The Tagalog Wikipedia ( tl, Wikipediang Tagalog) is the

Tagalog language Tagalog (, ; ; '' Baybayin'': ) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority. Its standardized form, ...

edition of

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, which was launched on December 1, 2003. It has articles and is the largest Wikipedia according to the number of articles as of .

History

The ''Tagalog Wikipedia'' was launched on December 1, 2003 as the first Wikipedia in a language of the Philippines. As of February 3, 2011, it has more than 50,000 articles.

Bantayan, Cebu Bantayan, officially the Municipality of Bantayan ( ceb, Lungsod sa Bantayan; tgl, Bayan ng Bantayan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 86,247 people. Geog ...

became the 10,000th article on October 20, 2007, while '' Pasko sa Pilipinas'' (

Christmas in the Philippines Christmas in the Philippines ( fil, Pasko sa Pilipinas) is one of the biggest holidays in the country. The Philippines, one of the two predominantly Catholic countries in Asia (the other one being East Timor), celebrates the world's longest C ...

) became the 15,000th article on December 24, 2007.From the ''Announcements'' at '' Wikipedia:Tambayan Philippines'' Localization of software messages through the Betawiki (or

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) was finished on February 6, 2009.List of tasks at Translatewiki.net (Betawiki)
on February 6, 2009 In 2011, the Tagalog Wikipedia was part of the WikiHistories fellowship research project of the

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. The project tries to capture the triumphs, failures, and daily struggles of the editors working to make the dream of globally shared knowledge a reality.

Statistics

*March 11, 2008: ''

Pandaka pygmaea The dwarf pygmy goby or Philippine goby (''Pandaka pygmaea'') is a tropical species of fish in the subfamily Gobionellinae from brackish water and mangrove areas in Southeast Asia. It is one of the smallest fish species in the world. Males reac ...

'' - 16,000th article From the Tagalog Wikipedia talk page of ''Pandaka pygmaea'' *June 30, 2008: '' Silindro'' (

Harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica incl ...

) - 17,000th article From the Tagalog Wikipedia talk page of ''Silindro'' *August 5, 2008: '' Unang Aklat ng mga Macabeo'' (

1 Maccabees The First Book of Maccabees, also known as First Maccabees (written in shorthand as 1 Maccabees or 1 Macc.), is a book written in Hebrew by an anonymousRappaport, U., ''47. 1 Maccabees'' in Barton, J. and Muddiman, J. (2001)The Oxford Bible Comme ...

) - 18,000th article From the Tagalog Wikipedia talk page of ''Unang Aklat ng mga Macabeo'' *October 2, 2008: '' Heriyatriko'' (

Geriatrics Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine, is a medical specialty focused on providing care for the unique health needs of older adults. The term ''geriatrics'' originates from the Greek γέρων ''geron'' meaning "old man", and ιατρός ''iatros' ...

) - 19,000th article From the Tagalog Wikipedia talk page of ''Heriyatriko'' *November 1, 2008: '' Anak ng Tao'' ( Son of man) - 20,000th article Talk page of Anak ng Tao in Tagalog Wikipedia *March 22, 2010: ''

Sky Girls is a Japanese anime franchise produced by Konami and animated by J.C.Staff. A 30-minute OVA episode was released on August 25, 2006 and a television series adaptation aired on Chiba TV from July 5, 2007, to December 27, 2007. Plot In t ...

'' - 25,000th article From the Tagalog Wikipedia talk page of ''Sky Girls'' *July 20, 2010: ''

Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf () is the fourth borough of Berlin, formed in an administrative reform with effect from 1 January 2001, by merging the former boroughs of Charlottenburg and Wilmersdorf. Overview Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf covers the ...

'' - 30,000th article From the Tagalog Wikipedia talk page of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf *October 25, 2010: '' 1714 Sy'' - 40,000th article From the Tagalog Wikipedia talk page of 1714 Sy *Nobyembre 9, 2010: '' Ekonometriks'' (

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) - 45,000th article From the Tagalog Wikipedia talk page of ''Ekonometriks'' *January 15, 2011: ''

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal , stylized as Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, is a Japanese manga and anime series and the third spin-off of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise, after the preceding '' Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's''. The manga began serialization in Shueisha's ''V Jump'' magazine from Dec ...

'' - 50,000th article From the Tagalog Wikipedia talk page of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal'' *February 4, 2013: '' Lalaking Vitruvio'' (

Vitruvian Man The ''Vitruvian Man'' ( it, L'uomo vitruviano; ) is a drawing by the Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to . Inspired by the writings by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, the drawing depicts a nude man in two ...

) - 60,000th article From the Tagalog Wikipedia talk page of ''Lalaking Vitruvio'' Due to the mass deletion of very short articles, as of July 2021, the total number of articles is below 50,000.

First steps of Tagalog Wikipedia

The first article created in the Tagalog Wikipedia (aside from '' Unang Pahina'' or the main page) is about

. It was created on March 25, 2004. During the times when Tagalog Wikipedia's standards on articles were not strict, the first featured article was ''

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'', but this was replaced by the article '' kimika'' ( chemistry) in line with the revised standards. But ''kimika'' along with the second featured article

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were eventually replaced by a review process. Technically, the very first featured article that survived the review process is about

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(

cheese Cheese is a dairy product produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep. During production, ...

). The ''File:Flutterbye.jpg'' was the first featured picture for the article '' paru-parong Viceroy'' (

Viceroy butterfly The viceroy (''Limenitis archippus'') is a North American butterfly. It was long thought to be a Batesian mimic of the monarch butterfly, but since the viceroy is also distasteful to predators, it is now considered a Müllerian mimic instead. T ...

). Because the file was deleted, it was replaced by '' File:St Vitus stained glass.jpg'' for the article '' Katedral ng San Vitus'' (

St. Vitus Cathedral , native_name_lang = Czech , image = St Vitus Prague September 2016-21.jpg , imagesize = 300px , imagelink = , imagealt = , landscape = , caption ...

). Although the featured picture archive lists '' File:Viceroy Butterfly.jpg'' as the first featured picture. The first three articles that appeared in '' Alam Ba Ninyo?'' ( Did you know?) were ''

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'' ( en), '' Wikang Bulgaro'' (

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) and '' Pilipinas'' (

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

). There was a section entitled ''

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'' at the main page on April 2, 2008, but this was hidden on May 3, 2008, because of lack of contributors of this section.

Characteristics

The Tagalog Wikipedia has several characteristics which define it differently from other language editions of Wikipedia. According to Michael Tan, a Filipino

anthropologist An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms and v ...

and ''

Philippine Daily Inquirer The ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'' (''PDI''), or simply the ''Inquirer'', is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines. Founded in 1985, it is often regarded as the Philippines' newspaper of record. The newspaper is the most awarded broa ...

'' columnist, the Tagalog Wikipedia greatly depends on the UP Diksyonaryong Filipino for basic definitions. Though focused on the Tagalog language, it has pages that helps non-Tagalog speakers on anything related about the online project.

Coverage

The Tagalog Wikipedia has significant coverage of topics related to the Philippines, as well as

anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening o ...

and

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-related topics. In 2010,

GMA News and Public Affairs GMA Integrated News and Public Affairs (formerly known as ''RBS News Department'', ''GMA Radio-Television News'' and ''GMA Rainbow Satellite News''; and commonly GMA (Integrated) News) is the news division of the GMA Network Inc. The division ...

released a report criticizing the Tagalog Wikipedia's lack of science-related articles.

Project name

According to Wikipedians from the Tagalog and English Wikipedias, the Tagalog Wikipedia also represents the

Filipino language Filipino (; , ) is an Austronesian language. It is the national language ( / ) of the Philippines, and one of the two official languages of the country, with English. It is a standardized variety of Tagalog based on the native dialect, spoke ...

. :tl:Wikipedia:Pamantayang pangwika ; :tl:Wikipedia:Gabay sa abakada at pagbabaybay According to the Vibal Foundation, a foundation that started WikiPilipinas, the Tagalog Wikipedia is different from WikiFilipino, the

that they manage because WikiFilipino uses Filipino language while Tagalog Wikipedia uses Tagalog language. The difference or sameness of Tagalog and Filipino sparked a

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among Tagalog Wikipedians about the name of the project. This debate was mentioned in an article by DILA (''Defenders of the Indigenous Languages of the Archipelago''), an organization that defends indigenous languages of the Philippines.

Comparison with other Philippine-based language editions

Compared to the other Philippine-based language editions of Wikipedia, it has significantly fewer articles than the

Cebuano Wikipedia The Cebuano Wikipedia ( ceb, Wikipedya sa Sinugboanon) is the Cebuano language, Cebuano-language edition of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia. It currently contains articles, most of which were created by the automated program Lsjbot. Ther ...

, which currently has more than articles, and the

Waray Wikipedia The Waray Wikipedia is the Waray language edition of Wikipedia. It is hosted on servers run by the Wikimedia Foundation since 25 September 2005. As of , , this edition has articles and is the largest Wikipedia edition. Despite having very f ...

, which has more than articles, as the majority of the articles in those two languages were initially created by the

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. The Tagalog Wikipedia has an article depth of , compared to for the Waray Wikipedia and for the Cebuano Wikipedia, as of , .Wikipedia article depth - Meta
/ref> By active users, it has , compared to for the Cebuano Wikipedia and for the Waray language edition.

References

External links

Wikipedias in Philippine languages Wikibooks in Philippine languages Wiktionaries in Philippine languages Philippine Wikipedias (Incubator Status) *

Aklan language Aklanon (''Akeanon''), also known as Bisaya/Binisaya nga Aklanon/Inaklanon or simply Aklan, is an Austronesian language of the Bisayan subgroup spoken by the Aklanon people in the province of Aklan on the island of Panay in the Philippines. Its ...

( :incubator:Wp/akl) * Miraya Bikol language ( :incubator:Wp/rbl) *

Pandan Bikol language Pandan Bikol, or Northern Catanduanes Bicolano, is one of the three groups of the Bikol languages. It is spoken in Pandan and northeastern portion of Catanduanes. Examples Wh-questions *What? – , *Who? – , *Where? – , *When? – *W ...

( :incubator:Wp/cts) *

Rinconada Bikol language Rinconada Bikol or simply Rinconada, spoken in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines, is one of several languages that compose the Inland Bikol (or Southern Bicol) group of the Bikol macrolanguage. It belongs to the Austronesian language ...

( :incubator:Wp/bto) *

Capiznon language Capiznon or Capiceño () is an Austronesian regional language spoken in Western Visayas in the Philippines. Capiznon is concentrated in the province of Capiz in the northeast of Panay Island. It is a member of the Bisayan language family and t ...

( :incubator:Wp/cps) *

Hiligaynon language Hiligaynon, also often referred to as Ilonggo or Binisaya/Bisaya nga Hiniligaynon/Inilonggo, is an Austronesian regional language spoken in the Philippines by about 9.1 million people, predominantly in Western Visayas and Soccsksargen, most ...

( :incubator:Wp/hil) *

Kinaray-a language The Karay-a language ( krj, label=none, Kinaray-a, krj, label=none, Binisayâ nga Kinaray-a or krj, label=none, Hinaraya; en, Harayan) is an Austronesian regional language in the Philippines spoken by the Karay-a people, mainly in Antique, I ...

( :incubator:Wp/krj) *

Maranao language Maranao ( fil, Mëranaw) is an Austronesian language spoken by the Maranao people in the provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur in the Philippines, and in Sabah, Malaysia. Iranun was once considered a dialect of Maranao. Unique am ...

( :incubator:Wp/mrw) *

Tausug language Tausug (; Jawi: ; ms, Bahasa Suluk) is an Austronesian language spoken in the province of Sulu in the Philippines and in the eastern area of the state of Sabah, Malaysia, by the Tausūg people. It is widely spoken in the Sulu Archipelago (S ...

( :incubator:Wp/tsg) Philippine Wikimedia (Incubator Status) * Cebuano Wiktionary * Kapampangan Wiktionary * Pangasinan Wiktionary * Tagalog Wikinews * Tagalog Wikivoyage * Waray Wiktionary {{Wikipedias Philippine encyclopedias Wikipedias by language Internet properties established in 2003 Tagalog-language websites