| Marathi Wikipedia | |
| Screenshot Size: | 300px |
| Collapsible: | yes |
| Url: | mr.wikipedia.org |
| Commercial: | No |
| Num Users: | as of |
| Type: | Internet encyclopedia project |
| Language: | Marathi |
| Registration: | Optional, but required for certain tasks including |
| Owner: | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Content License: | (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL) Media licensing varies |
The Marathi Wikipedia (Marathi: मराठी विकिपीडिया) is the Marathi language edition of Wikipedia, a free and publicly editable online encyclopedia, and was launched on 1 May 2003. The project is one of the leading Wikipedia among other South Asian language Wikipedia's in various quality matrices.[1] It has grown on to become a wiki containing more than 90,000 articles. As of, it has articles and registered users.[2] Among the most visited Marathi-language websites, the Marathi Wikipedia is ranked tenth by Alexa.[3]
The Marathi Wikipedia was available in the wikipedia.org domain from 2003 May 1. 'Vasant Panchami'(वसंत पंचमी)[4] (Vasant Panchami) and 'Audumbar' (औदुंबर (कविता)), a poem by the poet Balkavi[5] were the first articles created on Marathi Wikipedia on 2 May 2003.
The Marathi Wikipedia picked up growth from 2006 onwards. On 13 January 2006 Marathi Wikipedia had 1500 articles.
On 27 February, Marathi Day is celebrated.
| 22 September 2008 | 20,000 | |
| 2 July 2010 | 30,000 | |
| 24 April 2011 | 33,333 | |
| 27 February 2014 | 40,000 | |
| 11 September 2016 | 44,444 | |
| 22 December 2017 | 50,000 | |
| 21 August 2020 | 60,000 | |
| 24 December 2020 | 66,666 | |
| 30 July 2021 | 77,777 | |
| 23 September 2021 | 80,000 | |
| 29 December 2022 | 88,888 | |
| 12 February 2023 | 90,000 |
The Marathi Wikipedia has various events organised by volunteers from all over the state. Some of the notable events include,
Marathi Daily news paper Maharashtra Times was the first to cover and recommend 'Marathi language Wikipedia' on 27 July 2006.
Any one of Unicode Marathi fonts input system is fine for Marathi Wikipedia. Some people use inscript. Majority uses either Google phonetic transliteration or input facility Universal Language Selector provided on Marathi Wikipedia. Phonetic facility provided initially was java-based later supported by Narayam extension for phonetic input facility. Currently Marathi Wikipedia is supported by Universal Language Selector (ULS), that offers both phonetic keyboard (Aksharantaran, Marathi: अक्षरांतरण) and InScript keyboard (Marathi: मराठी लिपी).