| Korean Wikipedia | |
| Collapsible: | yes |
| Commercial: | No |
| Location: | Seoul |
| Type: | Internet encyclopedia project |
| Language: | Korean |
| Registration: | Optional |
| Owner: | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Hanja: | 위키 |
| Rr: | Hangugeo Wiki Baekgwa |
| Mr: | Han'gugŏ Wiki Baekkwa |
The Korean Wikipedia is the Korean language edition of Wikipedia. It was founded on 11 October 2002 and reached ten thousand articles on 4 June 2005.[1] As of, it is the largest Wikipedia, with articles and active users.[2]
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The Korean Wikipedia won the Information Trust Award in the general Internet culture branch in 2005.
| Number of Articles | Date | Article | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 October 2002 | 지미 카터 | |
| 10,000 | 5 June 2005 | 양자장론 | |
| 20,000 | 12 February 2006 | 마다가스카르의 행정 구역 | |
| 30,000 | 14 December 2006 | 카메이 에리 | |
| 40,000 | 2 August 2007 | 텍스처 매핑 | |
| 50,000 | 4 January 2008 | 바브리 | |
| 60,000 | 24 April 2008 | 고기압 | |
| 70,000 | 7 August 2008 | 영동대교 | |
| 80,000 | 20 November 2008 | 큰곰자리 운동성단 | |
| 90,000 | 25 February 2009 | 당연상인 | |
| 100,000 | 4 June 2009 | 액세스권 | |
| 150,000 | 15 December 2010 | 김지언 (1979년) | |
| 200,000 | 19 May 2012 | 보비 탬블링 | |
| 250,000 | 3 October 2013 | 회피 | |
| 300,000 | 5 January 2015 | Rojo -Tierra- | |
| 350,000 | 3 June 2016 | 1809년 4월 14일 일식 | |
| 400,000 | 22 October 2017 | 충청남도 동물위생시험소 | |
| 500,000 | 15 June 2020 | 규장전운 | |
| 600,000 | 16 August 2022 | 광기의 밍크스 |
See also: Hanja and Korean mixed script. The Korean Wikipedia is written almost entirely in hangul. Hanja is only used in order to clarify certain phrases, and is usually parenthesized. A group named Dajimo worked to introduce a mixed script system to the Korean Wikipedia. A request for a separate Wikipedia in mixed script, however, was rejected.[5]
See also: Korean dialects and Names of Korea. There are two major standards in the Korean language: the South Korea standard, and the North Korea standard. North Koreans are underrepresented on the Korean Wikipedia due to censorship of the internet in North Korea. Therefore, most users of the Korean Wikipedia are South Koreans and most articles are written in the South Korean style. The official name of the Wikipedia is Korean: 한국어 위키백과 . Hangugeo is the name for the Korean language in South Korea, and baekgwa is a clipped form of Korean: 백과사전 "encyclopedia".
Businesses heavily make use of the Korean Wikipedia in various ways since its license, the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License (CC BY-SA), allows modification and distribution for commercial purposes.
Empas integrated the Korean Wikipedia database in its search since 11 August 2005.[6] The feature to search Korean Wikipedia using a mobile phone with a wireless Internet connection through Nate was available to the subscribers of SK Telecom from 6 July 2007.[7] Since 21 August, Daum mirrored Korean Wikipedia and English Wikipedia on its portal,[8] and Naver also started to present the search results from the Korean and English Wikipedia prior to others from 11 January 2008.[9]
The South Korean right-wing youth group story K favors proactive involvement in contributing to Korean Wikipedia.[10] [11]
Human rights groups have sent copies of the Korean Wikipedia to North Korea on USB sticks by balloon.[12]