Persian Wikipedia#Censorship
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Persian Wikipedia ({{langx|fa|ویکیپدیای فارسی|Wīkipediāī Fārsī}}) is the Persian language version of Wikipedia. The Persian version of Wikipedia was started in December 2003. As of {{Currentmonth}} {{Currentyear}}, it has {{NUMBEROF|ARTICLES|fa|N}} articles, {{NUMBEROF|USERS|fa|N}} registered users, and {{NUMBEROF|FILES|fa|N}} files, and it is the List of Wikipedias edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 22nd in terms of depth among Wikipedias. It passed 1,000 articles on 16 December 2004, and 200,000 on 10 July 2012. Roozbeh Pournader is the project's first administrator, developer, and bureaucrat.
It is the most popular language version of Wikipedia in Iran and Afghanistan.
Number of articles
In January 2013, nearly 50,000 new articles were added within a month. A few days later, on 19 February 2013, the Persian Wikipedia reached 300,000 articles, ranking it 18th among all Wikipedias based on the number of articles.[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias#100_000.2B_articles List of Wikipedias] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830093221/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias#100_000.2B_articles |date=2017-08-30 }}. Wikimedia.org. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
It currently has {{NUMBEROF|ARTICLES|fa|N}} articles, making it the 19th largest Wikipedia by article count.
History of the number of articles:
- 19 December 2003: started
- 18 February 2006: reached 10,000 articles
- 30 October 2008: reached 50,000 articles
- 25 August 2010: reached 100,000 articles
- 9 July 2012: reached 200,000 articles
- 19 February 2013: reached 300,000 articles
- 18 July 2014: reached 400,000 articles
- 27 July 2016: reached 500,000 articles
- 3 May 2018: reached 600,000 articles[https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Wikipedias/Table&diff=next&oldid=17750638 List of Wikipedias/Table ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615061934/https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Wikipedias%2FTable&diff=next&oldid=17750638 |date=2021-06-15 }} meta.wikimedia.org, Statistics at 12:00, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
- 8 November 2019: reached 700,000 articles
- 26 May 2021: reached 800,000 articles
- 13 April 2022: reached 900,000 articles
- 22 April 2024: reached 1,000,000 articles
Article depth
With article depth of {{Depth|fa|0}}, the Persian Wikipedia is currently ranked 23rd among all Wikipedias based on article depth.{{cite web |title=Wikipedia article depth - Meta |url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_article_depth |website=meta.wikimedia.org |access-date=12 July 2022 |language=en |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109032206/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_article_depth |url-status=live }}
Issues
= Government intervention =
{{Further|Censorship in Iran}}
According to reports by human rights lawyer Shadi Sadr, RFERL, Iranwire, Iran International, Justice for Iran, Open Democracy, Radio Zamaneh and other news outlets, the Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance and the Iranian Cyber Army may be interfering with the Persian Wikipedia, although the Wikimedia Foundation denies that there is abuse taking place.{{Cite web|title=Persian Wikipedia: an independent source or a tool of the Iranian state?|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/persian-wikipedia-independent-source-or-tool-iranian-state/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=openDemocracy|language=en|archive-date=2021-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406200848/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/persian-wikipedia-independent-source-or-tool-iranian-state/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Mehdi|date=2019-10-21|title=چرا پاسخ بنیاد ویکیمدیا مبنی بر عدم دخالت جمهوری اسلامی در ویکیپدیای فارسی نادرست است؟|url=https://justice4iran.org/persian/reports/iraninternational-wikipedia-interview/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Justice for Iran|language=fa-IR|archive-date=2021-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128190431/https://justice4iran.org/persian/reports/iraninternational-wikipedia-interview/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=2021-06-15|title=انتقاد سازمان عدالت برای ایران از "سانسور و مداخله جانبدارانه" در ویکیپدیای فارسی|newspaper=رادیو فردا |url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/justice-for-Iran-called-probe-on-Persian-Wikipedia/30208387.html|access-date=2021-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615052707/https://www.radiofarda.com/a/justice-for-Iran-called-probe-on-Persian-Wikipedia/30208387.html|archive-date=2021-06-15|last1=فردا |first1=رادیو }}{{Cite web|date=2021-06-15|title=شادی صدر: از ویکیپدیا میخواهیم مثل فیسبوک و توییتر با ارتش سایبری جمهوری اسلامی برخورد کند – Justice for Iran|url=https://justice4iran.org/persian/reports/iranwire-wikipedia-interview-with-shadi-sadr/|access-date=2021-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615052720/https://justice4iran.org/persian/reports/iranwire-wikipedia-interview-with-shadi-sadr/|archive-date=2021-06-15}}{{Cite web|title=شادی صدر: از ویکیپدیا میخواهیم مثل فیسبوک و توییتر با ارتش سایبری جمهوری اسلامی برخورد کند|url=https://iranwire.com/fa/jinac/33556|access-date=2021-06-15|website=IranWire {{!}} خانه|language=fa|archive-date=2021-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615052730/https://iranwire.com/fa/jinac/33556|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=ویکیپدیای فارسی: منبعی مستقل یا ابزاری در دست دولت ایران؟|url=https://www.radiozamaneh.com/465889/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=www.radiozamaneh.com|date=19 September 2019 |language=fa-IR|archive-date=2021-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501004449/https://www.radiozamaneh.com/465889/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Critics Say Some Persian Wikipedia Content Manipulated By Iran's Government|url=https://en.radiofarda.com/a/critics-say-some-persian-wikipedia-content-manipulated-by-iran-s-government/30211340.html|access-date=2021-06-15|website=RFE/RL|date=11 October 2019 |language=en|archive-date=2021-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127191610/https://en.radiofarda.com/a/critics-say-some-persian-wikipedia-content-manipulated-by-iran-s-government/30211340.html|url-status=live}} In 2019, German news outlet Deutsche Welle reported that WMF had launched an investigation.{{Cite web|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|title="تحقیقات بنیاد ویکیمدیا درباره ویکیپدیای فارسی آغاز شده است" {{!}} DW {{!}} 10.10.2019|url=https://www.dw.com/fa-ir/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA/a-50771615|access-date=2021-06-15|website=DW.COM|language=fa-IR|archive-date=2021-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615055133/https://www.dw.com/fa-ir/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA/a-50771615|url-status=live}}
= Censorship =
In a November 2013 report published by the Center for Global Communication Studies of the University of Pennsylvania, researchers Collin Anderson and Nima Nazeri scanned 800,000 Persian language Wikipedia articles and found that the Iranian government blocks 963 of these pages. According to the authors, "Censors repeatedly targeted Wikipedia pages about government rivals, minority religious beliefs, and criticisms of the state, officials, and the police. Just under half of the blocked Wiki-pages are biographies, including pages about individuals the authorities have allegedly detained or killed."{{cite web |url=http://www.global.asc.upenn.edu/fileLibrary/PDFs/CItation_Filtered_Wikipedia_Report_11_5_2013-2.pdf |title=Citation Filtered: Iran's Censorship of Wikipedia |last1=Anderson |first1=Colin |last2=Nazeri |first2=Nima |date=7 November 2013 |publisher=Center for Global Communication Studies (University of Pennsylvania) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126090403/http://www.global.asc.upenn.edu/fileLibrary/PDFs/CItation_Filtered_Wikipedia_Report_11_5_2013-2.pdf |archive-date=26 November 2018 |url-status=dead }} Anderson said that Persian Wikipedia, as a microcosm of the Iranian internet, is a "useful place to uncover the types of online content forbidden and an excellent template to identify keyword blocking themes and filtering rules that apply across the greater internet."{{cite news |date=12 November 2013 |title=How Iran Uses Wikipedia To Censor The Internet |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/how-iran-uses-wikipedia-to-censor-the-internet |agency=BuzzFeed |access-date=8 September 2017 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225230439/https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/how-iran-uses-wikipedia-to-censor-the-internet%20 |url-status=live }}
On 2 March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, the Persian Wikipedia appeared to be disrupted in Iran after the death of Mohammad Mirmohammadi, who was a close confidant to the country's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.{{cite news |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/digital/2020/03/03/Iranian-Wikipedia-disrupted-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-Rights-group.html |title=Iranian Wikipedia disrupted amid coronavirus outbreak: Rights group |date=3 March 2020 |access-date=6 March 2020 |publisher=Al Arabiya English |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806050641/https://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/digital/2020/03/03/Iranian-Wikipedia-disrupted-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-Rights-group.html |url-status=live }}
Gallery
File:Fa Wikipedia-logo 100000 2.png|100,000 entries celebration logo (August 2010)
File:Persian Wikipedia's Featured Nowruz Logo (2015).svg|Persian Wikipedia's Nowruz logo (March 2015)
File:Persian Wikipedia's Featured Nowruz Logo (2016).svg|Persian Wikipedia's Nowruz logo (March 2016)
File:Persian Wikipedia's 500,000 article featured logo.svg|Persian Wikipedia's 500,000 articles logo (July 2016)
File:Persian Wikipedia's Featured Nowruz Logo (2017).svg|Persian Wikipedia's Nowruz logo (March 2017)
File:Persian Wikipedia's 600,000 article green logo.svg|600,000 entries celebration logo (March 2018)
File:Persian Wikipedia Nowruz Logo 4.svg|Persian Wikipedia's Nowruz logo (March 2019)
File:Persian Wikipedia's 800k-4.svg|800,000 entries celebration logo (May 2021)
File:Persian Wikipedia's 900k.svg|900,000 entries celebration logo (April 2022)
File:The logo of one million Persian Wikipedia articles - V2.svg|1,000,000 entries celebration logo (April 2024)
See also
References
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External links
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