The Slovene Wikipedia () is the Slovene-language edition of the free online encyclopedia

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. It has been active since 26 February 2002. On 15 August 2010, it reached 100,000 articles. As of , it has articles and is the -largest Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a widely used reference work and one of the most visited

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Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

, but official internet usage statistics do not distinguish between Wikipedia editions, analyzing only the base

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wikipedia.org. In most cases, the Slovene-language edition gets a passing note of its existence in media reports about Wikipedia in general. However, as a relatively large and freely accessible body of structured knowledge, Slovene Wikipedia has been used, as an example, for building

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for the purpose of training linguistic software and analyzing Slovene literary authors' web presence. There are several successful collaboration projects with professors at the

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, using content creation by students as a teaching method. Active Wikipedians from Slovenia have also been featured in discussions about Wikipedia (both general and Slovene-language specific) in national media.

Milestones

* 100 articles - 18 June 2002 * 1,000 articles - 30 September 2003 * 10,000 articles - 7 February 2005 * 20,000 articles - 17 December 2005 * 30,000 articles - 30 June 2006 * 40,000 articles - 15 February 2007 * 50,000 articles - 17 July 2007 * 100,000 articles - 15 August 2010 * 150,000 articles - 31 March 2016

References

External links

* Slovene Wikipedia
Vse najboljše, Wikipedija!
. appy Birthday, Wikipedia! Radio interview on Val 202 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Slovene Wikipedia. RTV Slovenija. Accessed on 25 February 2012. {{Wikipedias in Slavic languages Wikipedias in Slavic languages Internet properties established in 2002 Slovene-language mass media Volunteering in Slovenia Slovenian encyclopedias