Turkish Wikipedia
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{short description|Turkish-language edition of Wikipedia}}
{{Infobox website
| name = {{Wiki favicon}} Turkish Wikipedia
| collapsible = yes
| screenshot = Turkish Wikipedia - September 18, 2022.png
| logo = Wikipedia-logo-v2-tr.svg
| logo_size = 85%
| caption = Main Page of the Turkish Wikipedia in September 2022
| url = [http://tr.wikipedia.org/ tr.wikipedia.org]
| commercial = No
| location = San Francisco, California
| type = Internet encyclopedia project
| language = Turkish
| registration = Optional
| owner = Wikimedia Foundation
| author =
| current_status = Active. Regional block lifted on 15 January 2020
| launch_date = {{start date and age|df=yes|2002|12|05}}
| content_license = {{nobr|Creative Commons Attribution/
Share-Alike 4.0}} (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL)
Media licensing varies
}}
The Turkish Wikipedia ({{langx|tr|Türkçe Vikipedi}}) is the Turkish language edition of Wikipedia, spelled Vikipedi. Started on 5 December 2002, as of {{Date}}, this edition has :tr:Special:Statistics and is the {{Ordinal|{{Wikipedia rank by size|tr}}}} largest Wikipedia edition, and ranks 16th in terms of depth among Wikipedias.{{cite web|url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias |title=List of Wikipedias - Meta |publisher=Meta.wikimedia.org |access-date=14 October 2017}} Turkish Wikipedia has around 3 billion pageviews each year.{{Cite web |title=Wikistats - Statistics For Wikimedia Projects |url=https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/tr.wikipedia.org/reading/total-page-views/normal%7Cbar%7C2-year%7C~total%7Cmonthly |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=stats.wikimedia.org}}
In March 2017, before the block of Wikipedia in Turkey, 90% of pageviews of Turkish Wikipedia were from within the country. Germany was second with 2% share, as there are many Turks in Germany. Azerbaijan was the third country with 1.4% share, as Turkish and Azerbaijani are mutually intelligible Oghuz languages.{{cite web |title=Wikimedia Traffic Analysis Report - Page Views Per Wikipedia Language - Breakdown |url=https://stats.wikimedia.org/archive/squid_reports/2017-03/SquidReportPageViewsPerLanguageBreakdown.htm |website=stats.wikimedia.org |access-date=31 January 2024 |date=March 2017}} Although the block was lifted in 2020, statistics for pageviews in Turkey and most other Turkic speaking countries are no longer published; but those for some countries; such as Kyrgyzstan, Germany and the United States are.{{Cite web |title=Wikistats - Statistics For Wikimedia Projects |url=https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/all-projects/reading/page-views-by-country/normal%7Cmap%7Clast-month%7C~total%7Cmonthly |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=stats.wikimedia.org}}
History
In 2006, the Turkish Wikipedia was nominated under the Science category for {{Interlanguage link multi|Altın Örümcek Web Ödülleri|tr}} (Golden Spider Web Awards), which are commonly known as the "Web Oscars" for Turkey.{{cite web|url=http://www.halklailiskiler.com/5-altin-orumcek-web-odulleri.html|title=5. Altın Örümcek Web Ödülleri}} In January 2007, the Turkish Wikipedia was given the award for "Best Content" in this competition. The award was given in a ceremony on 25 January 2007 at Istanbul Technical University.{{cite web|url=http://altinorumcek.com/sonuclar/5-altin-orumcek/|title=Altın Örümcek - Geçmiş Yıllar - Değerlendirme Süreci|access-date=25 August 2015|archive-date=9 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209181749/http://altinorumcek.com/sonuclar/5-altin-orumcek/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/teknoloji/8667704.asp|title=Altın Örümcek ödülleri açıklandı|date=10 April 2008 }}
In 2015, its banner drawing attention to the gender bias on Wikipedia drew the attention of the Turkish media.{{cite web|title=Google 8 Mart Dünya Kadınlar Günü doodle'ı hazırladı|url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/turkiye/google_8_mart_dunya_kadinlar_gunu_doodlei_hazirladi-1308599|publisher=Radikal|access-date=8 March 2015|language=tr}}
On 29 April 2017, the Turkish government blocked access to Wikipedia.{{cite news|title=Turkish authorities block Wikipedia |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39754909 |publisher=BBC |access-date=29 April 2017|work=BBC News |date=29 April 2017 }} While the reasons for the blockage were unrevealed, some believe that the encyclopedia had been blocked due to the Turkish government's concerns about articles critical of its actions regarding Turkey–ISIL cooperation.{{cite web|title=Terör destekçisi Wikipedia'ya yasak|url=http://www.sabah.com.tr/ekonomi/2017/04/30/teror-destekcisi-wikipediaya-yasak|publisher=Sabah|access-date=1 May 2017|language=tr}}{{cite web|title=Turkey blocks Wikipedia over what it calls terror 'smear campaign'|date=29 April 2017 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/29/europe/turkey-wikipedia/|publisher=CNN|access-date=1 May 2017|language=en}} In December 2019, the Constitutional Court of Turkey ruled that the ban violated freedom of expression. On 15 January 2020, the ban was lifted after 991 days.{{cite web|url=https://netblocks.org/reports/turkey-restores-wikipedia-access-QyKp568D|title=Turkey restores access to Wikipedia after 991 days|publisher=NetBlocks|date=15 January 2020|access-date=15 January 2020}}
Accuracy and updates
Experienced editors have been criticised for being unfriendly to new editors,{{Cite web |last=Aktaşoğlu |first=Metin |date=2024-09-20 |title=Vikipedi varoluşsal bir krizle karşı karşıya: Z kuşağı Özgür Ansiklopedi'yi kurtarabilir mi? |url=https://tr.mashable.com/dijital-kultur/14378/vikipedi-varolussal-bir-krizle-karsi-karsiya-z-kusagi-ozgur-ansiklopediyi-kurtarabilir-mi |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Mashable Türkiye - Teknoloji, Bilim, Sosyal Medya Haberleri ve Ürün İncelemeleri |language=tr}} and for being slow to correct misinformation.{{Cite web |last=Dalgıçoğlu |first=Ecem |title=Yeşilçam'ın Efsanelerinden Salih Güney Vikipedi'nin Kendisini 'Jigolo' Olarak Tanıtmasına Sert Çıkıştı |url=https://onedio.com/haber/yesilcam-in-eski-efsanelerinden-salih-guney-vikipedi-nin-kendisini-jigolo-olarak-tanitmasina-sert-cikisti-1264356 |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Onedio |language=tr |quote=Mesele benim doğum tarihim 1 Ocak 1945. Türk Vikipedi'de 1943 yazıyor. Kardeşim neden 1945 değil, 1943 yazıyorsun? Avukatım vasıtasıyla nüfus kağıdımı ilettim ancak hâlâ 1943 yazıyor" şeklinde isyan etti.}}
Statistics
{{As of|2024}}, the Wikimedia Foundation says about Türkiye and Turkmenistan:
{{Blockquote|text=These countries and territories are at higher risk of action being taken against Wikimedia community members for on-platform activities. The Wikimedia Foundation can publish aggregated data about them only using differential privacy such that any consumer of the data will be (in the worst case) at most 2.5% more certain about a data subject's presence or absence in the dataset.{{Cite web |title=Wikimedia Foundation Country and Territory Protection List - Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki |url=https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Country_and_Territory_Protection_List |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=foundation.wikimedia.org}}}}
File:Censored wikipedia logo for trwiki.svg by Turkey]]
Milestones
- January 2004 — 100 articles
- July 2004 — 1,000 articles
- November 2005 — 10,000 articles
- March 2007 — 55,000 articles
- February 2008 — 100,000 articles{{cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Wikipedias/Table&oldid=863018|title=List of Wikipedias/Table - Meta}}
- 9 December 2012 — 200,000 articlesWikipedia:Milestone statistics
- 27 April 2021 — 400,000 articles
- 8 July 2022 — 500,000 articles
- 6 April 2024 — 600,000 articles
References
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External links
{{InterWiki|code=tr}}
{{commons category}}
- {{in lang|tr}} [http://tr.wikipedia.org/ Turkish Wikipedia]
- {{in lang|tr}} [http://tr.m.wikipedia.org/ Turkish Wikipedia mobile version]
{{Wikipedias}}
{{Wikipedias in Turkic languages}}
Category:Wikipedias in Turkic languages