Tulu Wikipedia
Tulu-language edition of Wikipedia
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The Tulu Wikipedia (Tulu: ತುಳು ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ) is the Tulu language edition of Wikipedia, run by the Wikimedia Foundation.[1] It currently has 3,920 articles and it is the 239th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count.[2] It is the 23rd language of India to get a Wikipedia, after eight years in incubation.[3][4]
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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia |
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| Available in | Tulu |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation[1] |
| URL | tcy |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Open read access. No registration needed for general editing, but necessary for certain tasks including
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| Users | 9050 |
| Launched | 6 August 2016 (as full site) |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 4.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL) Media licensing varies |
History
Katherine Maher, the executive director of Wikimedia Foundation, announced the launch of the Tulu Wikipedia as a full site at WikiConference India 2016.[1] It was in incubation since 2008. As of August 2016, it had 200 registered editors, with 10 of them being active, and over 1000 articles.[5] It was the 23rd language from India to have a Wikipedia edition.[6] By 2024, it had doubled in size, and had more than 2,100 articles. The Hindu noted in 2024 that the Tulu Wikipedia does not have any institutional support.[7]
Users and editors
| Number of user accounts | Number of articles | Number of files | Number of administrators |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9050 | 3920 | 14 | 5 |
