Odia Wikipedia
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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
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| Available in | Odia |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Created by | Odia wiki community |
| URL | or |
| Commercial | Charitable |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | June 2002[1] |
| Current status | Online |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 4.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL) Media licensing varies |
The Odia Wikipedia (Odia: ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ) (also known as Oriya Wikipedia and orwiki) is the Odia edition of Wikipedia. It is a free, web-based, collaborative encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. The project was started by Suneet Samaetha in June 2002[2][3] and reached 1,000 articles in May 2011.[4] This is one of the first four Indic Wikipedias started in 2002,[5] among over 20 Indic language Wikipedias.[6] The first edit on Odia Wikipedia occurred on 3 June 2002.[7]
Growth, coverage and popularity
[edit]Started in June 2002, it reached one thousand articles in May 2011.[4][8][9] As of 18 December 2024, it has 18,956 articles, the 133rd on the list of Wikipedias according to article count.[10] Odia Wikipedians have organized meetups and workshops in seven different cities like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Anugul, Balasore, Bangalore and New Delhi[11] across India.[12] The readership has increased over 300% in the last six months. The page views per month is at 4.38 million. This Wikipedia ranks 134 among the 289 world language Wikipedias, as of 23 August 2015.[13][14]
Statistics
[edit]The table below contains details of the official Wikipedia statistics under the auspices of the Wikimedia Foundation for Odia language; the given information is the current numbers. Test Wikipedias are listed at the Wikimedia Incubator Wiki project.
| Sl No. | Language | Language (local) | Wiki | Articles | Total | Edits | Admins | Users | Active users | Images | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175 | Odia | ଓଡ଼ିଆ | or | 2,449 | 15,252 | 81,640 | 4 | 3,346 | 63 | 27 | 146 |
The table below contains a details sorted by the number of edits per article.
| Sl No. | Language | Language (local) | Wiki | Edits / article | Total / article | Users / article | Articles | Edits | Total | Users |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Odia | ଓଡ଼ିଆ | or | 12.78 | 1.40 | 0.20 | 528 | 6 749 | 739 | 108 |
Wikipedia Report Card: summaries for Odia
| Details | Data | Yearly change | Monthly change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Page views per month | 484,698 | -- | -- |
| Article count | 1,642 | +154% | +7% |
| New articles per day | 4 | -- | -- |
| Edits per month | 1,780 | +64% | +9% |
| Active editors | 9 | -- | +50% |
| Very active editors | 2 | -- | +0% |
| New editors | 1 | -- | -- |
| Speakers | 31,000,000 | -- | -- |
| Editors per million speakers | 0.3 | -- | -- |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Help: This Is A Stub". Outlook. 13 June 2011. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ "Wikipedia's Oriya Section Celebrated Its Eighth Year". 26 January 2012. batoi.com. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ Panigrahi, Subhashish. "There Exist 23 Indian-Language Wikipedias. The Oldest Just Turned 15". The Wire. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ a b Meta contributors (6 May 2011). "Wikimedia News". Meta, discussion about Wikimedia projects. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ "Oriya Wikipedia celebrating its 8th birthday". eindiadiary.com. 25 January 2012. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ Renuka Phadnis (9 April 2011). "Attempts on to revive Oriya Wikipedia". The Hindu. Mangalore. Archived from the original on 14 April 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ "ପ୍ରଧାନ ପାତା (in Odia script, i.e. Main Page)". 3 June 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ Wikimedia India Chapter contributors (9 June 2011). "WikiPatrika/2011-06/Community News/or". Wikimedia India Chapter. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ "Youths come forward to fill up Oriya Wikipedia". The New Indian Express. 9 April 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ Meta contributors. "List of Wikipedias - Meta". meta.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
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{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ "Oriya Wiki caught in a time warp". The New Indian Express. 4 April 2011. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ "Wikipedians decided to organise birthday of Oriya Wikipedia on 29th January". Orissadiary.com. 18 January 2012. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ Sampad, Shilpi (9 April 2012). "They bring Wikipedia closer home - 20 youngsters join hands to enrich online encyclopaedia in Oriya". Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ Bhut, Payal (20 January 2012). "KNOWLEDGE PORTAL". The OrissaPost. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ All Wikipedias ordered by number of articles, List of Wikipedias.
- ^ List of Wikipedias by edits per article. Accessed 26 August 2007
- ^ Stats Wikimedia. 3 November 2011
- ^ Oriya Wikipedia at a glance. September 2011
- ^ "Article count (Official), Oriya Wikipedia". Stats.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
External links
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- (in Odia) Odia Wikipedia
- (in Odia) Odia Wikipedia mobile
- Wikipedia.org multilingual portal
- Wikimedia Foundation
