Korean Wikipedia
The Korean Wikipedia () is the Korean language edition of Wikipedia, founded on 11 October 2002. It is the 2nd largest Korean language Wiki site as of October 2024, and the largest Wikipedia, with articles and active users, as of . History The Korean Wikipedia initially used an older version of MediaWiki. The software had problems representing Hangul, which limited usage. In August 2002, the software was upgraded and started to support non-English scripts such as Hangul. However, Internet Explorer continued to have an encoding problem, which kept contributions to the encyclopedia low. Nevertheless, from October 2002 to July 2003, the number of articles increased from 13 to 159, and in August 2003 it reached 348. Finally, in September 2003 the hangul problem was solved. From September 2003, with no accessing difficulty once the encoding error in IE was solved, the number of contributions and visits increased. The Korean Wikipedia's prospects became even more optimistic follo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Internet Encyclopedia Project
An online encyclopedia, also called an Internet encyclopedia, is a digital encyclopedia accessible through the Internet. Some examples include pre-World Wide Web services that offered the ''Academic American Encyclopedia'' beginning in 1980, Encyclopedia.com since 1998, Encarta from 2000 to 2009, Wikipedia since 2001, and ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' since 2016. Digitization of existing content In January 1995, Project Gutenberg started to publish the ASCII text of the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 11th edition (1911), but disagreements about the method halted the work after the first volume. For trademark reasons, the text had been published as the Gutenberg Encyclopedia. Since then, Project Gutenberg Digitization, digitized and proofread the encyclopedia, until the last update in September 2018. Project Gutenberg published volumes in alphabetical order; the most recent publication is ''Volume 17 Slice 1: "Lord Chamberlain" to "Luqman ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |