The Welsh Wikipedia ( cy, Wicipedia Cymraeg) is the

Welsh-language Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has al ...

edition of

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. This edition was started in July 2003. On 23 June 2007, it reached 10,000 articles, the 66th Wikipedia to do so. On 20 November 2008, it attained 20,000 articles. Less than a year later, on 28 October 2009, it reached 25,000 articles. In July 2013 it reached 50,000 articles and is now the largest Wikipedia edition. It is the only internet resource of its kind in Welsh and has an average of 2.7 million hits every month, making it the most popular Welsh language website. It, therefore, has an important place in Welsh language online culture. It has been referred to in the Welsh-language current affairs magazine ''

Golwg ''Golwg'' (Welsh for "View", ) is a Welsh-language magazine established in 1988. The magazine is published by the company with the same name on a weekly basis. It covers current events and features and claims a circulation of 12,000 a month, the ...

'' and ''Y Faner Newydd'', and is listed by the

National Library of Wales The National Library of Wales ( cy, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru), Aberystwyth, is the national legal deposit library of Wales and is one of the Welsh Government sponsored bodies. It is the biggest library in Wales, holding over 6.5 million boo ...

as a Welsh-language e-resource. In an August 2007 interview,

Jimmy Wales Jimmy Donal Wales (born August 7, 1966), also known on Wikipedia by the pseudonym Jimbo, is an American-British Internet entrepreneur, webmaster, and former financial trader. He is a co-founder of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedi ...

, co-founder of Wikipedia, used the Welsh Wikipedia as an example of the rationale for having Wikipedias in smaller languages: A direct link to the Welsh Wikipedia has been added to the Getting Started page of the Welsh-language version of the

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web browser where it appears as the first of four recommended websites, above the

. In September 2012 "Wici Cymru" was formed; this is a society whose aim is to develop Wikipedia in Wales. By October, BAFTA-winning actor

Rhys Ifans Rhys Ifans (; born Rhys Owain Evans; 22 July 1967) is a Welsh actor and musician. He was the frontman of Welsh rock music bands the Peth and Super Furry Animals. As an actor, he is best known for his roles in ''Notting Hill'' (1999), ''Kevin & ...

had become its Patron. In 2019, the Welsh Wikipedia was cited as one of the reasons for improvements in the handling of Welsh in

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, by providing a large corpus of machine-readable Welsh text.

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Wici Cymru Wici (pronounced: ''Vee-chee'') was a call to arms in the medieval Poland (lat. ''restis''), known from prehistoric times. It was a specific method to spread a warning that the country is in danger, and that warriors should immediately go to the ne ...

{{Authority control Welsh-language encyclopedias Wikipedias by language Internet properties established in 2003 Welsh-language mass media

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