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Tulu Wikipedia
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Type of site
Internet encyclopedia
Available inTulu
OwnerWikimedia Foundation[1]
URLtcy.wikipedia.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationOpen read access.
No registration needed for general editing, but necessary for certain tasks including
Users6257
Launched6 August 2016 (as full site)
Content license
Creative Commons Attribution/
Share-Alike
3.0
(most text also dual-licensed underGFDL)
Media licensing varies

TheTulu Wikipediais theTulu languageedition ofWikipedia,run by theWikimedia Foundation.[1]It currently has 2,167 articles and it is the254th largestedition of Wikipedia by article count.[2]It is the 23rd language of India to get a Wikipedia after eight years in incubation.[3][4]

History[edit]

Katherine Maher,the executive director ofWikimedia Foundationannounced the launch of the Tulu Wikipedia as a full site atWikiConference India2016.[1]It was in incubation since 2008. As of August 2016, it had 200 registered editors with 10 of them being active, and over 1000 articles.[5]It was the 23rd language from India to have a Wikipedia edition.[6]By 2024, it had doubled in size, and had more than 2 100 articles.The Hindunoted in 2024 that the Tulu Wikipedia does not have any institutional support.[7]

Users and editors[edit]

Tulu Wikipedia statistics
Number of user accounts Number of articles Number of files Number of administrators
6257 2167 12 3

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^abc"After eight years, Tulu Wikipedia goes live".The Hindu: Mobile Edition.7 August 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 24 September 2018.Retrieved10 August2016.
  2. ^"List of Wikipedias".Retrieved19 April2022.
  3. ^"Exercise to correct articles in Tulu Wikipedia begins".The Hindu.28 April 2016.Retrieved11 August2016.
  4. ^"India's 23rd Regional Language Wikipedia Goes Live in Tulu".Gadgets360.8 August 2016.Retrieved11 August2016.
  5. ^"Wikipedia launches 23rd Indic language Wiki with Tulu".www.medianama.com.9 August 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 25 January 2021.Retrieved6 August2018.
  6. ^"Tulu Wikipedia enters fifth year on August 6".The Hindu.5 August 2020.Retrieved8 August2020.
  7. ^Kamila, Raviprasad (29 March 2024)."Tulu Wikipedia more than doubles in size in seven years".The Hindu.Retrieved29 March2024.

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