Wikiquote
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Wikiquote is a multilingual online open-content compendium of quotations. All contents are released under the GNU Free Documentation License in the same manner as other Wikimedia Foundation projects.
The beginning
It began with an anonymous post on Meta on June 27, 2003.
a proposed idea: Wikiqoutionary an Enyclopeadia of Quotes. The temp page can be found here: [1] - fonzy.
- Wo Wikipedia was a not used Wiki which would host Wolof Wikipedia, an African language.
And it was so. It started as quote.wikipedia.org on July 2003 and later got its own domain, wikiquote.org.
Development
Wikiquote had quotations with over 2,500 articles in six languages in June 2004, one year after its first proposal under a domain wikiquote org. Some language-speakers other than English requested their own subdomain and in July they were created. Then Wikiquotes in languages like German, French, Italian and Polish started.
The Wikiquote project is expanding slowly but steadily. At the end of September there were about 15 Wikiquotes, both large and small. On December 1, there were 24 Wikiquote projects. There were almost 6,500 articles in total on December 2004. At the end of May 2005 the number of articles in total reached 14,000. As of February 2006, it included nearly 30,000 pages in over 30 languages. As of May 2007, it included over 60,000 pages in 87 languages. As of June 2008, it included over 80,000 pages in 89 languages.
The largest Wikiquote is English with over 15,000 articles at June 2008. The next largest are German, Italian, Polish, Slovak, Portuguese and Russian; all six have over 4,000 articles.
Challenge
Sometimes the Wikiquote project faces troubles and challenges. One of the most remarkable challenges was copyright issues on the French Wikiquote. To avoid problems, on March 2006 the Foundation decided to take it down, erase all its material and relaunch it. For details, see the announcement from the Foundation.
However, devoted editors rescued the situation. They settled their charter and polices, and French Wikiquote was relaunched on December 4, 2006.
Statistics
See this page for complete statistics.
List of Wikiquotes
External Source, dynamically sortable to any criteria, self-updating every six hours by cronjob
External Source, generated wikisyntax, which manually is being pasted below
№ | Language | Language (local) | Wiki | Good | Total | Edits | Admins | Users | Images | Updated |
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1 | English | English | en | 15964 | 75735 | 795681 | 23 | 39644 | 3 | 2008-07-26 13:30:02 |
2 | Italian | Italiano | it | 7225 | 18432 | 201882 | 7 | 3926 | 331 | 2008-07-26 13:30:04 |
3 | German | Deutsch | de | 6938 | 14849 | 396761 | 13 | 4339 | 4 | 2008-07-26 13:30:02 |
4 | Polish | Polski | pl | 6383 | 11075 | 110566 | 17 | 2832 | 3 | 2008-07-26 13:30:04 |
5 | Portuguese | Português | pt | 5145 | 14248 | 72827 | 4 | 2485 | 2 | 2008-07-26 13:30:06 |
6 | Slovak | Slovenčina | sk | 4794 | 7514 | 50071 | 4 | 442 | 13 | 2008-07-26 13:30:08 |
7 | Russian | Русский | ru | 4296 | 11516 | 51699 | 4 | 2093 | 1 | 2008-07-26 13:30:07 |
8 | Bulgarian | Български | bg | 3506 | 6114 | 27107 | 5 | 733 | 6 | 2008-07-26 13:30:05 |
9 | Bosnian | Bosanski | bs | 3427 | 5684 | 34730 | 4 | 373 | 302 | 2008-07-26 13:30:06 |
10 | Spanish | Español | es | 2733 | 6665 | 94123 | 8 | 3903 | 1 | 2008-07-26 13:30:07 |
11 | Slovenian | Slovenščina | sl | 2503 | 4332 | 16536 | 3 | 267 | 2 | 2008-07-26 13:30:06 |
12 | Turkish | Türkçe | tr | 2072 | 6648 | 30105 | 3 | 1819 | 117 | 2008-07-26 13:30:16 |
13 | Hebrew | עברית | he | 1484 | 6308 | 52250 | 8 | 1217 | 68 | 2008-07-26 13:30:09 |
14 | Chinese | 中文 | zh | 1277 | 8260 | 19760 | 7 | 1855 | 3 | 2008-07-26 13:30:10 |
15 | French | Français | fr | 1137 | 8893 | 65350 | 13 | 1988 | 1 | 2008-07-26 13:30:03 |
16 | Lithuanian | Lietuvių | lt | 1113 | 2191 | 16946 | 1 | 316 | 1 | 2008-07-26 13:30:20 |
17 | Czech | Česká | cs | 1111 | 2170 | 17636 | 3 | 629 | 2 | 2008-07-26 13:30:14 |
18 | Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia | id | 870 | 2232 | 3756 | 2 | 535 | 9 | 2008-07-26 13:30:08 |
19 | Ukrainian | Українська | uk | 789 | 1425 | 7376 | 1 | 233 | 12 | 2008-07-26 13:30:32 |
20 | Greek | Ελληνικά | el | 765 | 2188 | 9390 | 3 | 405 | 9 | 2008-07-26 13:30:15 |
21 | Hungarian | Magyar | hu | 711 | 3127 | 19706 | 3 | 585 | 67 | 2008-07-26 13:30:11 |
22 | Swedish | Svenska | sv | 709 | 2027 | 8147 | 13 | 458 | 9 | 2008-07-26 13:30:12 |
23 | Dutch | Nederlands | nl | 694 | 3112 | 19613 | 7 | 943 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:12 |
24 | Norwegian (Bokmål) | Norsk (Bokmål) | no | 665 | 2444 | 9369 | 5 | 395 | 1 | 2008-07-26 13:30:10 |
25 | Persian | فارسی | fa | 655 | 4370 | 18318 | 2 | 719 | 31 | 2008-07-26 13:30:15 |
26 | Japanese | 日本語 | ja | 651 | 2618 | 13273 | 4 | 939 | 7 | 2008-07-26 13:30:09 |
27 | Finnish | Suomi | fi | 493 | 1556 | 26491 | 6 | 754 | 1 | 2008-07-26 13:30:14 |
28 | Catalan | Català | ca | 353 | 2191 | 5291 | 1 | 319 | 13 | 2008-07-26 13:30:16 |
29 | Georgian | ქართული | ka | 324 | 1864 | 8816 | 1 | 206 | 26 | 2008-07-26 13:30:36 |
30 | Kurdish | Kurdî / كوردی | ku | 322 | 488 | 7325 | 3 | 177 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:23 |
31 | Arabic | العربية | ar | 303 | 1558 | 4503 | 3 | 772 | 10 | 2008-07-26 13:30:13 |
32 | Croatian | Hrvatski | hr | 272 | 2027 | 3757 | 3 | 261 | 3 | 2008-07-26 13:30:24 |
33 | Norwegian (Nynorsk) | Nynorsk | nn | 258 | 1064 | 6427 | 2 | 156 | 2 | 2008-07-26 13:30:20 |
34 | Esperanto | Esperanto | eo | 250 | 1484 | 2816 | 3 | 256 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:13 |
35 | Romanian | Română | ro | 249 | 2302 | 6170 | 2 | 579 | 13 | 2008-07-26 13:30:17 |
36 | Galician | Galego | gl | 222 | 2097 | 4838 | 7 | 212 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:15 |
37 | Korean | 한국어 | ko | 185 | 656 | 8349 | 2 | 324 | 5 | 2008-07-26 13:30:19 |
38 | Limburgian | Limburgs | li | 182 | 337 | 414 | 1 | 130 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:43 |
39 | Estonian | Eesti | et | 176 | 1265 | 2218 | 0 | 198 | 2 | 2008-07-26 13:30:31 |
40 | Icelandic | Íslenska | is | 172 | 685 | 10747 | 6 | 201 | 2 | 2008-07-26 13:30:22 |
41 | Afrikaans | Afrikaans | af | 162 | 656 | 5323 | 0 | 223 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:25 |
42 | Serbian | Српски / Srpski | sr | 145 | 1450 | 2076 | 6 | 316 | 5 | 2008-07-26 13:30:18 |
43 | Malayalam | മലയാളം | ml | 141 | 1120 | 5734 | 0 | 243 | 1 | 2008-07-26 13:30:38 |
44 | Thai | ไทย | th | 134 | 412 | 5507 | 0 | 271 | 4 | 2008-07-26 13:30:22 |
45 | Simple English | Simple English | simple | 130 | 1544 | 3286 | 3 | 355 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:41 |
46 | Danish | Dansk | da | 125 | 1505 | 2690 | 1 | 297 | 3 | 2008-07-26 13:30:19 |
47 | Albanian | Shqip | sq | 120 | 328 | 6057 | 3 | 172 | 2 | 2008-07-26 13:30:20 |
48 | Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt | vi | 105 | 1303 | 3374 | 0 | 396 | 3 | 2008-07-26 13:30:26 |
49 | Basque | Euskara | eu | 84 | 1001 | 5184 | 3 | 185 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:27 |
50 | Telugu | తెలుగు | te | 83 | 205 | 5327 | 1 | 162 | 1 | 2008-07-26 13:30:42 |
51 | Latin | Latina | la | 78 | 1290 | 1625 | 2 | 227 | 1 | 2008-07-26 13:30:18 |
52 | Azeri | Azərbaycan | az | 72 | 275 | 4375 | 0 | 169 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:29 |
53 | Breton | Brezhoneg | br | 63 | 288 | 1110 | 0 | 138 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:43 |
54 | Hindi | हिन्दी | hi | 50 | 126 | 4603 | 0 | 178 | 1 | 2008-07-26 13:30:24 |
55 | Asturian | Asturianu | ast | 37 | 91 | 4446 | 0 | 173 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:29 |
56 | Belarusian | Беларуская | be | 32 | 126 | 4556 | 0 | 157 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:29 |
57 | Uzbek | O‘zbek | uz | 32 | 107 | 3500 | 0 | 124 | 2 | 2008-07-26 13:30:33 |
58 | Anglo-Saxon | Englisc | ang | 26 | 375 | 4501 | 1 | 183 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:21 |
59 | Luxembourgish | Lëtzebuergesch | lb | 23 | 136 | 4515 | 1 | 168 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:23 |
60 | Min Nan | Bân-lâm-gú | zh-min-nan | 23 | 98 | 5381 | 0 | 133 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:35 |
61 | Marathi | मराठी | mr | 22 | 142 | 4704 | 0 | 168 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:39 |
62 | Sundanese | Basa Sunda | su | 21 | 66 | 4994 | 1 | 149 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:41 |
63 | Urdu | اردو | ur | 17 | 85 | 4322 | 0 | 145 | 5 | 2008-07-26 13:30:27 |
64 | Tamil | தமிழ் | ta | 14 | 73 | 4319 | 0 | 190 | 2 | 2008-07-26 13:30:23 |
65 | Wolof | Wollof | wo | 12 | 111 | 4347 | 0 | 133 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:34 |
66 | Kirghiz | Kırgızca | ky | 12 | 51 | 2394 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:38 |
67 | Kannada | ಕನ್ನಡ | kn | 12 | 52 | 4464 | 1 | 145 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:37 |
68 | Armenian | Հայերեն | hy | 11 | 53 | 4317 | 1 | 135 | 2 | 2008-07-26 13:30:35 |
69 | Gujarati | ગુજરાતી | gu | 11 | 60 | 4567 | 0 | 161 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:32 |
70 | Amharic | አማርኛ | am | 8 | 49 | 4173 | 1 | 156 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:28 |
71 | Welsh | Cymraeg | cy | 8 | 60 | 3348 | 0 | 143 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:31 |
72 | Tatar | Tatarça / Татарча | tt | 7 | 31 | 4282 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:25 |
73 | Bambara | Bamanankan | bm | 6 | 36 | 3070 | 0 | 138 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:30 |
74 | Quechua | Runa Simi | qu | 6 | 10 | 4655 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:40 |
75 | Corsican | Corsu | co | 6 | 43 | 3449 | 0 | 152 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:24 |
76 | Uyghur | Oyghurque | ug | 5 | 40 | 4279 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:32 |
77 | Cornish | Kernewek/Karnuack | kw | 4 | 21 | 4119 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:38 |
78 | Nauruan | dorerin Naoero | na | 4 | 24 | 4260 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:39 |
79 | Irish | Gaeilge | ga | 4 | 43 | 4921 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:31 |
80 | Turkmen | تركمن / Туркмен | tk | 3 | 38 | 3344 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:42 |
81 | Volapük | Volapük | vo | 3 | 35 | 4350 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:26 |
82 | Cree | Nehiyaw | cr | 2 | 27 | 3319 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:30 |
83 | Kanuri | Kanuri | kr | 2 | 7 | 3213 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:37 |
84 | Low Saxon | Plattdüütsch | nds | 2 | 8 | 2949 | 1 | 79 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:40 |
85 | Kazakh | қазақша | kk | 2 | 41 | 2356 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:36 |
86 | Toki Pona | Toki Pona | tokipona | 1 | 7 | 4095 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:42 |
87 | Alemannic | Alemannisch | als | 1 | 45 | 6038 | 1 | 169 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:28 |
88 | Kashmiri | कश्मीरी - (كشميري | ks | 1 | 42 | 4203 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:37 |
89 | Zhuang | Cuengh | za | 1 | 952 | 11491 | 0 | 130 | 0 | 2008-07-26 13:30:34 |
Grand Total
Articles | Total | Edits | Admins | Users | Images |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
83 251 | 268 439 | 2 468 652 | 235 | 86 495 | 1 114 |
Milestones
Recomended article-count milestones are 100, 500, 1k, 2k, 5k increments to 20k, 10k increments to 100k, 25k increments to 250k, 50k increments to 500k, and 100k increments to 1000k.
Report to Wikimedia News are also recommended.
Past milestones are found at archives.
- June 27, 2008
- Wikiquote is now 5 year old with over 80,000 articles.
- March 21, 2008
- 15,000 articles - English Wikiquote with Nicholas Roerich posted by Kalki.
- March 2008
- 1,000 articles - French Wikiquote
- January 15, 2008
- 100 articles - Albanian Wikiquote with sq:Per qualche dollaro in più by sq:User:Puntori.
- January 13, 2008
- 500 articles – Persian Wikiquote with منیرو روانیپور by Taranet
- December 16, 2007
- French Wikiquote reached 5,000 quotes, collected into over 800 pages. It took just one year and few days from their restart in December 2006.
- October 1, 2007
- Dutch Wikiquote reached 500 pages.
- August 2007
- Wikiquote reaches 70,000 articles in total.
- Malayalam Wikiquote reached 100 articles this month or earlier.
- August 19, 2007
- 5000 articles – Italian Wikiquote with Monogamia by OrbiliusMagister
- July 27, 2007
- 100 article - Icelandic Wikiquote with List (art) by Cessator
- July 22, 2007
- 100 articles - Thai Wikiquote with มิตร ชัยบัญชา by an anonymous editor.
- July 10, 2007
- 100 articles - Afrikaans Wikiquote with Clarence Darrow by Adriaan.
- July 9, 2007
- 100 articles - Latin Wikiquote with Confucius by an anonymous editor.
- July 3, 2007
- 2000 articles - Spannish Wikiquote with Fred Hollows by Moshe-paz.
- 100 articles - Korean Wikiquote with 브랜다이스 by Wundermacht.
New Wikiquote
If you want to launch a Wikiquote project in your favorite language, you can request it, filling some requirements. See Requests for new languages for further information.
Project-wide communications
Most of language projects of Wikiquote have its discussion place on their wikis. If it is hard for you to find it, try talk:Main Page on each wiki.
The global Wikiquote community utlizes some communication channels.
- Talk:Wikiquote
- #wikiquote IRC channel
- wikiquote-l mailing list
Related pages
Wikiquote coordination
- Meta:Index/Requests and proposals#Wikiquote
- Administrators of Wikiquotes
- WWW (International Portal settings)