Basque Wikipedia Basque Wikipedia The Basque Wikipedia ( or "Euskal Wikipedia" in Basque) is the Basque language edition of Wikipedia. Founded on December 6, 2001 (although its main page was created in November 2003) and reaching 58,124 articles by August 19, 2010, making it the 45th-largest Wikipedia. As of 2019, it has active contributors, of which are administrators, and has about articles. In an August 2007 interview, Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, used the Basque Wikipedia as an example of the rationale for having Wikipedias in smaller languages: On January 25, 2008, the Basque Wikipedia was awarded the Argia Saria granted by
The Wikipedia Revolution Lih describes the importance of early influences on Wikipedia including Usenet, Hypercard, Slashdot, and MeatballWiki. He also explores the cultural differences found within sister projects such as the German Wikipedia, the Chinese Wikipedia, and the Japanese Wikipedia. The book also covers the Citizendium project, originally a fork of Wikipedia by co-founder Larry Sanger. There is a foreword by Wales, and an afterword partially created by volunteers through an online wiki detailing the problems and opportunities of Wikipedia's future. The Wikipedia Revolution The Wikipedia Revolution: How A Bunch of Nobodies Created The World's Greatest Encyclopedia is a 2009 popular history book