Burmese Wikipedia
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| Web address | my.wikipedia.org |
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| Slogan | အခမဲ့လွတ်လပ်စွယ်စုံကျမ်း |
| Commercial? | No |
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Type of site
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Internet encyclopedia project |
| Registration | Optional |
| Available in | Burmese |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Created by | Burmese Wikipedia community |
| Launched | July 2004 |
The Burmese Wikipedia (Burmese: မြန်မာဝီကီပီးဒီးယား pronounced: [mjəmà wɪkɨˈpiːdiə]) is the Burmese language edition of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. This edition was started in July 2004, and has about 33,000 articles as of March 2025.
As of March 2025, there are 37,000 users, 5 admins and 3,880 files on the Myanmar Wikipedia[1] ranking 85th by article count.
Contents
History
Timeline
- 2004: Burmese Wikipedia launched.
- 2005: Some of Burmese Wikipedians joined and started writing .
- 2008: Content grows drastically.
- 2010: First Burmese Wikipedia workshop held at Bangkok, Thailand with people from Wikimedia Foundation, local and international Unicode experts and Burmese Wikipedians.
- 2012: Burmese Wikipedia was Introduced at Barcamp Yangon.
Events and promotions
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| Articles | 32768 | ||
| Files | 3880 | ||
| Edits | 321648 | ||
| Users | 36595 | ||
| Active users | 80 | ||
| Admins | 5 | ||
Myanmar Computer Professionals Association had launched Wikipedia Myanmar project with the aim of expanding Wikipedia in 2010.[2]
Burmese Wikipedia community had held their first joint workshop in Yangon, Burma (Myanmar) with the help of Telenor Myanmar in June 2014 to recruite new volunteers.[3] The Burmese Wikipedia Forum was held at Dagon University in July 2014 attracting over 2,000 people, including students.[4]
Challenges
The majority of Burmese internet users use the non-Unicode Zawgyi font so they have difficulty viewing Burmese Wikipedia.[2][4][5]
References
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- (Burmese) Burmese Wikipedia
- (Burmese) Burmese Wikipedia mobile version
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မြန်မာဘာသာ edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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