Afrikaans Wikipedia
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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
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| Available in | Afrikaans |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Website | af.wikipedia.org |
| Registration | Optional |
The Afrikaans Wikipedia (Afrikaans: Afrikaanse Wikipedia) is an Afrikaans edition of the Web-based free-content encyclopedia Wikipedia. The project was started on 16 November 2001, and was the 11th Wikipedia to be created.[1] In October 2016 it was the 85th largest Wikipedia by number of articles. Apart from South Africa and Namibia, the Afrikaans Wikipedia is used and maintained by users in Europe, North America and Oceania. As of May 2013, it was the second-largest African language Wikipedia, after Malagasy.[2]
Visits and edits
The Afrikaans Wikipedia makes up 0.008% of all Wikipedia searches. In the period of time between 1 July 2009 and 30 September 2013, the Afrikaans Wikipedia was visited the most by
South Africa (64.0%)
USA (5.5%)
Germany (4.1%)
World (26.4%)
The Afrikaans Wikipedia makes up 2.2% of all searches in South Africa, after the 92.7% of the English Wikipedia. In Namibia, the Afrikaans Wikipedia is used 1.2% of the time, after the English (85.3%), German (5.7%) and Portuguese (1.5%) Wikipedias.[3]
0.1% of all German, 0.3% of all Belgian and 24.4% of all South African edits take place on the Afrikaans Wikipedia.[4] Netherlands and Belgium's involvement in the Afrikaans Wikipedia is most likely due to the language relationship between Afrikaans and Dutch.
Milestones
According to statistics,[5] the following milestones were reached by the Afrikaans Wikipedia:
| Number of articles | Date |
|---|---|
| First article | November 2001 |
| 50 articles | August 2002 |
| 100 articles | April 2003 |
| 250 articles | August 2003 |
| 500 articles | November 2003 |
| 1 000 articles | January 2004 |
| 2 500 articles | March 2004 |
| 5 000 articles | March 2006 |
| 9 000 articles | 29 December 2007 |
| 10 000 articles | June 2008 |
| 15 000 articles | 7 May 2010 |
| 16 000 articles | August 2010 |
| 17 000 articles | 10 February 2011 |
| 18 000 articles | 7 Junie 2011 |
| 19 000 articles | 3 September 2011 |
| 20 000 articles | 11 November 2011 |
| 21 000 articles | 27 January 2012 |
| 22 000 articles | 3 April 2012 |
| 23 000 articles | 20 June 2012 |
| 24 000 articles | 4 September 2012 |
| 25 000 articles | 27 November 2012 |
| 26 000 articles | 23 February 2013 |
| 27 000 articles | 29 May 2013 |
| 28 000 articles | 7 August 2013 |
| 29 000 articles | 14 November 2013 |
| 30 000 articles | 21 January 2014 |
| 31 000 articles | 14 April 2014 |
| 32 000 articles | 5 July 2014 |
| 33 000 articles | 14 September 2014 |
| 34 000 articles | 4 January 2015 |
| 35 000 articles | 5 April 2015 |
| 36 000 articles | 16 July 2015 |
| 37 000 articles | 13 September 2015 |
| 38 000 articles | 17 December 2015 |
| 39 000 articles | 28 February 2016 |
| 40 000 articles | 5 May 2016 |
| 41 000 articles | 8 August 2016 |
| 42 000 articles | 14 October 2016 |
References
- ↑ "Wikipedia:2001", English-language Wikipedia (16 December 2006)
- ↑ May 2013 African language Wikipedia update. greenman.co.za. 10 May 2013.
- ↑ Wikimedia Traffic Analysis Report – Wikipedia Page Views Per Country – Breakdown. Stats.wikimedia.org. Retrieved on 23 November 2013.
- ↑ Africa. Stats.wikimedia.org. Retrieved on 23 November 2013.
- ↑ Wikipedia Statistics Afrikaans. stats.wikimedia.org
External links
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Afrikaans edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Afrikaans Wikipedia. |
- (Afrikaans) Afrikaans Wikipedia
- (Afrikaans) Afrikaans Wikipedia mobile version (homepage not yet configured)
- Statistics for Afrikaans Wikipedia by Erik Zachte