Nepali Wikipedia
Nepali-language edition of Wikipedia
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The Nepali Wikipedia (Nepali: नेपाली विकिपिडिया, romanized: Nēpālī Vikipiḍiyā) is the Nepali language edition of Wikipedia, run by the Wikimedia Foundation.[1] As of April 2026 it has 29,685 articles and about 77,000 users, of which 6 are administrators.[2] As of 8 November 2022, the Nepali Wikipedia is the 110st largest Wikipedia.[2]
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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
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| Available in | Nepali |
| Founded | 3 June 2002; 23 years ago |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida, United States |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Created by | Jimmy Wales |
| URL | ne.wikipedia.org |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 4.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL) Media licensing varies |
Nepali, using the Devanagari script, requires complex transliteration aids to be typed on devices. Thus, it has a phonetic Latin alphabet converter to Nepali, without having to use any special Nepali-typing software.
History
The Nepali Wikipedia was established on 3 June 2002, one year after the English Wikipedia was started, and it was among the first languages of South Asia to have its own Wikipedia.[3][4]
Statistics
As of April 2026, the Nepali Wikipedia has about 30,000 articles. The overwhelming majority of its readers originate from Nepal.
Users and editors
| Number of user accounts | Number of articles | Number of files | Number of administrators |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77,360 | 29,685 | 1,481 | 6 |
