Polish Wikipedia
Encyclopedia
Polish Wikipedia is the Polish-language
edition of Wikipedia
, a free online encyclopedia
. The ninth-oldest edition of Wikipedia, it was started on September 26, 2001. With about articles, it is the seventh-largest Wikipedia edition, after the English
, German
, French
, Italian
, Dutch
, and Spanish
editions. It is also the largest edition in a Slavic language
by the number of articles, as well as the largest for a language spoken officially
in just one country.
The Polish Wikipedia originated as an independent project under the domain wiki.rozeta.com.pl. At the suggestion of the founders of the English Wikipedia
, the site was incorporated into the international project as http://pl.wikipedia.com on January 12, 2002, and as http://pl.wikipedia.org later that year, on November 22. To avoid domain squatting
that could frustrate potential users, the Polish Wikipedia also has its own domain, wikipedia.pl, which redirects to pl.wikipedia.org.
Polish Wikipedia has quite low depth parameters (currently ) compared to other Slavic editions. As of November 2011, Polish Wikipedia has the lowest depth parameter among the twenty largest editions of Wikipedia, and the sixth-lowest among editions with 100,000 or more articles (slightly above the Basque Wikipedia
). The depth parameter attempts to measure the depth at which topics are covered in Wikipedia. A higher depth rating is given to a Wikipedia edition for more edits per article and more non-article pages, like talk pages or user pages, per article.
together with the paper edition of the magazine Enter SPECIAL in August 2005. The publisher did not make any attempt to contact the Wikimedia Foundation
prior to making the DVD available on the market and the edition itself turned out to be illegal as it violated the GNU FDL license. Additionally, the software used in that edition worked improperly under Microsoft Windows 98.
A new DVD edition was prepared as a joint project of Wikimedia Polska (the Polish branch of the Wikimedia Foundation) and the Polish publisher Helion
. It contains articles written before June 4, 2006. The edition was completed on November 24, 2006 and released at the end of July 2007 with a purchase price of 39 zlotys.
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
edition of Wikipedia
Wikipedia
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, a free online encyclopedia
Encyclopedia
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. The ninth-oldest edition of Wikipedia, it was started on September 26, 2001. With about articles, it is the seventh-largest Wikipedia edition, after the English
English Wikipedia
The English Wikipedia is the English-language edition of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Founded on 15 January 2001 and reaching three million articles by August 2009, it was the first edition of Wikipedia and remains the largest, with almost three times as many articles as the next...
, German
German Wikipedia
The German Wikipedia is the German-language edition of Wikipedia, a free and mostly publicly editable online encyclopedia.Founded in March 2001, it is the second-oldest and, with over articles, the second-largest edition of Wikipedia, behind the English Wikipedia...
, French
French Wikipedia
The French Wikipedia is the French language edition of Wikipedia, spelt Wikipédia. This edition was started in March 2001, and has about articles as of , making it the third-largest Wikipedia overall, after the English-language and German-language editions...
, Italian
Italian Wikipedia
The Italian Wikipedia is the Italian-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was created on May 11, 2001 and first edited on June 11, 2001. As of 2011 it has over articles and more than registered accounts...
, Dutch
Dutch Wikipedia
The Dutch Wikipedia is the Dutch-language edition of the free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. As of November 2011, the Dutch Wikipedia is the fourth-largest Wikipedia edition, with over articles.-History:...
, and Spanish
Spanish Wikipedia
The Spanish Wikipedia is a Spanish-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, online encyclopedia. It currently has articles. Started in May 2001, it reached 100,000 articles on March 8, 2006. Currently, it is the 6th largest Wikipedia as measured by the number of articles, having surpassed Polish...
editions. It is also the largest edition in a Slavic language
Slavic languages
The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...
by the number of articles, as well as the largest for a language spoken officially
Official language
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in just one country.
The Polish Wikipedia originated as an independent project under the domain wiki.rozeta.com.pl. At the suggestion of the founders of the English Wikipedia
English Wikipedia
The English Wikipedia is the English-language edition of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Founded on 15 January 2001 and reaching three million articles by August 2009, it was the first edition of Wikipedia and remains the largest, with almost three times as many articles as the next...
, the site was incorporated into the international project as http://pl.wikipedia.com on January 12, 2002, and as http://pl.wikipedia.org later that year, on November 22. To avoid domain squatting
Cybersquatting
Cybersquatting , according to the United States federal law known as the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, is registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else...
that could frustrate potential users, the Polish Wikipedia also has its own domain, wikipedia.pl, which redirects to pl.wikipedia.org.
Polish Wikipedia has quite low depth parameters (currently ) compared to other Slavic editions. As of November 2011, Polish Wikipedia has the lowest depth parameter among the twenty largest editions of Wikipedia, and the sixth-lowest among editions with 100,000 or more articles (slightly above the Basque Wikipedia
Basque Wikipedia
The Basque Wikipedia is the Basque language edition of Wikipedia. Founded on December 6, 2001 and reaching 58,124 articles by August 19, 2010, making it the 45th-largest Wikipedia...
). The depth parameter attempts to measure the depth at which topics are covered in Wikipedia. A higher depth rating is given to a Wikipedia edition for more edits per article and more non-article pages, like talk pages or user pages, per article.
Timeline
- January 27, 2005: the founders of the Polish Wikipedia, Krzysztof P. Jasiutowicz and Paweł Jochym, received the award Internet Citizen of the Year 2004 issued by the Internet Obywatelski ("Public Internet") society.
- July 2005: tsca.bot, one of the botsInternet botInternet bots, also known as web robots, WWW robots or simply bots, are software applications that run automated tasks over the Internet. Typically, bots perform tasks that are both simple and structurally repetitive, at a much higher rate than would be possible for a human alone...
in Polish Wikipedia, was programmed to upload statistics from official government pages about French, Polish and Italian municipalitiesMunicipalityA municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
. In a few months, the bot uploaded more than 40,000 articles. - September 4, 2005: Polish Wikipedia overtook the Dutch WikipediaDutch WikipediaThe Dutch Wikipedia is the Dutch-language edition of the free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. As of November 2011, the Dutch Wikipedia is the fourth-largest Wikipedia edition, with over articles.-History:...
in the number of articles. However, soon afterwards (September 9) it returned to seventh place after being overtaken by the Italian WikipediaItalian WikipediaThe Italian Wikipedia is the Italian-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was created on May 11, 2001 and first edited on June 11, 2001. As of 2011 it has over articles and more than registered accounts...
. - September 18, 2005: Polish Wikipedia overtook the Swedish WikipediaSwedish WikipediaThe Swedish Wikipedia is the Swedish language edition of Wikipedia. It was the third edition of Wikipedia, started in May 2001 alongside German Wikipedia, after English Wikipedia and Catalan Wikipedia...
in the number of articles and became the sixth-largest Wikipedia. - September 23, 2005: Polish Wikipedia overtook the Italian WikipediaItalian WikipediaThe Italian Wikipedia is the Italian-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was created on May 11, 2001 and first edited on June 11, 2001. As of 2011 it has over articles and more than registered accounts...
to become the fifth-largest language edition. - January 15, 2006: Polish Wikipedia overtook the Japanese WikipediaJapanese Wikipediais the Japanese-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. It has over articles, making it the ninth largest language edition of Wikipedia after the English, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Polish, Spanish and Russian editions. Started in September 2002, the edition attained...
to become the fourth-largest language edition. - October 13, 2009: Polish Wikipedia received a "special recognition for social innovation" at the 2009 Jan Łukasiewicz Award ceremony, which recognises the most innovative Polish IT companies.
- May 12, 2011: Polish Wikipedia was overtaken by the Italian WikipediaItalian WikipediaThe Italian Wikipedia is the Italian-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was created on May 11, 2001 and first edited on June 11, 2001. As of 2011 it has over articles and more than registered accounts...
and returned to fifth place. - October 26, 2011: Polish Wikipedia was overtaken by the Spanish WikipediaSpanish WikipediaThe Spanish Wikipedia is a Spanish-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, online encyclopedia. It currently has articles. Started in May 2001, it reached 100,000 articles on March 8, 2006. Currently, it is the 6th largest Wikipedia as measured by the number of articles, having surpassed Polish...
, becoming the sixth-largest Wikipedia. - October 30, 2011: Polish Wikipedia was overtaken by the Dutch WikipediaDutch WikipediaThe Dutch Wikipedia is the Dutch-language edition of the free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. As of November 2011, the Dutch Wikipedia is the fourth-largest Wikipedia edition, with over articles.-History:...
, becoming the seventh-largest Wikipedia, with around 840,000 articles. - November 2011: Polish Wikipedia overtook the Spanish WikipediaSpanish WikipediaThe Spanish Wikipedia is a Spanish-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, online encyclopedia. It currently has articles. Started in May 2001, it reached 100,000 articles on March 8, 2006. Currently, it is the 6th largest Wikipedia as measured by the number of articles, having surpassed Polish...
again, becoming the sixth-largest Wikipedia.
Polish Wikipedia on DVD
The Polish Wikipedia was first published on a DVDDVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
together with the paper edition of the magazine Enter SPECIAL in August 2005. The publisher did not make any attempt to contact the Wikimedia Foundation
Wikimedia Foundation
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is an American non-profit charitable organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, and organized under the laws of the state of Florida, where it was initially based...
prior to making the DVD available on the market and the edition itself turned out to be illegal as it violated the GNU FDL license. Additionally, the software used in that edition worked improperly under Microsoft Windows 98.
A new DVD edition was prepared as a joint project of Wikimedia Polska (the Polish branch of the Wikimedia Foundation) and the Polish publisher Helion
Helion (publisher)
Helion is a Polish publisher. Created in 1991, it is the self-claimed "leading publisher of computer books in Poland."The long-term development strategy of Helion SA Publishing Group consists in creating brand priority in different segments of the book market and building a community of loyal...
. It contains articles written before June 4, 2006. The edition was completed on November 24, 2006 and released at the end of July 2007 with a purchase price of 39 zlotys.