Burmese Wikipedia
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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
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| Available in | Burmese |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Created by | Burmese Wikipedia community |
| URL | my.wikipedia.org |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | July 2004 |
The Burmese Wikipedia (Template:Lang-my pronounced [mjəmà wɪkɨˈpiːdiə]) is the Burmese language edition of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. This edition was started in July 2004, and has about 109,000 articles as of December 2024.
As of December 2024, there are 125,000 users, 4 admins and 2,912 files on the Burmese Wikipedia, ranking 85th by article count.[1]
History
Timeline
- 2004: Burmese Wikipedia launched.
- 2005: Some of Burmese Wikipedians joined and started writing.
- 2008: Content grew drastically.
- 2010: First Burmese Wikipedia workshop held at Bangkok, Thailand with people from Wikimedia Foundation, local and international Unicode experts and Burmese Wikipedians.
- 2012: Burmese Wikipedia was introduced at Barcamp Yangon.
Events and promotions
| Burmese Wikipedia | |||
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| Articles | 108549 | ||
| Files | 2912 | ||
| Edits | 853556 | ||
| Users | 125291 | ||
| Active users | 118 | ||
| Admins | 4 | ||
The Myanmar Computer Professionals Association had launched Wikipedia Myanmar project with the aim of expanding Wikipedia in 2010.[2]
The Burmese Wikipedia community had held their first joint workshop in Yangon, Burma (Myanmar) with the help of Telenor Myanmar in June 2014 to recruit new volunteers.[3] The Burmese Wikipedia Forum was held at Dagon University in July 2014 attracting over 2,000 people, including students.[4]
Challenges
The majority of Burmese internet users use the non-Unicode Zawgyi font so they have difficulty viewing Burmese Wikipedia.[2][4][5]
References
- ^ "Wikipedia Statistics - Tables - Burmese". wikimedia.org. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
- ^ a b The Myanmar Times. "Myanmar Wikipedia project targets 15,000 pages". mmtimes.com. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
- ^ "Telenor Group - Bringing Wikipedia to Myanmar". Telenor Group. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
- ^ a b Win Htut. "Telenor hosts Wikipedia forum at Dagon University". Eleven Myanmar. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
- ^ The Myanmar Times. "Spark of knowledge starts with Wikipedia". mmtimes.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-28. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
External links
- (in Burmese) Burmese Wikipedia
- (in Burmese) Burmese Wikipedia mobile version
- Myanmar Wikipedia on Telegram
