Nepali Wikipedia

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox website

| name = {{Wiki favicon}} Nepali Wikipedia

| logo = Logo of the Nepali Wikipedia

| screenshot = Nepali Wikipedia Main Page.png

| screenshot_alt = The main page of the Nepali Wikipedia

| collapsible = yes

| caption =

| founded = 3 June 2002; {{ago|3 June 2002}}

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

| commercial = No

| location = Miami, Florida, United States

| type = Internet encyclopedia project

| language = Nepali

| registration = Optional

| owner = Wikimedia Foundation

| author = Jimmy Wales

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

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The Nepali Wikipedia ({{langx|ne|नेपाली विकिपिडिया}}) is the Nepali language edition of Wikipedia, run by the Wikimedia Foundation.{{Cite web |title=विकिपिडिया |url=https://ekantipur.com/kopila/2016/01/24/20160124103823.html |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=Kantipur |language=ne}} As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} it has {{NUMBEROF|ARTICLES|ne|N}} articles and about {{formatnum:{{#expr:{{NUMBEROF|USERS|ne}}round -3}}}} users, of which {{formatnum:{{NUMBEROF|ADMINS|ne}}}} are administrators.{{cite web | url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias | title=List of Wikipedias | publisher=Wikimedia Foundation | access-date=April 26, 2022}} As of 8 November 2022, the Nepali Wikipedia is the 110st largest Wikipedia.

Nepali, using the Devanagari script, requires complex transliteration aids to be typed on devices. Thus, it has a phonetic Latin alphabet converter to Nepali, without having to use any special Nepali-typing software.

History

The Nepali Wikipedia was established on 3 June 2002, one year after the English Wikipedia was started, and it was among the first languages of South Asia to have its own Wikipedia.{{Cite web |title=विकिपिडिया एक स्वतन्त्र विश्वकोश |url=https://www.gorkhapatraonline.com/news/43574 |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=Gorkhapatra |language=ne}}{{Cite web |title=नेपाली विकिपिडिया २० वर्षमा प्रवेश, कस्तो छ अवस्था ? |url=https://ictsamachar.com/news-details/11404/2022-06-03 |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=ICT Samachar |language=ne}}

Statistics

As of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, the Nepali Wikipedia has about {{formatnum:{{#expr:{{NUMBEROF|ARTICLES|ne}} round -3}}}} articles. The overwhelming majority of its readers originate from Nepal.

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{{bar percent|Nepal|Black|53.6}}

{{bar percent|United States|blue|13.9}}

{{bar percent|China|red|10.4}}

{{bar percent|France|pink|8.1}}

{{bar percent|India|orange|6.4}}

{{bar percent|Germany|yellow|3.7}}

{{bar percent|Other|Gray|3.9}}

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Users and editors

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|+ Nepali Wikipedia statistics

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See also

References

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