Marathi Wikipedia

{{Short description|Marathi-language edition of Wikipedia}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}

{{Infobox website

| name = {{Wiki favicon}} Marathi Wikipedia

| logo = Wikipedia-logo-v2-mr.svg

| logo_size = 120px

| screenshot = Marathi Wikipedia homepage.jpg

| screenshot_size = 300px

| caption = Screenshot of the Marathi Wikipedia home page

| collapsible = yes

| url = [http://mr.wikipedia.org/ mr.wikipedia.org]

| commercial = No

| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2003|05|01|df=y}}

| num_users = {{NUMBEROF|USERS|mr|N}} as of {{Date}}

| type = Internet encyclopedia project

| language = Marathi

| registration = Optional, but required for certain tasks including {{bulleted list|{{thinsp|editing of protected pages}}|{{thinsp|non-talk page creation (autoconfirmed for articles)}}|{{thinsp|page moving (autoconfirmed)}}}}

| owner = Wikimedia Foundation

| content_license = {{nobr|Creative Commons Attribution/
Share-Alike
4.0}} (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL)
Media licensing varies

}}

The Marathi Wikipedia ({{langx|mr|मराठी विकिपीडिया}}) is the Marathi language edition of Wikipedia, a free and publicly editable online encyclopedia, and was launched on 1 May 2003. The project is one of the leading Wikipedia among other South Asian language Wikipedia's in various quality matrices.{{cite web|url=http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaMR.htm|title=Wikipedia Statistics - Tables - Marathi|access-date=6 August 2016}} It has grown on to become a wiki containing more than 90,000 articles. As of {{Date}}, it has {{NUMBEROF|articles|mr|N}} articles and {{NUMBEROF|users|mr|N}} registered users.{{cite web|url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias|title=List of Wikipedias - Meta|access-date=1 May 2018}} Among the most visited Marathi-language websites, the Marathi Wikipedia is ranked tenth by Alexa.{{cite web|url=http://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/World/Marathi|title=Alexa - Top Sites by Category: World/Marathi|access-date=6 August 2016|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226055318/https://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/World/Marathi|url-status=dead}}

History

=Beginning=

The Marathi Wikipedia was available in the wikipedia.org domain from 2003 May 1. 'Vasant Panchami'(वसंत पंचमी){{cite web | url=http://mr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=वसंत_पंचमी&action=history | title="वसंत पंचमी" चा संपादन इतिहास - विकिपीडिया }} (Vasant Panchami) and 'Audumbar' (औदुंबर (कविता)), a poem by the poet Balkavi{{cite web | url=http://mr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=औदुंबर_(कविता)&action=history | title="औदुंबर (कविता)" चा संपादन इतिहास - विकिपीडिया }} were the first articles created on Marathi Wikipedia on 2 May 2003.

= Initial growth phase=

The Marathi Wikipedia picked up growth from 2006 onwards. On 13 January 2006 Marathi Wikipedia had 1500 articles.

On 27 February, Marathi Day is celebrated.

Progress

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|+Articles{{cite web|url=https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/mr.wikipedia.org|title=Wikipedia Statistics - Tables - Marathi|access-date=20 February 2023}}

!Date

!Count

22 September 2008

|20,000

2 July 2010

|30,000

24 April 2011

|33,333

27 February 2014

|40,000

11 September 2016

|44,444

22 December 2017

|50,000

21 August 2020

|60,000

24 December 2020

|66,666

30 July 2021

|77,777

23 September 2021

|80,000

29 December 2022

|88,888

12 February 2023

|90,000

Users and editors

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|+ Marathi Wikipedia statistics

! Number of user accounts !! Number of articles !! Number of files !! Number of administrators

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= Community and events =

File:Marathi Wikipedia banner in India Wikiconference.jpg

File:Marathi Wikipedia Stall At Techfest IIT Bombay13.jpg

The Marathi Wikipedia has various events organised by volunteers from all over the state. Some of the notable events include,

  1. Marathi Wikipedia Vachan Prerna Saptah
  2. Wikipedia Asian Month
  3. Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din etc.

= Media coverage and increased growth =

Marathi Daily news paper Maharashtra Times was the first to cover and recommend 'Marathi language Wikipedia' on 27 July 2006.

Fonts and input methods

File:Marathi Wikipedia ULS.webm "अक्षरांतरण" (Transliteration) or "मराठी लिपी" (Inscript) typing options to search or edit Marathi Wikipedia articles as shown in this video clip; One can click on the 'cc to change the subtitle languages to Marathi, English, Sanskrit, Kokani, Ahirani languages.]]

Any one of Unicode Marathi fonts input system is fine for Marathi Wikipedia. Some people use inscript. Majority uses either Google phonetic transliteration or input facility Universal Language Selector provided on Marathi Wikipedia. Phonetic facility provided initially was java-based later supported by Narayam extension for phonetic input facility. Currently Marathi Wikipedia is supported by Universal Language Selector (ULS), that offers both phonetic keyboard (Aksharantaran, Marathi: अक्षरांतरण) and InScript keyboard (Marathi: मराठी लिपी).

See also

References

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