Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia
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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
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| Available in | Scottish Gaelic |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| URL | http://gd.wikipedia.org/ |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2004 |
The Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia (Scottish Gaelic: Uicipeid, [ˈuçkʲɪpetʲ]) is Scottish Gaelic version of Wikipedia. As of 9 November 2024, it contains 15,984 articles and has 29,348 editors.[1]
History
[edit]The encyclopedia was founded in 2004.[2][3] In 2017, Susan Ross was hired by the National Library of Scotland (NLS) to develop and promote the encyclopedia, a part time position that lasted 12 months. The NLS intended to augment its Gaelic resources following a digitization drive that put Gaelic-language materials on the Internet. Ross is a second-language speaker of Gaelic who learned the language as a teenager and completed a doctorate in Gaelic studies. She has been editing Uicipeid since 2010.[4][3][5] Working with community groups, she created help pages and worked to attract more editors.[2][5] The grant was sponsored by Wikimedia UK and Bòrd na Gàidhlig.[3]
At one point, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig offered a module teaching students how to edit Uicipeid.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "List of Wikipedias". Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Library appoints the world's first Gaelic Wikipedian - National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ a b c "NLS appoints world's first Gaelic Wikipedian". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ "Skotske bibleteek sil Gaelictalige Wikipedia útwreidzje". It Nijs (in Western Frisian). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ a b Hannan, Martin (11 October 2016). "Gaelic Wikipedia website Uicipeid to undergo major development as part of link-up". The National. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ "An Uicipeid - Wikipedia na Gàidhlig". Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.