The Sindhi Wikipedia (Sindhi: سنڌي وڪيپيڊيا) is a free encyclopedia, started February 6, 2006. It is the Sindhi language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. It has 17,401 articles.[1][2] Since 2014, the encyclopedia has experienced an overall increase in content.[3]

History

2006 to 2008

The Sindhi Wikipedia was started on February 10, 2006, by Professor Ahsan Ahmed Aursani.[citation needed]

2009 to 2011

During this time Sindhi Wikipedia progressed slowly.

2012 to 2014

During this time Sindhi Wikipedia progressed slowly.

2015 to 2017

During 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

Date Milestone Comment
2015 1000
2018 10,000[8]

Users and editors

Sindhi Wikipedia statistics[9]
Number of user accounts Number of articles Number of files Number of administrators
18661 17401 150 4

See also

References

  1. ^ سنڌي وڪيپيڊيا
  2. ^ Sindhi Wikipedia, Retrieved on June 10, 2012
  3. ^ Muzammiluddin, Syed (18 June 2016). "Seeing great potential in the Sindhi Wikipedia: Mehtab Ahmed". Wikimedia Blogs. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  4. ^ "پاکستان میں پہلی سندھی ویکیپیڈیا ورکشاپ کا کراچی میں انعقاد ، اُردو پوائنٹ ٹیکنالوجی". UrduPoint (in Urdu). Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  5. ^ Sindhi language newspaper (May 28, 2017). "پاڪستان ۾ پهريون سنڌي وڪيپيڊيا ورڪشاپ منعقد A first Sindhi Wikipedia Workshop in Pakistan". Daily Waka.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Sindhi News, Epaper, Sindhi tv, Sindhi News". Awami Awaz.
  7. ^ a b Muzammiluddin, Syed (2019-12-19). "How playwright, professor, and Wikimedian Aziz Kingrani contributes his expertise in preserving Sindhi heritage to the Wikimedia movement". Diff. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  8. ^ "انگ اکر". Sindhi Wikipedia. سنڌي وڪيپيڊيا. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  9. ^ "List of Wikipedias". Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved April 26, 2022.

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