Zulu Wikipedia
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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
|---|---|
| Available in | Zulu |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| URL | zu.wikipedia.org |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 4.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL) Media licensing varies |
The Zulu Wikipedia is the Zulu-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. Started in November 2003, it rose to 186 articles as of 13 May 2009, and to 766 on 25 April 2016, making it the 247th largest Wikipedia language edition (down from 221st in the previous date).[1]
It has 11,581 articles as of December 2024 and 37 active registered users.
History
Although it was the third African-language Wikipedia to reach 100 articles,[2] progress has been slow, and it has been surpassed by numerous other African languages.
As Zulu is mostly mutually intelligible with Xhosa, both of which are Nguni languages, it is possible for articles in the Zulu edition to be easily translated into Xhosa for the Xhosa Wikipedia. Similar trans-wiki efforts have been made for Scandinavian-language editions, such as the Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish through Wikimedia's Skanwiki collaboration tool.
In January 2012, the Zulu Wikipedia was proposed for closing. The proposal was rejected in March 2012.[3]
See also
- Afrikaans Wikipedia
- Lingala Wikipedia
- Somali Wikipedia
- Swahili Wikipedia
- Tsonga Wikipedia
- Yoruba Wikipedia
References
- ^ List of Wikipedias
- ^ "IOL SciTech". Archived from the original on 15 January 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
- ^ Proposals for closing projects/Closure of Zulu Wikipedia
External links
- (in Zulu) Zulu Wikipedia
- (in Zulu) Zulu Wikipedia mobile version (not fully supported)
- Statistics for Zulu Wikipedia by Erik Zachte