The Wolof Wikipedia is the edition of
Wikipedia
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in the
Wolof language
Wolof (; Wolofal: ) is a language of Senegal, Mauritania, and the Gambia, and the native language of the Wolof people. Like the neighbouring languages Serer language, Serer and Fula language, Fula, it belongs to the Senegambian languages, Senegam ...
. It currently has articles.
The Wikipedia was started in the beginning of 2005, along with the
Bambara Wikipedia and the
Fula Wikipedia.
Kasper Souren, a Dutchman who worked with
Geekcorps
Geekcorps is a non-profit organization that sends people with technical skills to developing countries to assist in computer infrastructure development.
The non-profit was created in 2000 by Ethan Zuckerman and Elisa Korentayer in North Adams, ...
, wrote in a report to an open source conference that until 2006 "not much happened" on the Wolof Wikipedia.
[ Lih, Andrew. '' The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia''. Hyperion, ]New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
. 2009. First Edition. (alkaline paper). p. 158. Up until that year, many small articles with very little content were posted.
In April 2007 Ibrahima Fall (username Ibou), a
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠...
ese student living in
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, began adding substantial content to the Wolof Wikipedia.
[ It had 500 articles in November 2007, 543 articles in June 2008, and 1028 articles in August 2015.]
References
External links
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Wolof WikipediaMobile
Ibrahima Fall (Ibou) speaking about the Wolof Wikipedia (and more) on Senegalese TV. In Wolof.
"Wolof reaches 1000 Wikipedia articles", Neverness (blog), 30 May 2010
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