The Marathi Wikipedia ( mr, मराठी विकिपीडिया) is the

Marathi language Marathi (; ''Marāṭhī'', ) is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the official language of Maharashtra, and additional official language in the state of Goa. It is one of t ...

edition of

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, a free and publicly editable online encyclopedia, and was launched on 1 May 2003. The project is one of the leading Wikipedia among other South Asian language Wikipedia's in various quality matrices. It has grown on to become a wiki containing more than 80,000 articles. As of , it has articles and registered users. Among the most visited Marathi-language websites, the Marathi Wikipedia is ranked tenth by

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History

Beginning

The Marathi Wikipedia was available in the wikipedia.org domain from 2003 May 1. 'Vasant Panchami'( वसंत पंचमी) (

Vasant Panchami Vasant Panchami, also called Saraswati Puja in honor of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, is a festival that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring. The festival is celebrated in Indian religions in different ways depending on the region. ...

) and 'Audumbar' ( औदुंबर (कविता)), a poem by the poet

Balkavi Trimbak Bapuji Thombre ( IAST:Trimbak Bāpūji Thombare) (13 August 1890 – 5 May 1918), (known popularly as Balkavi or Balkavi Thombre), was a Marathi language poet from Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, India. Biography Balkavi was born o ...

http://mr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=औदुंबर_(कविता)&action=history were the first articles created on Marathi Wikipedia on 2 May 2003.

Initial growth phase

The Marathi Wikipedia picked up growth from 2006 onwards. On 13 January 2006 Marathi Wikipedia had 1500 articles. On 27 February, Marathi Day is celebrated.

Progress

Users and editors

Community and events

Marathi Wikipedia banner in India Wikiconference

Marathi Wikipedia Stall At Techfest IIT Bombay13

The Marathi Wikipedia has various events organised by volunteers from all over the state. Some of the notable events include, # Marathi Wikipedia Vachan Prerna Saptah # Wikipedia Asian Month # Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din etc.

Media coverage and increased growth

Marathi Daily news paper

Maharashtra Times ''Maharashtra Times'' ( mr, महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स), colloquially referred to as 'Ma Ta' (मटा) from its Marathi initialism, is a Marathi newspaper based in Mumbai, India. It is one of the largest selling daily ...

was the first to cover and recommend 'Marathi language Wikipedia' on 27 July 2006.

Fonts and input methods

Any one of Unicode Marathi fonts input system is fine for Marathi Wikipedia. Some people use

inscript InScript (short for Indic Script) is the decreed standard keyboard layout for Indian scripts using a standard 104- or 105-key layout. This keyboard layout was standardised by the Government of India for inputting text in languages of India writ ...

. Majority uses either Google phonetic transliteration or input facility Universal Language Selector provided on Marathi Wikipedia. Phonetic facility provided initially was java-based later supported by Narayam extension for phonetic input facility. Currently Marathi Wikipedia is supported by Universal Language Selector (ULS), that offers both phonetic keyboard (Aksharantaran, Marathi: अक्षरांतरण) and

InScript keyboard InScript (short for Indic Script) is the decreed standard keyboard layout for Indian scripts using a standard 104- or 105-key layout. This keyboard layout was standardised by the Government of India for inputting text in languages of India writ ...

(Marathi: मराठी लिपी).

References

External links

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Main page
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Marathi Wikipedia mobile version
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