Turkish Wikipedia

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Turkish Wikipedia (Türkçe Vikipedi) is the Turkish language edition of Wikipedia, spelled Vikipedi. Started in December 2002, this edition has over 100,000 articles as of February 3, 2008.1 It is the 17th largest Wikipedia based on article count, and it is one of 16 Wikipedias that have over four million article edits.1 It is also one of the 13 Wikipedias that has more than 150,000 registered users.1

In November 2006, Turkish Wikipedia was nominated under the Science category for Altın Örümcek Web Ödülleri (Golden Spider Web Awards), which are commonly known as the "Web Oscars" for Turkey.2 In January 2007, Turkish Wikipedia was given the award for "Best Content" in this competition. The award was given in a ceremony on 25 January 2007 at Istanbul Technical University.citation needed

Turkish Wikipedia has the third highest depth amongst the Wikipedias over 100.000 articles.3

Timeline

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  • The Turkish version of Wikipedia was launched in December 2002.
  • 100 articles were recorded by January 2004.
  • In July 2004 it passed 1,000 articles
  • By April 2005 it enjoyed an accelerated growth in membership and passed 10,000 articles in November 2005.
  • By March 12, 2006, it had over 18,500 articles and over 14,000 Users.
  • By March 18, 2007, it had 54,923 articles and 74,114 users.
  • As of May 9, 2007, the article count has already increased to 78,252 with 86,947 users.
  • By July 16, 2007, it had 85,923 articles and 97,114 users.
  • As of November 19, 2007, it had 95,245 articles and 118,881 users.
  • As of January 4, 2008, it had 97,700 articles and 127,000 users.
  • As of April 29, 2008, it had 105.900 articles and 151.870 users.
  • As of November 18, 2008, it had 119.195 articles, 186.639 users and 4.712.173 edits.

References

  1. ^ a b c http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias
  2. ^ https://www.altinorumcek.com/Finalistler.aspx?c=3
  3. ^ Meta Wikipedia - List of Wikipedias
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