Sindhi Wikipedia

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 15,503 articles.[1][2] Since 2014, the encyclopedia has experienced an overall increase in content.[3]

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سنڌي وڪيپيڊيا
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Type of site
Internet encyclopedia project
Available inSindhi
HeadquartersMiami, Florida
OwnerWikimedia Foundation
URLsd.wikipedia.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional
Launched6 February 2006 (2006-02-06)

History

2006 to 2008

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

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
DateMilestoneComment
20151000
201810,000[8]

Users and editors
Sindhi Wikipedia statistics[9]
Number of user accountsNumber of articlesNumber of filesNumber of administrators
17705155031494

See also
Sindhi edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.
  6. "Sindhi News, Epaper, Sindhi tv, Sindhi News". Awami Awaz.
  7. 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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