The Tulu Wikipedia is the
Tulu language
Tulu () in Kannada script, ml, തുളു ഭാഷെ in Malayalam script. ''bhāṣe'', , ''bhāśe'', and ''bāśe'' are alternative spellings for the Tulu word ''bāse'' in the Kannada script. The correct spelling for the word ...
edition of
Wikipedia
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, run by the
Wikimedia Foundation
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.
It currently has articles and it is the
largest edition of Wikipedia by article count. It is the 23rd language of India to get a Wikipedia after eight years in incubation.
History
Katherine Maher
Katherine Roberts Maher (; born April 18, 1983) is a former chief executive officer and executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation.
A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Maher worked for UNICEF, the National Democratic Institu ...
, the executive director of
Wikimedia Foundation
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announced the launch of the Tulu Wikipedia as a full site at the
WIkiConference 2016.
It was in incubation since 2008. As of August 2016, it had 200 registered editors with 10 of them being active, and over 1000 articles. It was the 23rd language from India to have a Wikipedia edition.
Users and editors
See also
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Kannada Wikipedia
The Kannada Wikipedia ( kn, ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ) is the Kannada-language edition of Wikipedia. Started in June 2003, it is moderately active and as of , it has articles with active users. It is the twelfth-most popular Wi ...
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Malayalam Wikipedia
The Malayalam Wikipedia ( ml, മലയാളം വിക്കിപീഡിയ) is the Malayalam edition of Wikipedia, a free and publicly editable online encyclopedia, and was launched on December 21, 2002. The project is the leading Wiki ...
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Tamil Wikipedia
The Tamil Wikipedia () is the Tamil language edition of Wikipedia established in September 2003, run by the Wikimedia Foundation. The Tamil Wikipedia is the second largest Wikipedia among Indian languages and the largest Wikipedia by article cou ...
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Telugu Wikipedia
The Telugu Wikipedia ( te, తెలుగు వికీపీడియా) was begun on 10 December 2003 by Venna Nagarjuna, who is known for Padma (a system for transforming text in Indic scripts among open-source and proprietary formats ...
References
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Tulu Wikipedia
The Tulu Wikipedia is the Tulu language edition of Wikipedia, run by the Wikimedia Foundation. It currently has articles and it is the largest edition of Wikipedia by article count. It is the 23rd language of India to get a Wikipedia after ei ...
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