The Classical Syriac Wikipedia (Syriac: ܘܝܩܝܦܕܝܐ ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ), also known as the Aramaic Wikipedia (Syriac: ܘܝܩܝܦܕܝܐ ܠܫܢܐ ܐܪܡܝܐ), is an edition of Wikipedia in Classical Syriac. It was officially created in July 2004,[1] but it wasn't until 2005 when it's second article was published.[2]
As of November 16, 2024, the Classical Syriac edition of Wikipedia contains 1,907 articles and has 21,729 contributors, including 19 active contributors and 2 administrators.
History
The Classical Syriac Wikipedia was officially launched in 2004, although it wouldn't take until about a year later for a second article to be published on the site.[2] The Wikipedia was originally launched under the name of the Aramaic Wikipedia.
In 2010, it was decided to change the Wikipedia from being named the Aramaic Wikipedia to the Classical Syriac Wikipedia. This change was made in order to encompass a unifying language that all modern speakers Neo-Aramaic dialects could understand and read. Although this change was officially decided on, the Wikipedia has yet to change it's ISO 639-2 code from arc to syr.[3]
Statistics
The Classical Syriac Wikipedia is currently ranked 264th out of 339 active Wikipedia's, in terms of number of articles, as of 2024.[4] On October 21st, 2009, the Wikipedia achieved 1,000 total articles, and it was noted that the Wikipedia was increasing by an average of 63 articles per year.[5][6] The Wikipedia is currently 7th out of 8 different Semitic language-Wikipedias, leading over the Tigrinya language and accounting for little over 0.05% of all Semitic language articles on Wikipedia.[7]
In September 2006, the Wikipedia achieved over 200 total articles.[2]
In August 2008, the Wikipedia achieved 500 total articles.[2]
In December 2011, the Wikipedia achieved 1.5K total articles.[2]
^Lih, Andrew (2009). The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia. United States: Hyperion. p. 165. ISBN978-1-4013-0371-6.
