Wayuu Wikipedia

Favicon of Wikipedia Wayuu Wikipedia
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Type of site
Internet encyclopedia project
Available inWayuu
OwnerWikimedia Foundation
URLguc.wikipedia.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional
Launched27 February 2023; 21 months ago (2023-02-27)

The Wayuu Wikipedia (Wikipeetia süka wayuunaiki) is an edition of Wikipedia in the Wayuu language. It was created on 27 February 2023. The Wayuu Wikipedia project was in the Wikimedia Incubator between 2008 and 2023 and was developed by activists, teachers, professors, directors and leaders of the Wayuu people with the support of the Wayuu Digital Network.[1][2]

History

In August 2008, a group of Venezuelan activists presented the Wikipedia and Wiktionary projects in Wayuu to the language committee of the Wikimedia Foundation. Both projects were approved and entered the Wikimedia Incubator.[3]

Milestones

  • 7 August 2008: The Wayuu project is created at the Wikimedia Incubator.[4]
  • 27 February 2023: The Wayuu Wikipedia is launched with 459 articles.

References

  1. ^ "Activismo Lenguas - Wikipedia en Wayuunaiki (Wikiakuaipa)". Activismo Digital de Lenguas Indígenas (in Spanish). 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  2. ^ Gutemonik (2021-08-18). "Wikipedia y Wikipeetia en comunidades Wayuú en la Guajira Colombo-Venezolana". Diff (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  3. ^ leonfd1992 (2023-05-31). "Wikipeetia süka wayuunaiki, un repositorio del conocimiento wayuu". Diff (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Wp/guc - Wikimedia Incubator". incubator.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2023-03-02.