Belarusian Wikipedia
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Беларуская Вікіпэдыя
Беларуская Вікіпедыя
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| language = Belarusian (classicalРешение Высшего Хозяйственного Суда Республики Беларусь от 22.12.98 г № 2—1/98 по иску редакции газеты «Наша Нива» (г. Минск) к ответчику — Государственному комитету Республики Беларусь по печати — о признании недействительным предупреждения от 29 мая 1998 г. № 26 {{cite web |url=http://www.medialaw.ru/publications/zip/national/by/10/minsk10_9.html |title=Журналистика и право |access-date=2012-09-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128071902/http://www.medialaw.ru/publications/zip/national/by/10/minsk10_9.html |archive-date=2012-01-28 }}А. Ю. Мусорин (кандидат филологических наук). [http://www.philology.ru/linguistics3/musorin-08.htm Вариативность названий стран в современном белорусском языке] // Иностранные языки в научном и учебно-методическом аспектах. — Вып. 7. — Новосибирск, 2008. — С. 31—35Ніна Баршчэўская (доктар філялягічных навук). Беларуская эміграцыя — абаронца роднае мовы. — Варшава: Катэдра Беларускай Філялёгіі Факультэт Прыкладной Лінгвістыкі і Ўсходнеславянскіх Філялёгіяў Варшаўскі Ўніверсітэт, 2004.Пётра Садоўскі (кандыдат філалагічных навук). Інавацыі 90-х гадоў у мове беларускіх недзяржаўных выданняў // Беларуская мова: шляхі развіцця, кантакты, перспектывы. Матэрыялы ІІІ Міжнароднага кангрэса беларусістаў «Беларуская культура ў дыялогу цывілізацый». Мн.: Беларускі Кнігазбор, 2001. {{ISBN|985-6638-33-X}}. С. 224Юрась Бушлякоў, Вінцук Вячорка, Зьміцер Санько, Зьміцер Саўка. Беларускі клясычны правапіс. Збор правілаў. Сучасная нармалізацыя. Вільня—Менск, 2005. — 160 с. and reformedТэорыя і практыка беларускай тэрміналогіі / Арашонкава Г. У., Булыка А. М., Люшцік У. В., Падлужны А. І.; Навук. рэд. А. І. Падлужны. — Мн.: Беларуская навука, 1999. — 175 с. {{ISBN|985-08-0317-7}}.Cychun H. Weißrussisch // Lexikon der Sprachen des europäischen Ostens / hrsg. von Miloš Okuka. Unter Mitw. von Gerald Krenn, 2002. — 1031 S. — {{ISBN|3-85129-510-2}}. orthography)
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Belarusian Wikipedia is the Belarusian language version of Wikipedia. There are two Belarusian Wikipedias ({{langx|be|Беларуская Вікіпедыя|translit=Bielaruskaja Vikipiedyja}}; Taraškievica: Беларуская Вікіпэдыя, Bielaruskaja Vikipedyja): one in the orthography of the Belarusian language which is official in modern Belarus (Narkamaŭka, prefix "be:"),{{cite web|url=http://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/ |title=The Official Belarusian Wikipedia (be:) |language=be |publisher=Be.wikipedia.org |access-date=2012-06-25}} and another one in the pre-reform of 1933, classical orthography (Taraškievica, prefix "be-tarask:", formerly "be-x-old:").{{cite web|url=http://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/ |title=The Classical Belarusian Wikipedia (be-tarask:) |language=be |publisher=Be-tarask.wikipedia.org |access-date=2012-06-25}}
As of October 2023, the most popular editions of Wikipedia within Belarus are the Russian Wikipedia (with 88.0% of all page views) followed by the English Wikipedia (9.1%).{{cite web|title=Page Views Per Country|url=http://stats.wikimedia.org/wikimedia/squids/SquidReportPageViewsPerCountryBreakdown.htm|publisher=Wikimedia Traffic Analysis Report|access-date=21 July 2014}} The Belarusian Wikipedia has much fewer page views in comparison, making up 1.2% of Wikipedia requests from Belarus.
History
File:Comparison of articles about Lithuanians (Lietuviai) in the Belarusian Classical Orthography Wikipedia and Belarusian Wikipedia (both as of 8 October 2023), demonstrating influence of Litvinism idealogy to its content.jpg (Lithuanian: Lietuviai). The Belarusian Taraškievica Wikipedia in particular has been noted for the promotion of Belarusian nationalism and distortion of Lithuanian history.]]
The first Belarusian Wikipedia was started on 12 August 2004. One of its creators and first administrators was Uładzimir Katkoŭski (user name: rydel).[http://www.polskieradio.pl/zagranica/by/news/artykul56839.html "How to Find Wikipedia... Using the Classical Orthography"], Polskie Radio, August 11, 2007 {{in lang|be}}[http://www.zasvobodu.net/news/L-Katko-sk-Kal-adstoivac-belaruskae-to-pa-bel/ "To stand for the Belarusian – in Belarusian!" (“Калі адстойваць беларускае, то па-беларуску!”)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724140528/http://www.zasvobodu.net/news/L-Katko-sk-Kal-adstoivac-belaruskae-to-pa-bel/ |date=July 24, 2011 }}, an interview with the parents of Uladzimir Katkouski by Radio Liberty, May 19, 2008 {{in lang|be}} Katkouski/rydel (who died in 2007) created over 1,300 articles in the Belarusian Wikipedia alone.
Articles in the Belarusian Wikipedia were inconsistently written in both variants of the orthography, leading to conflicts between the adherents of the two.[http://news.tut.by/it/85173.html "Belarusian Language Encyclopedia amid of Scandal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126052402/http://news.tut.by/it/85173.html |date=2020-11-26 }}, March 27, 2007 {{in lang|ru}}
A "clean" version in the official orthography was initiated in the Wikipedia's "incubator" at Wikimedia's Meta-Wiki. The application for a new Wikipedia was approved in March 2007.[http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Belarusian_normative&oldid=1390188 Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Belarusian normative]", Meta (closed Mar. 26, 2007)]
Upon approval, in the evening of the same day, over 6,000 articles written in the pre-reform orthography were transferred from the "be.wikipedia.org" domain to "be-x-old.wikipedia.org", while the 3,500 pages from "Incubator" were movedMove page script history to "be.wikipedia.org". However, due to a software bug, the move did not go smoothly: in the morning the articles seemed to have disappeared, and users could not log in.[http://generation.by/news2283.html "Вікіпэдыя і Вікіпедыя: год суіснаваньня пасьля падзелу" ("Wikipedia and Wikipiedia: A Year After the Split")], generation.by April 8, 2008 {{in lang|be}} This led to a number of news reports that articles in old Belarusian orthography were deleted from Wikipedia.[http://charter97.org/bel/news/2007/03/28/skandal "Scandal in Belarusian Wikipedia"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603053106/http://charter97.org/bel/news/2007/03/28/skandal |date=June 3, 2009 }}, Charter'97, March 28, 2007 {{in lang|ru}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20101119102943/http://www.seonews.ru/events/detail/42409.php "Belarusian Wikipedia Has Been Destroyed"], SEOnews, March 28, 2007 {{in lang|ru}}
In September 2015, the domain name of the classical orthography Belarusian Wikipedias was changed from be-x-old.wikipedia.org to be-tarask.wikipedia.org, reflecting the official language subtag assigned by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority in 2007.
Including the time in the "incubator", the current variant of be-Wikipedia has existed since August 2006.[http://it.tut.by/news/96923.html "Belarusian Encyclopedia Crossed the 10,000 Article threshold"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528031413/http://it.tut.by/news/96923.html |date=May 28, 2010 }} {{in lang|ru}}
According to the Belarusian Wikipedian Volha Sitnik, the separation of the two Wikipedias was not very calm at first. However, as of 2023, the communities of the two Wikipedias in Belarusian language are having good relations and cooperate with each other.{{Cite web |first=Nikos |last=Likomitros |date=2023-03-14 |title=Introducing Belarusian Wikipedia: An interview with Volha Sitnik |url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/03/14/introducing-belarusian-wikipedia-an-interview-with-volha-sitnik/ |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Diff |language=en-US}}
In 2024, the Lithuanian Army magazine Karys dubbed the Belarusian Taraškievica Wikipedia as the "Litvinist Wikipedia" due to the abundance of pseudohistorical content in its pages.{{cite web|url=https://kariuomeneskurejai.lt/litvinizmas-istorija-kuri-tampa-politika/|title=Litvinism: "History" That Becomes Politics|website=kariuomeneskurejai.lt|date=23 December 2024|language=lt}}
Rates of contributions
Initially the official Belarusian Wikipedia overtook the classical one, but in about a year, it slowed down, and in fall 2008, the classical one was ahead. Today, the official Belarusian Wikipedia has again surpassed the one in the classical orthography.
On 15 March 2008, the official Belarusian encyclopedia reached 10,000 articles.
On 17 June 2009, the classical Belarusian encyclopedia reached 20,000 articles, holding the 65th place among other Wikipedias. At that time, the official Belarusian Wikipedia had about 16,000 articles, holding the 71st place.[http://www.nn.by/index.php?c=ar&i=27119 "20,000th article in the Belarusian Wikipedia in Classical Orthography"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619180855/http://nn.by/index.php?c=ar&i=27119 |date=2009-06-19 }}, Nasha Niva Online, 17 June 2009 {{in lang|be}}
On 16 November 2010, the official Belarusian encyclopedia reached 25,000 articles.
In August 2015, the official Belarusian encyclopedia reached 100,000 articles.
See also
- Norwegian Wikipedia, another language with two Wikipedia editions for separate orthographies
References
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External links
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- {{in lang|be}} [http://be.wikipedia.org/ Belarusian Wikipedia in the official orthography]
- (Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)) [http://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/ Belarusian Wikipedia in Taraškievica orthography]
- {{in lang|be}} [http://be.m.wikipedia.org/ Belarusian Wikipedia in the official orthography mobile version] (homepage not yet configured)
- (Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)) [http://be-tarask.m.wikipedia.org/ Belarusian Wikipedia in Taraškievica orthography mobile version] (not fully supported)
- Statistics for the normative Belarusian Wikipedia
- Statistics for the classical Belarusian Wikipedia
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