The Ossetian Wikipedia (Ossetian: Ирон Википеди) is the Ossetian-language edition of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. It was created on 28 February 2005.[2][3] With approximately 20,000 articles, it is currently the 132nd-largest Wikipedia as measured by the number of articles.[4] Since its creation, the Ossetian Wikipedia has been called "what is perhaps the only website written entirely in Ossetian."[5]
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Screenshot  Main Page of the Ossetian Wikipedia in March 2016 | |
Type of site | Internet encyclopedia |
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| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| URL | os |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Users | 25,821 registered accounts 72 contributors[a] (Feb. 2015) |
| Launched | 28 February 2005 |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 4.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL) Media licensing varies |
On 3 March 2010, the Ossetian Wikipedia made headlines in local newspapers for reaching a double milestone. The edition was five years old and had just passed the 5000 articles threshold.[6]
Notes
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edit- ^ "Wikipedia Statistics — Tables — Contributors". stats.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ Соколова, Наталья (28 February 2005). "Википедия на осетинском языке открыта!". iriston.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 16 December 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ Zachte, Erik. "Creation history / Accomplishments". stats.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "List of Wikipedias". Meta-Wiki. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ ИВАНОВ, Вячеслав (28 February 2005). "НК № 4. Электронная энциклопедия по-осетински" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ Ревазова, Д. (3 March 2010). "Энциклопедия на осетинском в Интернете весьма популярна" (PDF). Северная Осетия (in Russian). Retrieved 4 May 2015.
External links
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Ossetic edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Media related to Ossetian Wikipedia at Wikimedia Commons- Ossetian Wikipedia (mobile) (in Ossetian)
- Ирон Википедийы минæварад The Ossetian Wikipedia's Embassy (in Ossetian)
