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{{Infobox website | {{Infobox website | ||
| name = {{Wiki favicon}} Punjabi Wikipedia | | name = {{Wiki favicon}} Punjabi Wikipedia | ||
| logo = [[File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-pa.png]] | | logo = [[File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-pnb.png]]<br>[[File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-pa.png]] | ||
| logocaption = Eastern Punjabi Wikipedia | | logocaption = Logo of the Western Punjabi Wikipedia (above) and Eastern Punjabi Wikipedia (below) | ||
| screenshot = | | screenshot = | ||
| collapsible = | | collapsible = | ||
| collapsetext = | | collapsetext = | ||
| caption = | | caption = | ||
| url = {{URL|pa.wikipedia.org}} | | url = {{URL|pa.wikipedia.org}}<br />{{URL|pnb.wikipedia.org}} | ||
| commercial = No | | commercial = No | ||
| type = [[Internet encyclopedia project]] | | type = [[Internet encyclopedia project]] | ||
| registration = Optional | | registration = Optional | ||
| language = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] | | language = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] | ||
| num_users = {{NUMBEROF|USERS|pa|N}} | | num_users = Western: {{NUMBEROF|USERS|pa|N}} <br> Eastern: {{NUMBEROF|USERS|pnb|N}} | ||
| content_license = [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0] and [[GFDL]], Media licensing varies | | content_license = [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0] and [[GFDL]], Media licensing varies | ||
| owner = [[Wikimedia Foundation]] | | owner = [[Wikimedia Foundation]] | ||
| author = | | author = | ||
| editor = | | editor = | ||
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2002|06|03|df=no}} | | launch_date = {{Start date and age|2008|10|24|df=no}} (Western Punjabi)<br /> {{Start date and age|2002|06|03|df=no}} (Eastern Punjabi) | ||
| alexa = | | alexa = | ||
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The '''Punjabi Wikipedia''' ({{lang-pa| | The '''Punjabi Wikipedia''' ({{lang-pa|{{Nastaliq|پنجابی وکیپیڈیا}} <small>([[Shahmukhi alphabet|Shahmukhi]])</small>; ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ <small>([[Gurmukhī alphabet|Gurmukhi]])</small>}}) is the [[Punjabi language]] edition of [[Wikipedia]], the free encyclopedia.<ref name="yp">{{cite web | url=http://yespunjab.com/punjab/news/item/5274-punjabi-wikipedia-workshop-in-delhi-on-27th-ludhiana-on-28th-of-july | title=Punjabi Wikipedia workshop in Delhi on 27th, Ludhiana on 28th of July | publisher=[YesPunjab.com] | work=July 27, 2012 | access-date=October 14, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828072049/http://www.yespunjab.com/punjab/news/item/5274-punjabi-wikipedia-workshop-in-delhi-on-27th-ludhiana-on-28th-of-july | archive-date=August 28, 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ti">{{cite news |title=Contribute to Wikipedia Punjabi, says representative |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120729/ldh1.htm |newspaper= [[Tribune India]]|date=July 29, 2012 |location= [[Ludhiana]] |access-date=October 10, 2012}}</ref> There are two Punjabi Wikipedia editions viz. [[:pa:|Eastern Punjabi Wikipedia]] (in [[Gurmukhi]] script) and [[:pnb:|Western Punjabi Wikipedia]] (in [[Shahmukhi]] script). | ||
== | == Eastern edition == | ||
The Eastern edition domain came into existence on June 3, 2002<ref name="ti"/><ref name="fe">[[:pa:Special:Permalink/1]]</ref> but the first three articles were only written in August 2004<ref name="ms">[[Wikipedia:Multilingual statistics (2004)]]</ref> In July 2012, it had reached 2,400 articles.<ref name="ti"/> | The Eastern edition domain came into existence on June 3, 2002<ref name="ti"/><ref name="fe">[[:pa:Special:Permalink/1]]</ref> but the first three articles were only written in August 2004.<ref name="ms">[[Wikipedia:Multilingual statistics (2004)]]</ref> In July 2012, it had reached 2,400 articles.<ref name="ti"/> | ||
Since August 2012, it has about 26 million readers from all over the world.<ref name="pne">{{cite web | url=http://punjabnewsexpress.com/news/6296-Articles-can-be-compiled-in-the-Punjabi-Version-of-Wikipedia.aspx | title=Articles can be compiled in the Punjabi Version of Wikipedia | publisher=[PunjabNewsExpress] | work=News | date=August 18, 2012 | access-date=October 14, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016160538/http://punjabnewsexpress.com/news/6296-Articles-can-be-compiled-in-the-Punjabi-Version-of-Wikipedia.aspx | archive-date=October 16, 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> | Since August 2012, it has about 26 million readers from all over the world.<ref name="pne">{{cite web | url=http://punjabnewsexpress.com/news/6296-Articles-can-be-compiled-in-the-Punjabi-Version-of-Wikipedia.aspx | title=Articles can be compiled in the Punjabi Version of Wikipedia | publisher=[PunjabNewsExpress] | work=News | date=August 18, 2012 | access-date=October 14, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016160538/http://punjabnewsexpress.com/news/6296-Articles-can-be-compiled-in-the-Punjabi-Version-of-Wikipedia.aspx | archive-date=October 16, 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
The first Punjabi Wikipedia workshop was organized in [[Ludhiana]] on July 28, 2012<ref name="yp"/> and later another on August 16, 2012 | The first Punjabi Wikipedia workshop was organized in [[Ludhiana]] on July 28, 2012<ref name="yp"/> and later another on August 16, 2012 at the [[Punjabi University, Patiala|Punjabi University]] in [[Patiala]]<ref name="cis">{{cite web | url=http://cis-india.org/openness/blog/punjabi-wikipedia-workshop-at-punjabi-university-patiala | title=Punjabi Wikipedia Workshop at Punjabi University, Patiala | publisher=[CIS-India.org] | work=News | date=September 28, 2012 | access-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref> to inform people how to edit and add to the Wiki. | ||
Wiki-events and workshops to improve this Wikipedia and increase number of editors are conducted on regular basis. In October 2015 a seminar was organised at an event in Amritsar, where 148 students from 17 schools participated. The aim of the seminar to increase awareness about Wikipedia among the students.<ref name="Maa Boli Mela">{{cite news|title=148 students attend Maa Boli Mela|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/148-students-attend-maa-boli-mela/152296.html|access-date=24 July 2016}}</ref> | Wiki-events and workshops to improve this Wikipedia and increase number of editors are conducted on regular basis. In October 2015 a seminar was organised at an event in Amritsar, where 148 students from 17 schools participated. The aim of the seminar to increase awareness about Wikipedia among the students.<ref name="Maa Boli Mela">{{cite news|title=148 students attend Maa Boli Mela|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/148-students-attend-maa-boli-mela/152296.html|access-date=24 July 2016}}</ref> | ||
There are currently {{NUMBEROF|ARTICLES|pa|N}} articles on the Gurmukhi Punjabi Wikipedia. | There are currently {{NUMBEROF|ARTICLES|pa|N}} articles on the Gurmukhi Punjabi Wikipedia. | ||
== Western edition == | |||
[[File:Anwar Masood's Statement.JPG|thumb|Punjabi-language writer [[Anwar Masood]] certifying the launch of the Western Punjabi Wikipedia.|left]] | |||
The Western edition was started on 24 October 2008 via the [[Wikimedia Incubator]], and its domain came into existence on August 13, 2009. The project was pioneered by Khalid Mahmood, a college professor from [[Islamabad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/10/31/remembering-khalid-mahmood/|title=Remembering Khalid Mahmood|work=Wikimedia Blog|first=Ed|last=Erhart|date=31 October 2016|access-date=8 January 2016}}</ref> | |||
There are currently {{NUMBEROF|ARTICLES|pnb|N}} articles on the Shahmukhi Punjabi Wikipedia. | |||
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