Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia
{{Short description|Scottish Gaelic–language edition of Wikipedia}}
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The Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia ({{langx|gd|Uicipeid}}, {{IPA|gd|ˈuçkʲɪpetʲ||}}) is Scottish Gaelic version of Wikipedia. As of {{date}}, it contains {{NUMBEROF|articles|gd|N}} articles and has {{NUMBEROF|USERS|gd|N}} editors.{{cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias#10_000.2B_articles|title=List of Wikipedias|access-date=19 April 2022}}
History
The encyclopedia was founded in 2004.{{cite news |title=NLS appoints world's first Gaelic Wikipedian |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/nls-appoints-world-s-first-gaelic-wikipedian-1-4353120 |access-date=7 December 2018 |work=The Scotsman |language=en |archive-date=7 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207115659/https://www.scotsman.com/news/nls-appoints-world-s-first-gaelic-wikipedian-1-4353120 |url-status=live }} In 2017, Susan Ross was hired by the National Library of Scotland (NLS) to develop and promote the encyclopedia, a part time position that lasted 12 months. The NLS intended to augment its Gaelic resources following a digitization drive that put Gaelic-language materials on the Internet. Ross is a second-language speaker of Gaelic who learned the language as a teenager and completed a doctorate in Gaelic studies. She has been editing Uicipeid since 2010.{{cite news |title=Skotske bibleteek sil Gaelictalige Wikipedia útwreidzje |url=https://www.itnijs.frl/2017/01/skotske-bibleteek-sil-gaelictalige-wikipedia-utwreidzje/ |access-date=7 December 2018 |work=It Nijs |date=31 January 2017 |language=fy}} Working with community groups, she created help pages and worked to attract more editors.{{cite news |title=Library appoints the world's first Gaelic Wikipedian - National Library of Scotland |url=https://www.nls.uk/news/archive/2017/01/gaelic-wikipedian-begins |access-date=7 December 2018 |publisher=National Library of Scotland |archive-date=7 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207102850/https://www.nls.uk/news/archive/2017/01/gaelic-wikipedian-begins |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Hannan |first1=Martin |title=Gaelic Wikipedia website Uicipeid to undergo major development as part of link-up |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/14896462.gaelic-wikipedia-website-uicipeid-to-undergo-major-development-as-part-of-link-up/ |access-date=7 December 2018 |work=The National |date=11 October 2016 |language=en |archive-date=7 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207103300/https://www.thenational.scot/news/14896462.gaelic-wikipedia-website-uicipeid-to-undergo-major-development-as-part-of-link-up/ |url-status=live }} The grant was sponsored by Wikimedia UK and Bòrd na Gàidhlig.
At one point, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig offered a module teaching students how to edit Uicipeid.{{cite web |title=An Uicipeid - Wikipedia na Gàidhlig |url=https://www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk/modalan/CoimpiutaireachdGaidhlig/Uicipeid.html |publisher=Sabhal Mòr Ostaig |access-date=7 December 2018 |archive-date=7 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207145535/https://www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk/modalan/CoimpiutaireachdGaidhlig/Uicipeid.html |url-status=live }}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/The+Scottish+Gaelic+Uicipeid+project+-+Susan+Ross+at+the+Celtic+Knot+2017/1_8g4uce40 Susan Ross gives a presentation on her work]
- [https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Celtic_Knot_Conference_2017 2017 Celtic Knot conference]
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