Persian Wikipedia
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Persian Wikipedia | |
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URL | http://fa.wikipedia.org/ |
Commercial? | No |
Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
Registration | Optional |
Available language(s) | Persian |
Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
The Persian Wikipedia (Persian: ویکیپدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد, Vikipedia, Daneshname-ye Azad meaning Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia) is the Persian language version of Wikipedia. The Persian version of Wikipedia started in January 2004. It passed 1,000 articles on December 16, 2004 (26 Adhar 1383 Hsh) and the 10,000 article milestone was reached on February 18, 2006. As of March 2, 2008, it has about 32,400 articles.
The Persian Wikipedia was started by the efforts made by Roozbeh Pournader and other contributors.[1]