Slovene Wikipedia
Encyclopedia
The Slovene Wikipedia is the edition of Wikipedia
in the Slovene language. It has been active since February 26, 2002. In July 2007, it has reached 50,000 articles. As of , it has about articles.
Wikipedia is a widely used reference work and one of the most visited social networking services by users from Slovenia
, but official internet usage statistics don't distinguish between Wikipedia editions, analyzing only the base domain
wikipedia.org. In most cases, the Slovene-language edition gets a passing note of its existence in media reports about Wikipedia in general. However, as a relatively large and freely accessible body of structured knowledge, Slovene Wikipedia has been used, as an example, for building text corpora
for the purpose of training linguistic software
and analyzing Slovene literary authors' web presence. There are several successful collaboration projects with professors at the University of Ljubljana
, using content creation by students as a teaching method.
Active Wikipedians from Slovenia have also been featured in discussions about Wikipedia (both general and Slovene-language specific) in national media.
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 Slovene language. It has been active since February 26, 2002. In July 2007, it has reached 50,000 articles. As of , it has about articles.
Wikipedia is a widely used reference work and one of the most visited social networking services by users from Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
, but official internet usage statistics don't distinguish between Wikipedia editions, analyzing only the base domain
Domain name
A domain name is an identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority, or control in the Internet. Domain names are formed by the rules and procedures of the Domain Name System ....
wikipedia.org. In most cases, the Slovene-language edition gets a passing note of its existence in media reports about Wikipedia in general. However, as a relatively large and freely accessible body of structured knowledge, Slovene Wikipedia has been used, as an example, for building text corpora
Text corpus
In linguistics, a corpus or text corpus is a large and structured set of texts...
for the purpose of training linguistic software
Natural language processing
Natural language processing is a field of computer science and linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human languages; it began as a branch of artificial intelligence....
and analyzing Slovene literary authors' web presence. There are several successful collaboration projects with professors at the University of Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana
The University of Ljubljana is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. With 64,000 enrolled graduate and postgraduate students, it is among the largest universities in Europe.-Beginnings:...
, using content creation by students as a teaching method.
Active Wikipedians from Slovenia have also been featured in discussions about Wikipedia (both general and Slovene-language specific) in national media.
Milestones
- 100 articles - June 18, 2002
- 1,000 articles - September 30, 2003
- 10,000 articles - February 7, 2005
- 20,000 articles - December 17, 2005
- 30,000 articles - June 30, 2006
- 40,000 articles - February 15, 2007
- 50,000 articles - July 17, 2007
- 100,000 articles - August 15, 2010
External links
- Slovene Wikipedia