulary. It is spoken as a mother tongue by only 7% of the population of Indonesia, but altogether more than 200 million people speak it. Malay language
, spoken by ethnic groups who reside in the Malay Peninsula, southern Thailand, parts of the Philippines, and Singapore; also considered one of the dialects of the Indonesian language by the people of Indonesia living in central eastern Sumatra, the Riau Islands and parts of the coast of Borneo.
Internally, in the English language Wikipedia there is an ongoing Indonesian project. It concentrates on English-language material about Indonesia.
one of its most known contributors described it as the "Encyclopedia from the boarding houses", meaning an encyclopedia that was produced by those Indonesians living and studying overseas. The article contributed to the popularization of Wikipedia in the archipelago and since then the Indonesian Wikipedia has seen its number of users rise remarkably.
On 2006, following TIME
's article person of the year "You" (2006) about Wikipedia, KOMPAS
published a feature article
on Revo where he was called the "father of Wikipedia in Indonesian". The article highlighted the spirit of participation as the type of "Addiction to the cyberspace that needed to be endorsed". Other Indonesian publications followed suit to refer to Revo Soekatno as an "activist that built a community portal in Indonesia" praising his contributions to the presence of Indonesia in the Internet.
In February 2009, the Indonesian Wikipedia achieved its milestone of reaching 100 thousand articles. One of the contributors mentioned in the article was the user borgx, who made 80 thousands edits since 2005, the same year he registered as a user. The Indonesian Wikipedia at that time had only fifty active contributors.
, what the Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia and the Wikimedia Foundation projects were about.
In November 2007, the Indonesian Government through its Department of Communication and Information decided to establish an annual Indonesian ICT Award and invited the Indonesian Wikipedia Community to hold a workshop on how to write articles in the Wikipedia. Ivan Lanin
, one of the speakers interviewed by Antara stated that the number of contributors to the Indonesian Wikipedia was rising, and the articles beginning to become more diverse. According to Revo's speech, the challenge for the Indonesian Wikipedia in the future was to gain credibility and give the public public assurance about the quality of the content provided in the Indonesian Wikipedia.
The first day of the workshop was attended by 40 people, while the computers provided for the hands-on practice were limited, and considerably fewer than the participants. One of the participants wrote in his blog that he was very excited about participating in the Wikipedia workshop and learned a lot; he was so excited that he forgot to have lunch and felt dizzy afterwards.
The following year, in the 2008 Indonesian ICT Award, the Indonesian Wikipedia Community held separate workshop sessions for the public and for organizations.
In August 2008, the Indonesian version of CHIP Magazine
distributed a complimentary
DVD containing more than 80,000 articles (without images) with its 11th anniversary edition. This edition also featured a three-page Wikipedia article titled "Wikipedia: When one thousand brains are better than one". The article provided an extensive history of Wikipedia, including the Indonesian Wikipedia as well as a description of the, at that time in preparation, Wikimedia Indonesia.
However, before the release of Chip's Indonesian Wikipedia DVD, versions of the Indonesian Wikipedia in DVD containing images existed already in the market since April 2008 and could be purchased online for 20 thousand rupiah, around US$2, from an independent vendor.
. Two are still in the Incubator.
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,...
in the Indonesian language
Indonesian language
Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. Indonesian is a normative form of the Riau Islands dialect of Malay, an Austronesian language which has been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for centuries....
. The Indonesian Wikipedia has become the fifth fastest-growing Wikipedia in an Asian language after the Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Turkish language Wikipedias, and the third largest of any developing country (2006).
Its first article, "Electron", was written on May 30, 2003, yet its Main Page (Halaman utama) was created six months later on November 29.
As of February 2009, there were over 100,000 articles in the Indonesian Wikipedia project.
Although the Indonesian language is similar to Malay language, Indonesian Wikipedia remains separated from the Malay Wikipedia
Malay Wikipedia
Malay Wikipedia is the Malay edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in October 2002 and has about 126,040 articles in November 2011...
(initiated on October 2002).
Indonesian is a normative form of the Malay language, an Austronesian (or Malayo-Polynesian) language which had been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for centuries, and was elevated to the status of official language with the Indonesian declaration of independence in 1945, drawing inspiration from the Sumpah Pemuda (Youth's Oath) event in 1928. It is very similar to the official Malaysian form of the language. However it does differ from the Malaysian form in some ways, with differences in pronunciation and also in vocabulary, due in large part to the many Dutch words in the Indonesian vocabulary. It is spoken as a mother tongue by only 7% of the population of Indonesia, but altogether more than 200 million people speak it. Malay language
Malay language
Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the official language of Malaysia , Indonesia , Brunei and Singapore...
, spoken by ethnic groups who reside in the Malay Peninsula, southern Thailand, parts of the Philippines, and Singapore; also considered one of the dialects of the Indonesian language by the people of Indonesia living in central eastern Sumatra, the Riau Islands and parts of the coast of Borneo.
Internally, in the English language Wikipedia there is an ongoing Indonesian project. It concentrates on English-language material about Indonesia.
Contributors
In 2004, Tempo magazine published a feature about the Indonesian Wikipedia, where Revo SoekatnoRevo Soekatno
Revo Arka Giri Soekatno is a researcher, entrepreneur and a Wikipedia enthusiast.Revo receives recognition in the media as one of the Indonesian Wikipedia pioneers since his profile is printed in most circulated newspaper in Indonesia, Kompas, on 26 December 2006 following TIME's article person of...
one of its most known contributors described it as the "Encyclopedia from the boarding houses", meaning an encyclopedia that was produced by those Indonesians living and studying overseas. The article contributed to the popularization of Wikipedia in the archipelago and since then the Indonesian Wikipedia has seen its number of users rise remarkably.
On 2006, following TIME
Time
Time is a part of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change such as the motions of objects....
's article person of the year "You" (2006) about Wikipedia, KOMPAS
Kompas
Kompas is the most widely read newspaper in Indonesia. Published by Kompas-Gramedia Group Publishing since June 28, 1965, it has a reputation in Indonesia for high-quality writing and investigative journalism...
published a feature article
Feature article
* For general information "articles", see Article * For the term used in specific, see Article * For the concept of "feature stories," made the primary focus of a issue for in-depth investigation, see feature story...
on Revo where he was called the "father of Wikipedia in Indonesian". The article highlighted the spirit of participation as the type of "Addiction to the cyberspace that needed to be endorsed". Other Indonesian publications followed suit to refer to Revo Soekatno as an "activist that built a community portal in Indonesia" praising his contributions to the presence of Indonesia in the Internet.
In February 2009, the Indonesian Wikipedia achieved its milestone of reaching 100 thousand articles. One of the contributors mentioned in the article was the user borgx, who made 80 thousands edits since 2005, the same year he registered as a user. The Indonesian Wikipedia at that time had only fifty active contributors.
Workshop and seminars
In March 2007, the Bina Nusantara University invited the Indonesian wikipedians to speak at the first Wikipedia seminar for the public, and to explain at its campus in JakartaJakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...
, what the Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia and the Wikimedia Foundation projects were about.
In November 2007, the Indonesian Government through its Department of Communication and Information decided to establish an annual Indonesian ICT Award and invited the Indonesian Wikipedia Community to hold a workshop on how to write articles in the Wikipedia. Ivan Lanin
Ivan Lanin
Ivan Lanin is an Internet expert in Indonesia.Ivan Lanin primarily known as an activist who advocated the user of good and right bahasa Indonesia and introduce the Indonesian equivalent of foreign terms, among others, on several web sites such as Facebook and Twitter.Ivan started writing in the...
, one of the speakers interviewed by Antara stated that the number of contributors to the Indonesian Wikipedia was rising, and the articles beginning to become more diverse. According to Revo's speech, the challenge for the Indonesian Wikipedia in the future was to gain credibility and give the public public assurance about the quality of the content provided in the Indonesian Wikipedia.
The first day of the workshop was attended by 40 people, while the computers provided for the hands-on practice were limited, and considerably fewer than the participants. One of the participants wrote in his blog that he was very excited about participating in the Wikipedia workshop and learned a lot; he was so excited that he forgot to have lunch and felt dizzy afterwards.
The following year, in the 2008 Indonesian ICT Award, the Indonesian Wikipedia Community held separate workshop sessions for the public and for organizations.
Indonesian Wikipedia DVD
CHIP (magazine)
CHIP is a computer and communications magazine published by the CHIP Holding in 15 countries of Europe and Asia...
distributed a complimentary
Complimentary
Complimentary may refer to:*Compliment *Free of charge...
DVD containing more than 80,000 articles (without images) with its 11th anniversary edition. This edition also featured a three-page Wikipedia article titled "Wikipedia: When one thousand brains are better than one". The article provided an extensive history of Wikipedia, including the Indonesian Wikipedia as well as a description of the, at that time in preparation, Wikimedia Indonesia.
However, before the release of Chip's Indonesian Wikipedia DVD, versions of the Indonesian Wikipedia in DVD containing images existed already in the market since April 2008 and could be purchased online for 20 thousand rupiah, around US$2, from an independent vendor.
Milestones
- 1,000 articles - Mar 16, 2004
- 10,000 articles - May 31, 2005
- 50,000 articles - Feb 1, 2007
- 100,000 articles - Feb 21, 2009
Related Wikipedias
These are Wikipedias written in local Indonesian languagesLanguages of Indonesia
More than 700 living languages are spoken in Indonesia. Most belong to the Austronesian language family, with a few Papuan languages also spoken. The official language is Indonesian , a modified version of Malay, which is used in commerce, administration, education and the media, but most...
. Two are still in the Incubator.
- Acehnese Wikipedia (:ace:)
- Balinese Wikipedia (still in Incubator)
- Banyumasan Wikipedia (:map-bms:)
- Bugisnese Wikipedia (:bug:)
- Javanese WikipediaJavanese WikipediaJavanese Wikipedia is the edition of Wikipedia in the Javanese language. Started on 8 March 2004, the Javanese Wikipedia reached 10,000 articles on 3 May 2007. As of March 8, 2008, it has more than 12,000 articles. The Indonesian media has discussed the Javanese Wikipedia...
(:jv:) - Madurese Wikipedia (still in Incubator)
- Malay WikipediaMalay WikipediaMalay Wikipedia is the Malay edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in October 2002 and has about 126,040 articles in November 2011...
(:ms:) - Sundanese Wikipedia (:su:)