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Burmese Wikipedia
Burmese-language edition of Wikipedia
Burmese-language edition of Wikipedia
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Burmese Wikipedia | ||
| logo | Wikipedia-logo-v2-my.svg | ||
| screenshot | [[File:Myanmar Wikipedia.png | 280px | Main page of the Myanmar Wikipedia]] |
| collapsible | yes | ||
| url | my.wikipedia.org | ||
| commercial | No | ||
| type | Internet encyclopedia project | ||
| language | Burmese | ||
| registration | Optional | ||
| owner | Wikimedia Foundation | ||
| author | Burmese Wikipedia community | ||
| launch_date | 30 July 2004 | ||
| current_status | Active but banned in Myanmar | ||
| content_license | (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL) | ||
| Media licensing varies |
Media licensing varies
The Burmese Wikipedia ( ) is the Burmese language edition of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. This edition was started in July 2004, and has articles as of .
As of , there are about users, admins and files on the Burmese Wikipedia, ranking by article count.
History
Timeline
- 2004: Burmese Wikipedia launched.
- 2005: Some of Burmese Wikipedians joined and started writing.
- 2008: Content grew drastically.
- 2010: First Burmese Wikipedia workshop held at Bangkok, Thailand with people from Wikimedia Foundation, local and international Unicode experts and Burmese Wikipedians.
- 2012: Burmese Wikipedia was introduced at Barcamp Yangon.
Events and promotions
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The Myanmar Computer Professionals Association had launched Wikipedia Myanmar project with the aim of expanding Wikipedia in 2010.
The Burmese Wikipedia community had held their first joint workshop in Yangon, Burma (Myanmar) with the help of Telenor Myanmar in June 2014 to recruit new volunteers. The Burmese Wikipedia Forum was held at Dagon University in July 2014 attracting over 2,000 people, including students.
Challenges
The majority of Burmese internet users used the non-Unicode Zawgyi font so they have difficulty viewing Burmese Wikipedia before 2019.
On February 19, 2021, Myanmar's junta military authorities blocked access to all language versions of Wikipedia as part of a broader crackdown on internet freedom following the 2021 coup. Due to this, Burmese Wikipedia have struggled with significant participation.
References
References
- "Wikipedia Statistics - Tables - Burmese". wikimedia.org.
- The Myanmar Times. (22 November 2010). "Myanmar Wikipedia project targets 15,000 pages". mmtimes.com.
- (July 2014). "Telenor Group - Bringing Wikipedia to Myanmar". Telenor Group.
- Win Htut. "Telenor hosts Wikipedia forum at Dagon University". Eleven Myanmar.
- The Myanmar Times. (3 November 2014). "Spark of knowledge starts with Wikipedia". mmtimes.com.
- (2021-02-19). "Wikipedia blocked in Myanmar {{!}} Digital Watch Observatory".
- "Myanmar blocks Wikipedia in all languages: NetBlocks".
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