The Sindhi Wikipedia (Sindhi: سنڌي وڪيپيڊيا) is a free encyclopedia, started 6 February 2006. It is the Sindhi language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. It has 18,375 articles.[1][2] Since 2014, the encyclopedia has experienced an overall increase in content.[3]
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Screenshot  Screenshot of the main page of Wikipedia Sindhi | |
Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
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| Available in | Sindhi |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| URL | sd.wikipedia.org |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 6 February 2006 |
History
edit2006 to 2008
editThe Sindhi Wikipedia was started on 10 February 2006, by Professor Ahsan Ahmed Aursani.[citation needed]
2009 to 2011
editDuring this time Sindhi Wikipedia progressed slowly.
2012 to 2014
editDuring this time Sindhi Wikipedia progressed slowly.
2015 to 2017
editDuring this time, the Sindhi Wikipedia has expanded and some technical issues have been resolved. Sindhi Wikipedia users have improved content, references, technical issues, categorization, templates, and infoboxes. Recently, Sindhi Wikipedians arranged a Wikipedia awareness workshop in Karachi.[4][5][6][7]
In 2017, JogiAsad and Muhammad Arif Soomro were interviewed in a KTN News program, which was the first televised interview covering the project and communities.[7]
Milestones
edit| Date | Milestone | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1000 | |
| 2018 | 10,000[8] |
Users and editors
edit| Number of user accounts | Number of articles | Number of files | Number of administrators |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19366 | 18375 | 160 | 4 |
See also
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References
edit- ^ سنڌي وڪيپيڊيا
- ^ Sindhi Wikipedia, Retrieved on June 10, 2012
- ^ Muzammiluddin, Syed (18 June 2016). "Seeing great potential in the Sindhi Wikipedia: Mehtab Ahmed". Wikimedia Blogs. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "پاکستان میں پہلی سندھی ویکیپیڈیا ورکشاپ کا کراچی میں انعقاد ، اُردو پوائنٹ ٹیکنالوجی". UrduPoint (in Urdu). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ Sindhi language newspaper (28 May 2017). "پاڪستان ۾ پهريون سنڌي وڪيپيڊيا ورڪشاپ منعقد A first Sindhi Wikipedia Workshop in Pakistan". Daily Waka.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Sindhi News, Epaper, Sindhi tv, Sindhi News". Awami Awaz.
- ^ a b Muzammiluddin, Syed (19 December 2019). "How playwright, professor, and Wikimedian Aziz Kingrani contributes his expertise in preserving Sindhi heritage to the Wikimedia movement". Diff. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "انگ اکر". Sindhi Wikipedia. سنڌي وڪيپيڊيا. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "List of Wikipedias". Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
External links
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Media related to Sindhi Wikipedia at Wikimedia Commons- (in Sindhi) Sindhi Wikipedia
- (in Sindhi) Sindhi Wikipedia mobile version (homepage not yet configured)
