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| URL | http://www.wikiquote.org/ |
| Commercial? | No |
| Type of site | Quotation repository |
| Registration | Optional |
| Available language(s) | Multilingual |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Created by | Jimmy Wales and the Wikimedia Community |
| Current status | active |
Wikiquote is one of a family of wiki-based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation, running on MediaWiki software. Based on an idea by Daniel Alston and implemented by Brion Vibber, the goal of the project is to produce collaboratively a vast reference of quotations from prominent people, books, films and proverbs, and to give details about them. Though there are many online collections of quotations, Wikiquote is distinguished by being among the few that provide an opportunity for visitors to contribute.[1] Wikiquote pages are cross-linked to articles about the notable personalities on Wikipedia.[2]
Initially, the project was created solely in English. However, in July 2004, additional languages were added.
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History
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Temporarily put on the Wolof language Wikipedia (wo.wikipedia.com). |
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Own subdomain created (quote.wikipedia.org). |
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Own domain created (wikiquote.org). |
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New languages added. |
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English edition reaches 2,000 pages. |
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Reaches 24 languages. |
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Reaches 10,000 pages in total. English edition has close to 3,000 pages. |
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Reaches 34 languages, including one classical (Latin) and one artificial (Esperanto) |
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English Wikiquote reaches 5,000 pages. |
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French Wikiquote taken down for legal reasons. |
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French Wikiquote restarted. |
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English Wikiquote reaches 10,000 pages. |
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Reaches 40 languages. |
Multilingual cooperation
In July 2004, about 70 subdomains were set up. The following are parts of subdomains which had been created in July 2004.
As of August 25, 2007, eleven versions each have more than 2,000 articles. The largest Wikiquote is the English project with over 15,500 articlescitation needed, followed closely by German, then the Polish, Italian, Slovak, Russian, Portuguese, Bosnian, Bulgarian and Slovenian versions. The French project, which was restarted in December 2006, has (as of August 25, 2007) 619. Forty-three language versions (including the largest seven) have 100 or more articles.citation needed
References
- ^ Gemma DeVinney. "Wikiquote: Another source for quotes on the Web", Electronic Highways, University of Buffalo Reporter, 18 January 2007 (v38 n19). Retrieved on 2007-04-21.
- ^ Hafsa Ahsan. "It's all about Wikis", DAWN, DAWN Group of Newspapers, 2007-01-27.
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