Nepali Wikipedia
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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
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| Available in | Nepali |
| Founded | 3 June 2002; 22 years ago |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida, United States |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Created by | Jimmy Wales |
| URL | ne.wikipedia.org |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
The Nepali Wikipedia (Nepali: नेपाली विकिपिडिया) is the Nepali language edition of Wikipedia, run by the Wikimedia Foundation.[1] As of July 2024 it has 31,442 articles and about 68,000 users, of which 7 are administrators.[2] As of 8 November 2022, the Nepali Wikipedia is the 110st largest Wikipedia.[2]
Nepali, using the Devanagari script, requires complex transliteration aids to be typed on devices. Thus, it has a phonetic Latin alphabet converter to Nepali, without having to use any special Nepali-typing software.
History
The Nepali Wikipedia was established on 3 June 2002, one year after the English Wikipedia was started, and it was among the first languages of South Asia to have its own Wikipedia.[3][4]
Statistics
As of July 2024, the Nepali Wikipedia has about 31,000 articles. The overwhelming majority of its readers originate from Nepal.
Users and editors
| Number of user accounts | Number of articles | Number of files | Number of administrators |
|---|---|---|---|
| 67,759 | 31,442 | 1,307 | 7 |
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