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The Korean Wikipedia is the Korean language
edition of the Wikipedia. It was founded in October 2002 and
reached ten thousand articles on 4 June 2005.[1]
As of 26 August 2009, it has over 110,000 articles and is the 24th
largest Wikipedia.[2]
History
The Korean Wikipedia used an older version of MediaWiki. The software had
problems representing Hangul,
which limited usage. In August 2002, the software was upgraded and
started to support non-English scripts like hangul. However, Internet Explorer continued to have
an encoding problem, which kept contributions to the encyclopedia
low. Nevertheless, from October 2002 to July 2003, the number of articles increased
from 13 to 159, and in August 2003 it reached 348. Finally, in September 2003
the hangul problem was solved.
Hangul and
Hanja
The Korean Wikipedia is written almost entirely in hangul. Hanja is only used in order to
clarify certain phrases, and is usually parenthesized. There is a
group, named Dajimo, that is
actively working to introduce a mixed script system to the Korean
Wikipedia. Further details are available here.
Dialects
There are two major standards in the Korean language, one is the
South Korea standard, and other one is the North Korea standard.
North Koreans are underrepresented on the Korean Wikipedia, due to
restrictions on internet usage in that country. Therefore, most
users of the Korean Wikipedia are South Koreans and most articles
are written in the South Korean style. The official name of the
Wikipedia is "Hangugeo Wiki-baekgwa" '한국어 위키백과.' "Hangugeo" is the
name for the Korean language in South Korea.
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