Wikiquote

Wikiquote is one of a family of wiki-based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation, running on MediaWiki software. Based on an idea by Daniel Alston and implemented by Brion Vibber, the goal of the project is to produce collaboratively a vast reference of quotations from prominent people, books, films and proverbs, and to give details about them. Though there are many online collections of quotations, Wikiquote is distinguished by being among the few that provide an opportunity for visitors to contribute.^[1] Wikiquote pages are cross-linked to articles about the notable personalities on Wikipedia.^[2]

Initially the project was created in English, but in July 2004, more languages were added.

History, step by step

• June 27, 2003 - Temporarily put on the Wolof language Wikipedia: wo.wikipedia.com
• July 10, 2003 - Own subdomain: quote.wikipedia.org
• August 25, 2003 - Own domain: wikiquote.org
• July 17, 2004 - New languages added
• November 13, 2004 - English edition reaches 2,000 pages.
• November 2004 - 24 languages
• March 2005 - Wikiquote reaches 10,000 pages in total. English edition has close to 3,000 pages.
• June 2005 - 34 languages including one classic (Latin) and one artificial (Esperanto)
• November 4, 2005 - The English Wikiquote reaches 5,000 pages.
• April 2006 - French Wikiquote taken down for legal reasons.
• December 4, 2006 - French Wikiquote restarted.
• May 7, 2007 - The English Wikiquote reaches 10,000 pages.
• July 2007 - 40 languages

Multilingual cooperation

In July 2004, about 70 subdomains were set up. The followings are parts of subdomains which had been created in July 2004.

As of August 25, 2007, eleven versions each have more than 2,000 articles. The largest Wikiquote is the English project with over 13,000 articles, followed closely by German, then the Polish, Italian, Slovak, Russian, Portuguese, Bosnian, Bulgarian and Slovenian versions. The French project, which was restarted in December 2006, has (as of August 25, 2007) 619. Forty-three language versions (including the largest seven) have 100 or more articles.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Main page
• English Wikiquote

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