The Punjabi Wikipedia (Punjabi: پنجابی وکیپیڈیا (Shahmukhi); ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ (Gurmukhi)) is the Punjabi language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.[3][4] There are two Punjabi Wikipedia editions, the Eastern Punjabi Wikipedia (in Gurmukhi script) and Western Punjabi Wikipedia (in Shahmukhi script).
  Logo of the Western Punjabi Wikipedia (above) and Eastern Punjabi Wikipedia (below) | |
Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
|---|---|
| Available in | Punjabi |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| URL | pa pnb |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Users | Western: 37949[1] Eastern: 49623[2] |
| Launched | October 24, 2008 (Western Punjabi) June 3, 2002 (Eastern Punjabi) |
| Current status | Active |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 and GFDL, Media licensing varies |
Eastern edition
The Eastern edition domain came into existence on June 3, 2002[4][5] but the first three articles were only written in August 2004.[6] In July 2012, it had reached 2,400 articles.[4]
Since August 2012, it has about 26 million readers from all over the world.[7]
The first Punjabi Wikipedia workshop was organized in Ludhiana on July 28, 2012[3] and later another on August 16, 2012 at the Punjabi University in Patiala[8] to inform people how to edit and add to the Wiki.
Wiki-events and workshops to improve this Wikipedia and increase number of editors are conducted on regular basis. In October 2015 a seminar was organised at an event in Amritsar, where 148 students from 17 schools participated. The aim of the seminar to increase awareness about Wikipedia among the students.[9]
There are currently 54,192 articles on the Gurmukhi Punjabi Wikipedia.
Western edition
The Western edition was started on 24 October 2008 via the Wikimedia Incubator, and its domain came into existence on August 13, 2009. The project was pioneered by Khalid Mahmood, a college professor from Islamabad.[10]
There are currently 72,573 articles on the Shahmukhi Punjabi Wikipedia.
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