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| Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
|---|---|
| Available in | Marathi |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| URL | mr.wikipedia.org |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional, but required for certain tasks including
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| Users | 167,528 as of 6 January 2025 |
| Launched | 1 May 2003; 21 years ago (2003-05-01) |
| Content license | Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 4.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL) Media licensing varies |
The Marathi Misplaced Pages (Marathi: मराठी विकिपीडिया) is the Marathi language edition of Misplaced Pages, a free and publicly editable online encyclopedia, and was launched on 1 May 2003. The project is one of the leading Misplaced Pages among other South Asian language Misplaced Pages's in various quality matrices. It has grown on to become a wiki containing more than 90,000 articles. As of 6 January 2025, it has 98,900 articles and 167,528 registered users. Among the most visited Marathi-language websites, the Marathi Misplaced Pages is ranked tenth by Alexa.
History
Beginning
The Marathi Misplaced Pages was available in the wikipedia.org domain from 2003 May 1. 'Vasant Panchami'(वसंत पंचमी) (Vasant Panchami) and 'Audumbar' (औदुंबर (कविता)), a poem by the poet Balkavi were the first articles created on Marathi Misplaced Pages on 2 May 2003.
Initial growth phase
The Marathi Misplaced Pages picked up growth from 2006 onwards. On 13 January 2006 Marathi Misplaced Pages had 1500 articles.
On 27 February, Marathi Day is celebrated.
Progress
| Date | Count |
|---|---|
| 22 September 2008 | 20,000 |
| 2 July 2010 | 30,000 |
| 24 April 2011 | 33,333 |
| 27 February 2014 | 40,000 |
| 11 September 2016 | 44,444 |
| 22 December 2017 | 50,000 |
| 21 August 2020 | 60,000 |
| 24 December 2020 | 66,666 |
| 30 July 2021 | 77,777 |
| 23 September 2021 | 80,000 |
| 29 December 2022 | 88,888 |
| 12 February 2023 | 90,000 |
Users and editors
| Number of user accounts | Number of articles | Number of files | Number of administrators |
|---|---|---|---|
| 167528 | 98900 | 8443 | 10 |
Community and events
The Marathi Misplaced Pages has various events organised by volunteers from all over the state. Some of the notable events include,
- Marathi Misplaced Pages Vachan Prerna Saptah
- Misplaced Pages Asian Month
- Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Din etc.
Media coverage and increased growth
Marathi Daily news paper Maharashtra Times was the first to cover and recommend 'Marathi language Misplaced Pages' on 27 July 2006.
Fonts and input methods
Any one of Unicode Marathi fonts input system is fine for Marathi Misplaced Pages. Some people use inscript. Majority uses either Google phonetic transliteration or input facility Universal Language Selector provided on Marathi Misplaced Pages. Phonetic facility provided initially was java-based later supported by Narayam extension for phonetic input facility. Currently Marathi Misplaced Pages is supported by Universal Language Selector (ULS), that offers both phonetic keyboard (Aksharantaran, Marathi: अक्षरांतरण) and InScript keyboard (Marathi: मराठी लिपी).
See also
References
- "Misplaced Pages Statistics - Tables - Marathi". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- "List of Wikipedias - Meta". Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- "Alexa - Top Sites by Category: World/Marathi". Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ""वसंत पंचमी" चा संपादन इतिहास - विकिपीडिया".
- ""औदुंबर (कविता)" चा संपादन इतिहास - विकिपीडिया".
- "Misplaced Pages Statistics - Tables - Marathi". Retrieved 20 February 2023.
External links
- (in Marathi) Main page
- (in Marathi) Marathi Misplaced Pages mobile version
- (in Marathi) Help:Extension:UniversalLanguageSelector/Input methods/mr-transliteration