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The Italian Wikipedia (Italian: Wikipedia in italiano) is the Italian-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was created on May 11, 2001[1] and first edited on June 11, 2001. As of 2011 it has over 1,865,000 articles and more than 2,516,000 registered accounts.[2] It is the 5th-largest Wikipedia as measured by the number of articles (after the English, German, French and Dutch editions).[3]

History

In August 2005 the Italian Wikipedia overtook the Spanish and Portuguese language editions, becoming the 8th largest edition by article count. The primary reason for the rapid leap from 56,000 to 64,000 articles was an automated bot which created stub articles on more than 8,000 municipalities of Spain in an operation dubbed "Comuni spagnoli".[4][5]

On September 8, 2005, the Italian Wikipedia overtook the Dutch Wikipedia and one day later, on September 9, it passed 100,000 articles. On September 11, it overtook the Swedish Wikipedia, becoming the fifth-largest language edition. Again, automated scripts contributed heavily to the growth. For instance, a bot created more than 35,000 articles on municipalities of France.[6] However, it was overtaken by the Polish edition on September 23, 2005.

In 2009 the Italian Wikipedia was awarded the Premiolino, the oldest and most prestigious Italian journalism prize, in the new media category.

On June 22, 2010, it passed 700,000 articles (Robie House – 700,000th article). On September 28, 2010, the Italian Wikipedia overtook the Polish Wikipedia, becoming the 4th largest edition, though in October 2010 the numbers on both Wikipedias were very close, and as of 2011 the Polish Wikipedia is in the lead again.[7] On May 12, 2011, it passed 800,000 articles. On the same day, it overtook the Polish Wikipedia. On March 12, 2012, it passed 900,000 articles.

2011 mass blanking protest

Main articles: DDL intercettazioni and DDL intercettazioni § Section 29
From October 4 to October 6, 2011, a knowledge blackout was in place. During this time, all pages on the Italian Wikipedia project were redirected to this one-page Manifesto.

From October 4 to October 6, 2011, following a decision adopted by volunteers of the Italian Wikipedia community, a knowledge blackout was in place. During this time, all of the site's articles were hidden and the website was blocked by its administrators, as a protest against paragraph 29 of the DDL intercettazioni (Wiretapping Bill)[8] which was being debated at the time in the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian parliament.[9]

The controversy largely centered around paragraph 29 of the proposed bill[10] which was being debated in the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian parliament.[9][11] According to a public statement by editors of the Italian Wikipedia:[11]

"at this time, the Italian language Wikipedia may be no longer able to continue providing the service that over the years was useful to you, and that you expected to have right now. As things stand, the page you want still exists and is only hidden, but the risk is that soon we will be forced by Law to actually delete it."
"Today, unfortunately, the very pillars on which Wikipedia has been built—neutrality, freedom, and verifiability of its contents—are likely to be heavily compromised by paragraph 29 of a law proposal, also known as "DDL intercettazioni" (Wiretapping Act). This proposal, which the Italian Parliament is currently debating, provides, among other things, a requirement to all websites to publish, within 48 hours of the request and without any comment, a correction of any content that the applicant deems detrimental to his/her image."
"Unfortunately, the law does not require an evaluation of the claim by an impartial third judge—the opinion of the person allegedly injured is all that is required, in order to impose such correction to any website. Hence, anyone who feels offended by any content published on a blog, an online newspaper and, most likely, even on Wikipedia would have the right for a statement ("correction") to be shown, unaltered, on the page, aimed to contradict and disprove the allegedly harmful contents, regardless of the truthfulness of the information deemed as offensive, and its sources."

The bill allowed for a fine of between €9,500 and €12,000.[12]

This was the first time that a Wikipedia had blanked all its content to protest.[13][14][15] The Wikimedia Foundation officially supported the decision of the Italian Wikipedia by a statement released the same day.[9] As of 5 October 2011 the manifesto, which replaced the Italian Wikipedia, had been viewed approximately 8 million times.[16] On October 6, 2011, the website content was restored, with a banner across the top of each page explaining the reason for the protest.[17]

Main page on 18 January 2012

On 18 January 2012, the English Wikipedia was shut down for 24 hours, following a decision by contributors to protest against two bills being examined by the Congress of the United States: the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act. On that day, the Italian Wikipedia redirected users from its own main page to a black page expressing a message of support to the decision of the English encyclopedia. Users could then click to access the Italian encyclopedia's content normally.

References

  1. ^ New language wikis, Wikipedia-l mailing list.
  2. ^ Italian Wikipedia. "Speciale:Statistics". Retrieved 2009-12-18.
  3. ^ List of Wikipedias
  4. ^ Italian Wikipedia. "Wikipedia:Ultime_notizie". Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  5. ^ Italian Wikipedia. "Progetto:Geografia/Antropica/Comuni_spagnoli" (in Italian). Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  6. ^ Italian Wikipedia. "Progetto:Comuni_della_Francia" (in Italian). Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  7. ^ On October 12, 2010: 735 444 (pl) vs 735.375 (it)
  8. ^ "Camera dei Deputati: disegno di legge N. 1415-B". Camera dei Deputati (in Italian). Retrieved October 4, 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  9. ^ a b c "Wikimedia blog » Blog Archive » Regarding recent events on Italian Wikipedia". Blog.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  10. ^ "Camera dei Deputati: disegno di legge N. 1415-B". Camera dei Deputati (in Italian). Retrieved October 4, 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  11. ^ a b "Wikipedia:Comunicato 4 ottobre 2011 ("Communication 4 October 2011")". Italian Wikipedia. 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  12. ^ Hooper, John (27 September 2011). "Italy's bloggers to protest over 'fascist' right to reply bill". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  13. ^ Official announcement (English version); permanent link: http://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Comunicato_4_ottobre_2011&oldid=43934170.
  14. ^ "Intercettazioni, Wikipedia protesta – Homepage in bianco: "Inaccettabile ddl"". la Repubblica (in Italian). October 4, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2011. (Template:WebCite)
  15. ^ "Wikipedia Hides Italian Language Edition to Protest New Law | PCWorld Business Center". Pcworld.com. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  16. ^ "Wikipedia article traffic statistics". Stats.grok.se. Retrieved 2011-10-05. (Template:WebCite)
  17. ^ http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gqt7W7Fn1fKrfqU1cPF0Mr6M-R3w?docId=CNG.c05571d1da8b533f5fbbc6407b4da20d.1b1

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