Odia Wikipedia Explained

Odia Wikipedia
Logocaption:Odia Wikipedia logo
Screenshot Size:140px
Collapsible:yes
Commercial:Charitable
Type:Internet encyclopedia project
Registration:Optional
Language:Odia
Content License: (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL)
Media licensing varies
Owner:Wikimedia Foundation
Author:Odia wiki community
Launch Date:[1]
Current Status:Online

The Odia Wikipedia (Oriya: ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ) (also known as Oriya Wikipedia and orwiki) is the Odia edition of Wikipedia. It is a free, web-based, collaborative encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. The project was started by Suneet Samaetha in June 2002[2] [3] and reached 1,000 articles in May 2011. This is one of the first four Indic Wikipedias started in 2002,[4] among over 20 Indic language Wikipedias.[5] The first edit on Odia Wikipedia occurred on 3 June 2002.[6]

Growth, coverage and popularity

Started in June 2002, it reached one thousand articles in May 2011.[7] [8] [9] As of, it has articles, the on the list of Wikipedias according to article count.[10] Odia Wikipedians have organized meetups and workshops in seven different cities like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Anugul, Balasore, Bangalore and New Delhi[11] across India.[12] The readership has increased over 300% in the last six months. The page views per month is at 4.38 million. This Wikipedia ranks 134 among the 289 world language Wikipedias, as of 23 August 2015.[13] [14]

Statistics

The table below contains details of the official Wikipedia statistics under the auspices of the Wikimedia Foundation for Odia language; the given information is the current numbers. Test Wikipedias are listed at the Wikimedia Incubator Wiki project.

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The table below contains a details sorted by the number of edits per article.

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Wikipedia Report Card: summaries for Odia

Details Data Yearly change Monthly change
Page views per month 484,698 -- --
Article count 1,642 +154% +7%
New articles per day 4 -- --
Edits per month 1,780 +64% +9%
Active editors 9 -- +50%
Very active editors 2 -- +0%
New editors 1 -- --
Speakers 31,000,000 -- --
Editors per million speakers 0.3 -- --
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External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Help: This Is A Stub. 20 June 2012. Outlook. 13 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120805065845/http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?272101. 5 August 2012. dead.
  2. Web site: Wikipedia's Oriya Section Celebrated Its Eighth Year. 26 January 2012. batoi.com. 20 June 2012.
  3. Web site: Panigrahi . Subhashish . There Exist 23 Indian-Language Wikipedias. The Oldest Just Turned 15 . The Wire . 22 June 2018.
  4. Web site: Oriya Wikipedia celebrating its 8th birthday . eindiadiary.com . 25 January 2012 . 20 June 2012 . 25 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140325173655/http://www.eindiadiary.com/content/odia-wikipedia-celebrating-its-8th-birthday . dead .
  5. News: Attempts on to revive Oriya Wikipedia . https://web.archive.org/web/20110414052442/http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/09/stories/2011040959272000.htm . dead . 14 April 2011 . 9 April 2011 . 20 June 2012 . Renuka Phadnis . . Mangalore.
  6. Web site: ପ୍ରଧାନ ପାତା (in Odia script, i.e. Main Page) . 3 June 2002. 25 March 2014.
  7. Web site: Wikimedia News. Meta contributors. 6 May 2011. Meta, discussion about Wikimedia projects. 6 November 2011.
  8. Web site: WikiPatrika/2011-06/Community News/or. Wikimedia India Chapter contributors. 9 June 2011. Wikimedia India Chapter. 6 November 2011. 9 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170109025057/http://wiki.wikimedia.in/WikiPatrika/2011-06/Community_News/or. dead.
  9. News: Youths come forward to fill up Oriya Wikipedia. https://archive.today/20130129174230/http://newindianexpress.com/states/orissa/article375531.ece. dead. 29 January 2013. 20 June 2012. The New Indian Express. 9 April 2012.
  10. Web site: List of Wikipedias - Meta . Meta contributors. meta.wikimedia.org . 161 Oriya . 2 January 2013.
  11. News: Oriya Wiki caught in a time warp. https://archive.today/20130130003243/http://newindianexpress.com/states/orissa/article371748.ece. dead. 30 January 2013. 20 June 2012. The New Indian Express. 4 April 2011.
  12. Web site: Wikipedians decided to organise birthday of Oriya Wikipedia on 29th January . Orissadiary.com . 18 January 2012 . 20 June 2012 . 6 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160506110311/http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowEvents.asp?id=31487 . dead .
  13. News: Sampad. Shilpi. They bring Wikipedia closer home - 20 youngsters join hands to enrich online encyclopaedia in Oriya. https://web.archive.org/web/20140325173630/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120409/jsp/odisha/story_15350712.jsp#.T-HuC3CiCjo. dead. 25 March 2014. 20 June 2012. 9 April 2012.
  14. News: Bhut. Payal. KNOWLEDGE PORTAL. 20 June 2012. The OrissaPost. 20 January 2012.
  15. [meta:List of Wikipedias#1 000+ articles|All Wikipedias ordered by number of articles, List of Wikipedias]
  16. [meta:List of Wikipedias by edits per article|List of Wikipedias by edits per article]
  17. http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN_India/ReportCardIndia.htm#lang_or Oriya Wikipedia at a glance

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