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{{Short description|Malayalam-language edition of Wikipedia}} | |||
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The '''Malayalam Wikipedia''' ({{lang-ml| മലയാളം വിക്കിപീഡിയ}}) is the [[Malayalam]] edition of [[Wikipedia]], a free and publicly editable online [[encyclopedia]], and was launched on December 21, 2002. The project is the leading Wikipedia among other South East Asian language Wikipedias in various quality matrices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaML.htm|title=Wikipedia Statistics - Tables - Malayalam|website=stats.wikimedia.org}}</ref> It has grown to be a wiki containing | The '''Malayalam Wikipedia''' ({{lang-ml| മലയാളം വിക്കിപീഡിയ}}) is the [[Malayalam]] edition of [[Wikipedia]], a free and publicly editable online [[encyclopedia]], and was launched on December 21, 2002. The project is the leading Wikipedia among other South East Asian language Wikipedias in various quality matrices.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaML.htm|title=Wikipedia Statistics - Tables - Malayalam|website=stats.wikimedia.org}}</ref> It has grown to be a wiki containing {{formatnum:{{NUMBEROF|articles|ml}}}} articles {{as of|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|{{CURRENTMONTH}}|lc=on}}, and ranks [[m:Wikipedia article depth|13th in terms of depth]] among Wikipedias.<ref name="scp">{{cite web|url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias |title=List of Wikipedias - Meta |publisher=Meta.wikimedia.org |access-date=14 October 2017}}</ref> | ||
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The first major Media coverage about the Malayalam Wikipedia was on September 2, 2007, when Malayalam daily newspaper ''[[Mathrubhumi]]'' covered Malayalam Wikipedia project extensively in its Sunday Supplement.<ref>Sunday Supplement, [[Mathrubhumi]], September 2, 2007</ref> This generated significant interest in the Wikipedia project and large number of users joined the project and started to contribute.<ref>[[:ml:Special:Listusers]]</ref> The subsequent growth was exponential. | The first major Media coverage about the Malayalam Wikipedia was on September 2, 2007, when Malayalam daily newspaper ''[[Mathrubhumi]]'' covered Malayalam Wikipedia project extensively in its Sunday Supplement.<ref>Sunday Supplement, [[Mathrubhumi]], September 2, 2007</ref> This generated significant interest in the Wikipedia project and large number of users joined the project and started to contribute.<ref>[[:ml:Special:Listusers]]</ref> The subsequent growth was exponential. | ||
While the article count increased, extreme care was taken to maintain the quality of articles. The page depth of the wiki remains high at 301 ({{as of|2010|03|lc=on}}).<ref name="ReferenceA">[[m:List of Wikipedias|List of Wikipedias]]</ref> When the Wikipedia crossed 10,000 articles on June 1, 2009 a number of print and online newspapers covered the story.<ref> | While the article count increased, extreme care was taken to maintain the quality of articles. The page depth of the wiki remains high at 301 ({{as of|2010|03|lc=on}}).<ref name="ReferenceA">[[m:List of Wikipedias|List of Wikipedias]]</ref> When the Wikipedia crossed 10,000 articles on June 1, 2009, a number of print and online newspapers covered the story.<ref> | ||
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|title = A milestone for Malayalam Wiki | |title = A milestone for Malayalam Wiki | ||
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|author = Johann | |author = Johann P | ||
|title = മലയാളം വിക്കിപീഡിയയില് 10000 ലേഖനങ്ങള് | |title = മലയാളം വിക്കിപീഡിയയില് 10000 ലേഖനങ്ങള് | ||
|url = http://www.epathram.com/itsit/2009/06/10000.shtml | |url = http://www.epathram.com/itsit/2009/06/10000.shtml | ||