Indonesian Wikipedia
Screenshot Internet encyclopedia project | |
Available in | Indonesian |
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Headquarters | Miami, Florida, U.S. Jakarta, Indonesia |
Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
URL | id |
Commercial | No |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | 30 May 2003 |
The Indonesian Wikipedia (Indonesian: Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia, WBI for short) is the edition of Wikipedia in the Indonesian language. The Indonesian Wikipedia is the fifth-fastest-growing Wikipedia in an Asian language after the Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Turkish language Wikipedias. It ranks 25th in terms of depth among Wikipedias. Its first article was written on 30 May 2003,[1][2] yet its Main Page was created six months later on 29 November 2003.[3]
There are 691,215 articles in the Indonesian Wikipedia. In April 2016, there were 462 editors who made at least five edits in that month.
Background
Although the Indonesian language is similar to the
Indonesian is a normative form of the Malay language, an Austronesian (or Malayo-Polynesian) language which had been used as a
Contributors
In 2004, Tempo magazine published a feature about the Indonesian Wikipedia, in which Revo Soekatno, one of its best known contributors, described it as the "Encyclopedia from the boarding houses", meaning an encyclopedia that was produced by Indonesians living and studying overseas. The article contributed to the popularization of Wikipedia in the archipelago and since then, the Indonesian Wikipedia has seen its number of users rise remarkably.[8][9]
In 2006, following
In February 2009, the Indonesian Wikipedia achieved the milestone of 100,000 articles. One of the contributors mentioned in the article was the user borgx, who made 80,000 edits starting in 2005. That year, the Indonesian Wikipedia had only fifty active contributors.[13][14]
Workshop and seminars
In March 2007,
In November 2007, the
The first day of the workshop was attended by 40 people, although the number of computers provided for hands-on practice was considerably less than the number of participants.[18]
The following year, at the 2008 Indonesian ICT Awards, the Indonesian Wikipedia community held separate workshop sessions for the public and for organizations.[19]
Partnership with Google
On 4 December 2018, Google announced a partnership with Wikipedia in order to translate relevant Wikipedia's articles from English to Bahasa Indonesia language through the AI-powered Google Neural Machine Translation.[20]
Indonesian Wikipedia DVD
In August 2008, the Indonesian version of
However, a DVD version of the Indonesian Wikipedia with photos was already in existence since April 2008 and could be purchased online from an independent vendor for 20 thousand rupiah, around US$2.[22]
Controversies
Mass killings and communist party
On 3 June 2020, #BoikotWikipedia (#BoycottWikipedia) became trending on Twitter
The Crescent Star Party's leader urged Wikipedia to remove that edit forever, also claiming that PKI is the writer. An expert on communism called the article "brainwashing." The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle states that it is a "reflection of the country's war on history."
The Wikimedia Foundation of Indonesia states that they are "neutral and unpaid for any articles made in its site." It also acknowledged that many of the texts were mainly translated from English Wikipedia.[26]
Milestones
- 1,000 articles: 16 March 2004
- 10,000 articles: 31 May 2005
- 50,000 articles: 1 February 2007
- 100,000 articles: 21 February 2009
- 180,000 articles: 26 December 2011
- 200,000 articles: 27 March 2012
- 300,000 articles: Oct 2013
- 400,000 articles: 27 April 2017
- 500,000 articles: 15 August 2019[27]
- 600,000 articles: 18 October 2021
Related Wikipedias
These are Wikipedias written in local Indonesian languages.
- Acehnese Wikipedia (ace:)
- Balinese Wikipedia (ban:)
- Banjarese Wikipedia (bjn:)
- Banyumasan Wikipedia (map-bms:)
- Buginese Wikipedia (bug:)
- Batak Toba Wikipedia (bbc:)
- Javanese Wikipedia (jv:)
- Madurese Wikipedia (mad:)
- Malay Wikipedia (ms:)
- Minangkabau Wikipedia (min:)
- Nias Wikipedia (nia:)
- Sundanese Wikipedia (su:)
- Gorontalo Wikipedia (gor:)
See also
- Indonesian Wikipedia: Announcements - extensive, more complete table of data on the growing number of articles in Indonesian Wikipedia. (in Indonesian)
- Indonesian Wikipedia: Statistics - various statistics reflecting the growth of Indonesian Wikipedia. (in Indonesian)
- Proposed merger of Indonesian Wikipedia and Malay Wikipedia (in Indonesian)
- ms:Wikipedia:Proposal to unify - usulan penggabungan di Wikipedia bahasa Melayu. (in Indonesian)
- Revo Arka Giri Soekatno, the first contributor to Indonesian Wikipedia
References
- ISBN 978-1-4013-0371-6(alkaline paper).
Notes
- ^ (in Indonesian) Electron History Page in Bahasa Indonesia
- ^ (in Indonesian) Tokoh Indonesia: Revo AGS: Indonesian Wikipedia Contributor Archived 10 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Indonesian) Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia Main Page history
- ^ a b Lih, p. 136.
- ^ "Malay Wikipedia History".
- ^ "Axis translations: Indonesian language". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
- ^ Ethnologue report for Netherlands
- ^ (in Indonesian) Tempo Interactive (2004): Encyclopedia from boarding house Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Indonesian) Tempo Interactive (2004): Encyclopedia from the boarding houses Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ TIME: Time's Person of the Year: You
- ^ Sodikin, Amir (26 December 2006). "Revo, Perintis Wikipedia Indonesia". Kompas (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
- ^ (in Indonesian) SWA Magazine: Activist who built community portal Archived 2009-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Indonesian) Antara: Indonesian Wikipedia Now 100 Thousand Articles Archived 2009-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Indonesian) Kompas.com: Indonesian Wikipedia Reach 100 Thousand Articles Archived 2009-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Indonesian) Surabaya Design Forum: Invitation to attend Wikipedia Seminar held by Expmo production Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Indonesian) Information Technology Faculty Information for Seminar and Workshop Archived 2009-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Indonesian) Invitation for Workshop Archived 2009-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Indonesian) Antara: Indonesian Wikipedia the Third Largest in Asia Archived 2008-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Indonesian) INAICTA official page: National Rise Though Digital Creativity - Invitation for organizations to write in the Wikipedia Archived 2008-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
- TechInAsia.com. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ (in Indonesian) Content page for Chip August 08 Edition Archived 2012-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Indonesian) Wikipedia Indonesia DVD sold by Toko Baliwae
- ^ Indonesia, C. N. N. "Buramkan Sejarah soal PKI, Boikot Wikipedia Menggema". teknologi (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ Syambudi, Mohammad Bernie & Irwan. "Bahaya Politisasi Sejarah PKI ala Tengku Zulkarnain di Wikipedia". tirto.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "HEBOH Artikel PKI di Wikipedia jadi Sorotan, Tengku Zulkarnain Minta Jokowi dan Idham Azis Bertindak". Tribun Kaltim (in Indonesian). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Wikipedia dan Topik Kontroversial: Netralitas dalam Urun Daya Pengetahuan di Wikipedia". Wikimedia Indonesia (in Indonesian). 5 June 2020. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Apakah tidak ada yang mau mengucapkan:"Selamat untuk Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia karena telah mencapai artikel ke-500.000!" kepada wikimin beserta seluruh kontributor Wikipedia? Hmph. pic.twitter.com/2wgeuRM5AR" (in Indonesian). Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
External links
- Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia on Facebook
- Putra, Budi (31 August 2006). "Fast growing of Indonesian Wikipedia". CNET Asia.