Burmese Wikipedia
Burmese-language edition of Wikipedia
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The Burmese Wikipedia (Burmese: မြန်မာဝီကီပီးဒီးယား pronounced [mjəmà wɪkɨˈpiːdiə]) is the Burmese language edition of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. This edition was started in July 2004, and has 112,106 articles as of 2 September 2026.
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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
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| Available in | Burmese |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Created by | Burmese Wikipedia community |
| URL | my.wikipedia.org |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 30 July 2004 |
| Current status | Active but banned in Myanmar |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 4.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL) Media licensing varies |
As of September 2026, there are about 144,000 users, 4 admins and 2,939 files on the Burmese Wikipedia, ranking 73rd by article count.[1]
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
The Myanmar Computer Professionals Association had launched Wikipedia Myanmar project with the aim of expanding Wikipedia in 2010.[2]
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.[3] The Burmese Wikipedia Forum was held at Dagon University in July 2014 attracting over 2,000 people, including students.[4]
Challenges
The majority of Burmese internet users used the non-Unicode Zawgyi font so they have difficulty viewing Burmese Wikipedia before 2019.[2][4][5]
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.[6][7]
