Draft:Runiversalis
Type of site | Online encyclopedia |
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Available in | Russian |
Country of origin | Russia |
URL | руни |
Registration | Optional (required for editing) |
Users | ~900[1] |
Launched | 9 June 2022 |
Content license | CC Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 |
Runiversalis (/ruːnɪˈvɜːrsəlɪs/[2] roo-ni-VER-sə-lis; Russian: Руниверсалис, IPA: [rʊnʲɪvʲɪrˈsalʲɪs]), abbreviated as Runi (Russian: Руни, IPA: [ˈrunʲɪ]), is a Russian online encyclopedia forked from the Russian Wikipedia, launched on June 9, 2022. Some sources explain its articles are written with a pronounced pro-Russian-government view of world events.[3][4][5] Its creators claim to be former contributors to the Russian Wikipedia.[2] Nevertheless, the Wikimedia Foundation has distanced itself from Runiversalis and its editors.[6]
This site makes no mention of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, instead referring to it as a "special military operation".[7]
Characteristics
[edit]Runiversalis' manifesto states that the project's servers are located in Russia, and the pages are edited "in accordance with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation and with respect for traditional values."[3][8][9][10] Runiversalis is based on MediaWiki, the software which also runs Wikipedia.
Runiversalis' administrator team includes two former Russian Wikipedia administrators, arbiters and mediators in articles about Ukrainian conflict, who were engaged in pro-Kremlin propaganda while they had positions on Wikipedia.[11]
Since the end of August 2022, to make any edits in the encyclopedia, registration is required and must be confirmed by sysops.[12] According to the Runiversalis project website, as of April 2023 it can be done by writing a message to their Telegram bot, to their VK page or sending them an e-mail.[13]
Statistics
[edit]In August 2022, two months after the project has been created, it had only 9000 articles, a tiny subset of the 1.85 million articles on the Russian Wikipedia.[14] Nevertheless, as of April 2023, Runiversalis has around 2 million articles, many of them being taken unmodified by bots from the Russian Wikipedia.[15]
According to their own page, its milestones are as follows:[16]
- August 23, 2022: 9000 articles
- September 11, 2022: 100,000 articles
- October 23, 2022: 500,000 articles
- November 26, 2022: 1,000,000 articles
- February 3, 2023: 1,500,000 articles
Reception
[edit]On August 23, 2022, the media drew attention to the project when some Telegram channels, including those of State Duma deputy Anton Gorelkin, reported on the Russian Internet encyclopedia.[3][17]
Cyber attacks
[edit]On 23 August 2022, the website stopped working due to a suspected DDoS attack, with readers getting a 403 error when they tried to navigate to a page on the site.[18] The site returned a few days later.[12]
As of 2023, Runiversalis remains in operation. As of 13 July 2023, it claimed to have over 2 million articles.[15]
See also
[edit]- Blocking of Wikipedia in Russia
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia clones
- Great Russian Encyclopedia
- Ruwiki (Wikipedia fork)
References
[edit]- ^ "Статистика — Энциклопедия Руниверсалис". Runiversalis. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
- ^ a b Khatsenkova, Sophia (2022-09-15). "Russia's answer to Wikipedia: Propaganda or common sense encyclopedia?". euronews. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ^ a b c "В России запустили аналог "Википедии" — "Руниверсалис". И там нет статьи о войне в Украине (только о "спецоперации")". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ "В России запустилась электронная энциклопедия "Руниверсалис"". www.sostav.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ "В России запустили отечественный аналог "Википедии"". Российская газета. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ "The Russian Equivalent of Wikipedia Collapsed hours after it Appeared - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency". www.novinite.com. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- ^ "Russia launches 'Wikipedia equivalent' Runiversalis, website currently unavailable". Novaya gazeta. Europe. 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- ^ "Россиянам предложили "Руни" на замену "Вики"". AdIndex (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ Цепелева, Маша (2022-08-23). "В России запустили энциклопедию "Руниверсалис" — аналог "Википедии", где "уважают традиционные ценности" — Сервисы на vc.ru". vc.ru. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ "Анонсирована российская "Википедия" — "Руниверсалис"". Rozetked.me (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ Russian Wikipedia's ArbCom decisions on cases 1256 and 1281.
- ^ a b "Russian clone of Wikipedia off to a bumpy start". Cybernews. 2022-08-30. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- ^ "Как стать редактором Руниверсалис" [How to be a Runiversalis editor]. Runiversalis (in Russian).
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value (help) - ^ Fasseur, Barbara. "Runiversalis, un Wikipédia russe, approuvé par l'État". ActuaLitté.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ^ a b "Заглавная страница". Runiversalis (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-07-13. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ^ "Руниверсалис — Энциклопедия Руниверсалис" [Runiversalis - Runiversalis encyclopedia]. Runiversalis (in Russian).
- ^ "В России запустился отечественный аналог "Википедии"". Код Дурова (in Russian). 2022-08-23. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ Дмитрова, Дарья (23 August 2022). "Отечественный аналог "Википедии" "Руниверсалис" перестал работать в день запуска". Gazeta.ru. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
Sources
[edit]- Bentzen, Naja (2023-06-14). "Knowledge supply chains in an age of truth decay". Studia lexicographica. 17 (32). Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleza: 143–152. doi:10.33604/sl.17.32.5. ISSN 2459-5578.
- Chernyshyov, Yevgeny (1 February 2023). "Энциклопедия "Руниверсалис" сообщила о краже статей "Википедией"" [Encyclopedia "Runiversalis" accuses "Wikipedia" of stealing articles]. Накануне.RU (in Russian). Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- Gorbunov-Posadov, M. M. (2023a). Энциклопедии уходят в онлайн [Encyclopedias Go Online]. Научный сервис в сети Интернет: труды XXV Всероссийской научной конференции (in Russian). Moscow: Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics. pp. 104–116. doi:10.20948/abrau-2023-36.
- Gorbunov-Posadov, M. M. (2023b). "Энциклопедии: Трудная Дорога В Онлайн" [Encyclopedias: The difficult Road to Online]. Вестник Российской академии наук [Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences]. 93 (11). Russian Academy of Sciences: 1095–1100. doi:10.31857/s086958732311004x. ISSN 0869-5873.
- Karpov, D. S. (20–21 April 2023). Kuznetsov, I. V. (ed.). Вики-энциклопедия: от Википедии к Руниверсалису [Wikiencyclopedia: from Wikipedia to Runiversalis]. Математика и информатика, астрономия, физика, технология и совершенствование их преподавания. «Чтения Ушинского» [Mathematics and informatics, astronomy, physics: technology and improvements in education] (in Russian). Yaroslavl: РИО ЯГПУ. pp. 141–145.
- Yanush, Olga B. (2023-12-15). "Языковые ресурсы гуманитарной политики Российской Федерации за рубежом: цифровые составляющие" [The Language Resources of the Russia’s Foreign Humanitarian Policy: The Digital Components]. Вестник РУДН. Серия: Политология [RUDN Journal of Political Science] (in Russian). 25 (4). Peoples' Friendship University of Russia: 962–973. doi:10.22363/2313-1438-2023-25-4-962-973. ISSN 2313-1446.
External links
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- 2022 establishments in Russia
- 21st-century encyclopedias
- Internet in Russia
- MediaWiki websites
- Propaganda in Russia related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian encyclopedias
- Russian nationalism
- Russian online encyclopedias
- Russian-language encyclopedias
- Russian-language websites
- Wikipedia in Russia
- Wikipedia-derived encyclopedias