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| URL | http://www.wikiquote.org/ |
| Commercial? | No |
| Type of site | Quotation repository |
| Registration | Optional |
| Available language(s) | Multilingual |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Created by | Jimmy Wales and the Wikimedia Community |
| Alexa rank | 2,901[1] |
| Current status | active |
Wikiquote is one of a family of wiki-based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation, running on MediaWiki software. Based on an idea by Daniel Alston and implemented by Brion Vibber, the goal of the project is to produce collaboratively a vast reference of quotations from prominent people, books, films and proverbs, and to give details about them. Though there are many online collections of quotations, Wikiquote is distinguished by being among the few that provide an opportunity for visitors to contribute.[2] Wikiquote pages are cross-linked to articles about the notable personalities on Wikipedia.[3]
Initially, the project was created solely in English. However, in July 2004, additional languages were added.
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Temporarily put on the Wolof language Wikipedia (wo.wikipedia.com). |
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Own subdomain created (quote.wikipedia.org). |
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Own domain created (wikiquote.org). |
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New languages added. |
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English edition reaches 2,000 pages. |
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Reaches 24 languages. |
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Reaches 10,000 pages in total. English edition has close to 3,000 pages. |
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Reaches 34 languages, including one classical (Latin) and one artificial (Esperanto) |
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English Wikiquote reaches 5,000 pages. |
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French Wikiquote taken down for legal reasons. |
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French Wikiquote restarted. |
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English Wikiquote reaches 10,000 pages. |
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Reaches 40 languages. |
Multilingual cooperation
In July 2004, about 70 subdomains were set up. As of January 1, 2010, twenty one versions each have more than 1,000 articles. The largest Wikiquote is the English project with over 17,500 articles, followed by Italian, Polish, German, and Portuguese with over 5,000 articles each, and by Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Slovenian and Turkish with over 2,000 articles each. The French project, which was restarted in December 2006, has 1,899. Fifty-one language versions have 100 or more articles.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Alexa rank
- ^ Gemma DeVinney (18 January 2007 (v38 n19)). "Wikiquote: Another source for quotes on the Web". Electronic Highways (University of Buffalo Reporter). http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/archives/vol38/vol38n19/columns/eh.html. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
- ^ Hafsa Ahsan (27 January 2007). "It's all about Wikis". DAWN. http://www.dawn.com/weekly/science/archive/070127/science15.htm.
- ^ "Wikiquote Statistics". Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikiquotes#Statistics. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
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Quotes
Up to date as of January 14, 2010From Wikiquote
Quotations are at once mundane and sublime. Whatever the philosophical stance of those who say them, and from whatever country, race, or religion they come; whether they be serious or whimsical; whether the authors are famous or infamous, controversial or celebrated: viewed in the right light quotations are sparkling gems of wisdom in a handful of well-chosen words.
They can inspire us to seek to understand the people that uttered them, to consider the course of our own lives, to laugh, or merely to admire their mastery of language. However we use them, they will exist forever as a summary of the collective insights of society, communal knowledge passed on from one generation to the next.
What is Wikiquote?
Wikiquote aims to be an accurate and comprehensive collection of notable quotations.
- Accurate: Wikiquote aims for accuracy. Where possible, we try to cite sources: preferably those in which the quotation first appears, otherwise notable attribution of the quotations. We try to find those quotes which are misattributed, clearly label them and research how the misattribution came about.
- Comprehensive: Wikiquote aims to have quotes from many different people, literary works, films, memorials, epitaphs and so on.
- Notable: We limit ourselves to quotations which are notable. A quotation can be notable either because it has achieved fame by itself, but more usually because it was said by someone notable, or appeared in a notable work.
- Quotations: Wikiquote is a collection of quotations. While, for completeness, articles should have a short introduction of the topic or source, the primary goal is to include quotations.
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Study guide
Up to date as of January 14, 2010From Wikiversity
What is Wikiquote?
Wikiquote is a sister project of Wikipedia, using the same MediaWiki software. It is one of a family of wiki-based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation. Based on an idea by Daniel Alston and implemented by Brion Vibber, the goal of the project is to produce collaboratively a vast reference of quotations from prominent people, books and proverbs, and to give details about them.
Initially the project was created in English, but in July 2004, more languages were added.
Projects for collaboration between Wikiversity and Wikiquote
{{QOTD}} - "The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled." -Plutarch (discuss)
See also
- Wikiversity:Service community
Wiktionary
Up to date as of January 14, 2010Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary
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Proper noun
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- (Wiktionary and
WMF
jargon) A wiki website that is part of the Wikimedia project and
contains a collection of quotations.
- 2004, David Dyer-Bennet, in
rec.arts.sf.fandom [1]
- Google isn't finding it, and it's not in Wikiquote.
- 2006, Jerry Story, in
humanities.philosophy.objectivism [2]
- Bill Gates was also misquoted as saying that Windows has no bugs. What he actually said according to WikiQuote is...
- 2007, TomP, in alt.atheism [3]
- Cite your sources. Real sources. Jefferson never posted anything on wikiquote.
- 2004, David Dyer-Bennet, in
rec.arts.sf.fandom [1]
