Thank you for sharing these interesting anecdotes and facts Tito.
Let me share another anecdote:
11.* Punjabi Wikipedia* (pa.wikipedia.org) and *Odia Wikipedia* (
or.wikipedia.org) were launched on 3 June *2002 *while *Hindi Wikipedia* (
hi.wikipedia.org), a much larger language, was launched almost a year later
on 11 July *2003*. The first articles on Punjabi Wikipedia were not created
until 2004 though. There must be more to this story. Does anyone know it?
Best
Satdeep
On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 at 18:43, Tito Dutta wrote:
> Namaskara,
> This is the 20th anniversary of Wikipedia. Happy birthday to Wikipedia and
> more importantly, to the collaborative effort of the volunteers in these 20
> years. On this day perhaps we can make a bouquet of 20 randomly selected
> facts/anecdotes related to Wikipedia.
> * I am starting with 10 stories/anecdotes related to Wikipedia. If "you"
> know an interesting Wikipedia story (fact, achievement, specific community
> achievement/glory, specially India-related), why don't you share by
> responding to this email on the "Wikipedia anniversary"?
> * You can also comment on these stories. #3, #6, #8, and #9 below have
> open questions where you can share your knowledge.
>
> 20 Amazing Facts or Anecdotes related to Wikipedia on its 20th birthday
> (first 10 as of now. Please add stories from your side, which we all can
> read.)
>
>1. We have Wikipedias in 25 Indian languages. As of 14 January 2021,
>there are 4,823 active editors on Wikipedias on these projects (it does not
>include English Wikipedia). As of 14 January, 32.5 million edits have been
>made on Indian-language Wikipedias. There are 173 admins on these projects.
>2. The domains wikipedia.com and wikipedia.org were registered on 12
>and 13 January 2001. Then it was a single-domain edition
>www.wikipedia.org. One of the very first policies on Wikipedia was
>"Neutral Point of View"
>3. The first, second Wikipedians (and possibly the third also) to
>complete #1000wikidays (thousand wikidays) are from India (personally
>speaking: perhaps this achievement needed better documentation (blog post
>or other mediums)?)
>4. Magnus Manske has been an amazing developer Wikimedian to support
>Wikipedia, Wikidata, and the Wikimedia movement in general. He developed
>MediaWiki and MANY other tools we use today. Learn more about him in your
>language: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13520818#identifiers There is
>a day called Magnus Manske Day:
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Magnus_Manske_Day
>5. Wikipedia has been edited from space. An astronaut from space made
>edits on Wikipedia:
>https://diff.wikimedia.org/2017/11/29/astronaut-spoken-voice/
>6. Wikipedia was proposed as a world heritage site. In 2011, when we
>were celebrating the 10th anniversary it was in the news.
>
> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/8538333/Wikipedia-seeks-World-Heritage-Site-status.html
>I am not sure what happened to the attempt after that. Does anyone know the
>recent updates? Did we apply to be a part of the intangible list?
>7. There is an asteroid named after Wikipedia: Read in your language
>https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3913001#identifiers
>8. A very large number of books, scholarly articles have been
>published on Wikipedia. Wikidata queries all the items where the "main
>subject" is Wikipedia: https://w.wiki/uPn (feel free to share a better
>query)
>9. Wikipedia has been widely used as a reference in popular culture (
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_in_culture). In India also
>several. In India also, we have seen references to Wikipedia in songs (song
>in Chennai Express film). Has Wikipedia in mentioned in songs, films,
>books, etc in your language? Could you mention it?
>10. There is a Wikipedia Monument is Poland:
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Monument There is an
>anthem/hymn on Wikipedia:
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_hymn_1.0.ogv
>
> Please share any Wikipedia story you find interesting so that we can make
> it a bouquet of 20.
>
> (Congratulations and good wishes to Bangla Wikipedia for completing
> 100,000 articles, and Hindi Wikipedia for completing 5 millionth edits
> recently. (Do you know more stories? Please share.))
>
> Happy Birthday, Wikipedia. (Bengali: শুভ জন্মদিন উইকিপিডিয়া)।
>
> Thanks
> User:Titodutta
> (As a Wikipedian/Wikimedian)
>
>
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