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The Dutch Wikipedia (Dutch: Nederlandse Wikipedia) is the Dutch language
edition of Wikipedia.
Started on 19 June 2001, this edition reached 100,000 articles on
14 October 2005. It shortly surpassed the Polish
Wikipedia as the sixth largest edition of Wikipedia, but then
it fell back to the eighth position. On 24 January 2006, the
125,000th article was added. On 1 March 2006 it overtook the Swedish and
Italian
editions in one day to rise back to the sixth position. On 19 March
2006 the 150,000th article was added and the 200,000th article was
added on 24 May 2006. The project reached 300,000 articles on 28
May 2007. As of 10 January 2008, the Dutch Wikipedia contained over
400,000 articles. The milestone of 500,000 article was reached on
November 30 of the same year.[1] From
the start of the Dutch Wikipedia the number of newly added articles
a day gradually increased. In March 2006 it made a rapid growth to
peak at an average of 1000 in early May 2006. After this number was
reached the growth dropped to an average of only about 250,
comparable to the averages around December 2005.
The Dutch language Wikipedia has the largest ratio of Wikipedia
pages per native speaker from all of the top 10 largest Wikipedia
editions.
In a 2006 Multiscope research study, the Dutch
Wikipedia was rated the third best Dutch language site, after Google and Gmail, with a score of 8.1.[2]
Statistics
Date
DD-MM-YYY |
Number of articles |
art. per day |
| 19-06-2001 |
1 |
1 |
| 03-08-2003 |
10,000 |
13 |
| 07-02-2004 |
20,000 |
53 |
| 27-06-2004 |
30,000 |
71 |
| 08-11-2004 |
40,000 |
75 |
| 27-01-2005 |
50,000 |
125 |
| 23-03-2005 |
60,000 |
182 |
| 16-05-2005 |
70,000 |
185 |
| 17-07-2005 |
80,000 |
161 |
| 07-09-2005 |
90,000 |
192 |
| 14-10-2005 |
100,000 |
270 |
| 30-11-2005 |
110,000 |
213 |
| 05-01-2006 |
120,000 |
278 |
| 06-02-2006 |
130,000 |
313 |
| 01-03-2006 |
140,000 |
435 |
| 18-03-2006 |
150,000 |
588 |
| 02-04-2006 |
160,000 |
667 |
| 13-04-2006 |
170,000 |
909 |
| 28-04-2006 |
180,000 |
667 |
| 08-05-2006 |
190,000 |
1000 |
| 24-05-2006 |
200,000 |
625 |
| 04-07-2006 |
210,000 |
244 |
| 16-08-2006 |
220,000 |
233 |
| 28-09-2006 |
230,000 |
233 |
| 16-11-2006 |
240,000 |
204 |
| 26-12-2006 |
250,000 |
250 |
| 01-01-2007 |
260,000 |
1667 |
| 05-02-2007 |
270,000 |
286 |
| 04-03-2007 |
280,000 |
370 |
| 18-04-2007 |
290,000 |
222 |
| 28-05-2007 |
300,000 |
250 |
| 20-06-2007 |
310,000 |
434 |
| 22-07-2007 |
320,000 |
313 |
| 27-08-2007 |
330,000 |
278 |
| 10-09-2007 |
340,000 |
714 |
| 15-09-2007 |
350,000 |
2000 |
| 25-09-2007 |
360,000 |
1000 |
| 11-10-2007 |
370,000 |
625 |
| 17-11-2007 |
380,000 |
270 |
| 25-12-2007 |
390,000 |
263 |
| 17-01-2008 |
400,000 |
435 |
| 18-02-2008 |
410,000 |
323 |
| 30-11-2008 |
500,000 |
315 |
| 30-07-2009 |
550,000 |
205 |
Bibliography
- Smits, Ap de Personal Computer Magazine nr. 4 April 2008
Dat zoeken we op! Wikipedia vs. de Britannica en Encarta
(Dutch language)
References
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