| Punjabi Wikipedia | |
| Logocaption: | Logo of the Western Punjabi Wikipedia (above) and Eastern Punjabi Wikipedia (below) |
| Url: | (eastern) (western) |
| Commercial: | No |
| Type: | Internet encyclopedia project |
| Registration: | Optional |
| Language: | Punjabi |
| Num Users: | Western: [1] Eastern: [2] |
| Content License: | Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 and GFDL, Media licensing varies |
| Owner: | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Launch Date: | (Western Punjabi) (Eastern Punjabi) |
| Current Status: | Active |
The Punjabi Wikipedia (Panjabi; Punjabi: {{Nastaliq|پنجابی وکیپیڈیا) is the Punjabi language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.[3] [4] There are two Punjabi Wikipedia editions, the Eastern Punjabi Wikipedia (in Gurmukhi script) and Western Punjabi Wikipedia (in Shahmukhi script).
The Eastern edition domain came into existence on 3 June 2002[4] [5] but the first three articles were only written in August 2004.[6] In July 2012, it had reached 2,400 articles.[4]
Since August 2012, it has about 26 million readers from all over the world.[7]
The first Punjabi Wikipedia workshop was organized in Ludhiana on 28 July 2012[3] and later another on 16 August 2012 at the Punjabi University in Patiala[8] to inform people how to edit and add to the Wiki.
Wiki-events and workshops to improve this Wikipedia and increase number of editors are conducted on regular basis. In October 2015 a seminar was organised at an event in Amritsar, where 148 students from 17 schools participated. The aim of the seminar to increase awareness about Wikipedia among the students.[9]
There are currently articles on the Gurmukhi Punjabi Wikipedia and it is the largest edition of Wikipedia by article count.
The Western edition was started on 24 October 2008 via the Wikimedia Incubator, and its domain came into existence on 13 August 2009. The project was pioneered by Khalid Mahmood, a college professor from Islamabad.[10]
There are currently articles on the Shahmukhi Punjabi Wikipedia and it is the largest edition of Wikipedia by article count.