Welsh Wikipedia

Welsh Wikipedia
Type of site
Internet encyclopedia project
Available inWelsh
HeadquartersMiami, Florida
OwnerWikimedia Foundation
URLcy.wikipedia.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional

The Welsh Wikipedia (Welsh: Wicipedia Cymraeg or just Wicipedia) is the Welsh-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition started in July 2003. As of January 2025, it has more than 280,000 articles.[1] Wikipedia is one of the few number of multilingual websites where Welsh has a significant presence.[2] In the view of the Welsh government, the Welsh Wikipedia "helps to increase social capital and encourages more writing in Welsh".[3] Welsh Wikipedia provides a rich source of information which translation tools like Google Translate are trained on; Gareth Morlais suggests that the Welsh Wikipedia's growth has contributed to the improved machine translation.[4]

References

  1. "List of Wikipedias - Meta". meta.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  2. Prys, Delyth; Watkins, Gareth; Ghazzali, Stefano (2022). European Language Equality: Report on the Welsh Language (PDF) (Report). p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-09-12. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  3. Welsh language technology action Plan Final Report (2018-2024) (PDF) (Report). Welsh Government. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  4. Harrison, Stephen (2019-08-07). "Welsh Wikipedia Gives Me Hope". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2025-02-01.

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