Finnish Wikipedia
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Screenshot  The main page of the Finnish Wikipedia | |
Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
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| Available in | Finnish |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| URL | fi |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2002 |
The Finnish Wikipedia (Finnish: Suomenkielinen Wikipedia) is the edition of Wikipedia in the Finnish language. By article count, it is the 27th largest Wikipedia with about 571,000 articles as of April 2024.[1] Wikipedia is the only encyclopedia in Finnish which is still updated.[2]
The Finnish language project was started in late 2002, but it remained at a very primitive stage until well into 2003. The speed of development picked up somewhat after the MediaWiki software was upgraded to Phase III in late November 2003, and continued to increase steadily through 2004.
In 2013, the reliability of the Finnish Wikipedia was investigated by the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. The researchers used experts to evaluate quality of randomly selected 134 articles and found that 70% of the articles scored well for accuracy.[2][3]
Milestones[edit]
- 500,000 articles – December 28, 2020
- 450,000 articles – January 12, 2019
- 400,000 articles – August 29, 2016
- 350,000 articles – July 9, 2014
- 300,000 articles – June 26, 2012
- 250,000 articles – September 24, 2010
- 200,000 articles – April 12, 2009
- 150,000 articles – February 4, 2008
- 100,000 articles – February 11, 2007
- 50,000 articles – February 21, 2006
- 15,000 articles – February 9, 2005
- 5,000 articles – April 15, 2004
- 1,000 articles – September, 2002
Gallery[edit]
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Finnish Wikipedia's 400,000 article logo (29 August 2016) -
Oldest article that has survived
References[edit]
- ^ "List of Wikipedias". meta.wikimedia.org. Wikimedia Foundation. November 5, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ^ a b Koistinen, Olavi (December 5, 2013). "World's largest study on Wikipedia: Better than its reputation". Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
- ^ Koistinen, Olavi (November 30, 2013). "HS selvitti: Näin luotettava Wikipedia on" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
External links[edit]
- (in Finnish) Finnish Wikipedia
- (in Finnish) Finnish Wikipedia mobile version
- Report from the Finnish Wikipedia, from Wikipedia Signpost (in English Wikipedia), October 23, 2006.
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