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'''Sanskrit Wikipedia''' ({{lang-sa|संस्कृतविकिपीडिया}}; [[IAST]]: Saṃskṛta Vikipīḍiyā) (also known as '''sawiki''') is the [[Sanskrit]] edition of [[Wikipedia]], a [[Free content|free]], [[World Wide Web|web-based]], [[collaborative writing|collaborative]], [[multilingualism|multilingual]] [[encyclopedia]] project supported by the non-profit [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. Its five thousand articles have been written collaboratively by [[Community of Wikipedia|volunteers]] around the world, with major concentration of contributors in [[India]] and [[Nepal]].

Founded in December 2003, it reached five thousand articles by August 2011.<ref name="communitynews">{{cite web|url= http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?title=WikiPatrika/2011-06/Community_News/sa&oldid=3610|title= WikiPatrika/2011-06/Community News/sa|author= Wikimedia India Chapter contributors|date= June 9, 2011|publisher= Wikimedia India Chapter.|access-date= September 22, 2011|archive-date= March 6, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160306033306/http://wiki.wikimedia.in/index.php?oldid=3610&title=wikipatrika%2F2011-06%2Fcommunity_news%2Fsa|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_News&oldid=2778343#August_2011|title= Wikimedia News|author= Meta contributors|date= August 6, 2011|publisher= Meta, discussion about Wikimedia projects.|access-date= September 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-08-08/News_and_notes&oldid=444236697|title= Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2011-08-08/News and notes|author= Wikipedia contributors|date= August 11, 2011|publisher= Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.|access-date= September 21, 2011}}</ref>

The Sanskrit Wikipedia [[Community of Wikipedia|Community]] also participated in a project named [[m:Tell us about your Wikipedia|Tell us about your Wikipedia]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tell_us_about_Sanskrit_Wikipedia&oldid=2592327|title= Tell us about Sanskrit Wikipedia|author= Meta contributors|date= May 20, 2011|publisher= Meta, discussion about Wikimedia projects.|access-date= September 22, 2011}}</ref> and Community news from Sanskrit Wikipedia also came on WikiPatrika, a community-written and community-edited newspaper, covering stories, events and reports related to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation sister projects in India.<ref name="communitynews"/>

As of August 2016, it has 10,177 articles and is the 132nd largest version of Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Wikipedias&oldid=2828674|title=List of Wikipedias|date=August 28, 2016|publisher=Meta, discussion about Wikimedia projects.|author=Meta contributors|access-date=August 28, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Times of India]]'' considered that "Sanskrit was making a comeback, thanks to Wikipedia community"<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190721020258/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Sanskrit-makes-a-comeback-thanks-to-Wikipedia-community/articleshow/12012312.cms?referral=PM ''The Times of India'': Sanskrit makes a comeback, thanks to Wikipedia community]</ref> ''[[Mother India (magazine)|Mother India]]'' considered the Sanskrit Wikipedia as a "wonderful learning tool"<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160403055243/http://themotherindia.com/2013/06/05/sanskrit-tidbits-43exploring-sanskrit-bharatis-sanskrit-wikipedia/ The Mother India: Exploring Sanskrit Bharati’s Sanskrit Wikipedia (Internet Archive Copy)]</ref>

== Early history ==

One of the earliest snapshots of the home page, dated 1 June 2004, can be seen at the earlier archives of Sanskrit Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://sa.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=789|title= Main Page|author= Wikipedia Contributors|date= June 1, 2004|publisher= Wikipedia|access-date= September 21, 2011}}</ref> The earliest article still available on Sanskrit Wikipedia's site is apparently [[:sa:दमन दीव|Damana dīva]], dated July 9, 2004, however the first article was made on March 21, 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://sa.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5&oldid=6260|title= दमन दीव|author= Wikipedia Contributors|date= July 9, 2004|publisher= Wikipedia|access-date= September 21, 2011|language= sa|trans-title=Daman Diu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Milestones_2004&oldid=434169282|title= Wikipedia:Milestones 2004|author= Wikipedia Contributors|date= June 14, 2011|publisher= Wikipedia|access-date= September 22, 2011}}</ref>

The number of articles dropped from the 1,000-article mark to only 600 in August 2005 after nearly half were deleted; many of the deletions were due to the articles being in English.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-08-22/News_and_notes&oldid=366489237|title= Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-08-22/News and notes|author= Wikipedia Contributors|date= June 7, 2010|publisher= Wikipedia|access-date= September 22, 2011}}</ref>
The Sanskrit Wikipedia reached 9,405 articles as of December 12, 2013.

==Collaboration with Samskrita Bharati==

[[Image:Samskrit Wikipedia Academy Wikipedian volunteers.JPG|thumb|150px|left|alt=Samskrita Wikipedia Academy|Wikipedia Academy Volunteers]]

Sanskrit Wikipedia has a collaboration with [[Samskrita Bharati]], a [[non-profit organisation]] working to [[language revitalization|revive]] Sanskrit.<ref name="communitynews"/> The collaboration efforts started in the [[WP:ACBLR1|Wikipedia Academy]] organized in [[Bangalore]] on Jan 23, 2010. That Wikipedia Academy was also the first in India.

There were 11 Sanskrita Bharathi participants at the Academy. They were introduced to Wikipedia and contributing to Wikipedia content and were helped in this by a team of roughly 3 [[Wikipedians]].

Later the first Sanskrit Wiki workshop was held in Sanskrit Bharati's office at Bangalore for an audience of 20 participants. The presentation was intended to give a basic working knowledge of Wikipedia and its interface.<ref name="communitynews"/>

A second workshop was held at the same location on March 26, 2011 for another 15 participants from software companies and the ''Om Shantidham Gurukulam''.<ref name="communitynews"/>
Telangana has a diverse variation of music from carnatic music to folk music. [Kancherla Gopanna,[37] popularly known as Bhakta Ramadasu or Bhadrachala Ramadasu was a 17th-century Indian devotee of Rama and a composer of Carnatic music. He is one among the famous vaggeyakaras (a person who not only composes the lyrics but also sets them to music .

==Other collaborations==
Through an initiative by [[Gujarat University]]'s Department of Sanskrit, around 150 Sanskrit teachers from different colleges in Gujarat gathered in July 2012 to add materials to the Sanskrit Wikipedia through a two-day-long workshop held titled ''Sanskrit Wikipedia — Introduction and Expectations''.<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1714503/report-sanskrit-wikipedia-in-the-offing-gujarat-teachers-planning-details DNA India - Sanskrit Wikipedia in the offing: Gujarat teachers planning details]</ref>

==Referenced==
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== External links ==
{{InterWiki|code=sa}}
* {{in lang|sa}} [http://sa.wikipedia.org Sanskrit Wikipedia]
* {{in lang|sa}} [http://sa.m.wikipedia.org Sanskrit Wikipedia mobile]
* [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia.org multilingual portal]
* [https://wikimediafoundation.org Wikimedia Foundation]

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