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'''Wikiquote''' is a multilingual online open-content compendium of quotations. All content but copyrighted quotations is released under the [[Special:MyLanguage/GNU Free Documentation License|GFDL]] and [[w:CC-BY-SA|CC-BY-SA]] in the [[wmf:Terms of Use|same manner]] as other [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] projects.
== The beginning ==
It began with an anonymous post on [[Special:MyLanguage/Meta:About|Meta]] on June 27, 2003.
''a proposed idea: Wikiqoutionary an Enyclopedia of Quotes. The temp page can be found here: [//wo.wikipedia.com/wiki.cgi?HomePage] - fonzy''.
It started as <nowiki>quote.wikipedia.org</nowiki> on July 10, 2003 and later got its own domain, '''[[Wikiquote:|wikiquote.org]]''' on August 25, 2003.
== Development ==
[[Wikiquote:|Wikiquote]] had quotations with over 2,500 articles in six languages in June 2004, one year after its first proposal under the domain ''wikiquote.org''. Some language-speakers other than English requested their own subdomain and on July 17, they were created, starting Wikiquotes in languages like German, French, Italian and Polish.
The Wikiquote project is expanding slowly but steadily. At the end of September there were about 15 Wikiquotes, both large and small. On December 1, there were 24 Wikiquote projects. There were almost 6,500 articles in total in December 2004. At the end of May 2005 the total number of articles reached 14,000. It included nearly 30,000 articles in over 30 languages in February 2006, over 60,000 articles in 87 languages in May 2007 and over 80,000 articles in 89 languages in June 2008.
Since the last update of June 2008, the number of languages has remained stable, while the number of articles has doubled. As of 10 May 2014, about eleven years after its creation, the Wikiquote project now includes over 168,000 articles in 89 languages. Twenty-eight language versions have more than 1,000 articles. Fifty-six language versions have 100 or more articles.
The largest Wikiquotes are Polish and English, with over 23,000 articles each. The next largest are Italian and Russian with over 10,000 articles, followed by German, Portuguese, French, Spanish and Czech; all of which have over 5,000 articles.
== Challenge ==
Sometimes the Wikiquote project faces troubles and challenges. One of the most remarkable challenges was copyright issues on the French Wikiquote. To avoid problems, on March 2006 the Foundation decided to [[Wikiquote FR/Closure of French Wikiquote|take it down]], erase all its material and relaunch it. For details, see [//lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-March/019857.html the announcement from the Foundation].
However, devoted editors rescued the situation. They settled their charter and polices, and [[q:fr:Accueil|French Wikiquote]] was relaunched on December 4, 2006.
== Statistics ==
See [[Wikimedia in figures - Wikiquote|Wikimedia in figures - Wikiquote]] and [//stats.wikimedia.org/wikiquote/EN/Sitemap.htm this page] for complete statistics.
Table transcluded from [[Wikiquote/Table|Wikiquote/Table]].
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== Milestones ==
Recommended article-count milestones are 100, 500, 1k, 2k, 5k increments to 50k, 10k increments to 100k, 25k increments to 250k, 50k increments to 500k, and 100k increments to 1000k.
Reporting to [[Wikimedia News|Wikimedia News]] is also recommended.
Past milestones can be found in the [[Wikiquote/Archive|archives]].
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==== 2015 ====
*October 1, 2015
** 2,000 articles – [[q:ca:Portada|Catalan Wikiquote]] with [[q:ca:Rellotge|Rellotge]]
*February 13, 2015
** 20,000 articles – [[q:it:Pagina principale|Italian Wikiquote]] with [[q:it:Ai confini della realtà (serie televisiva 1959) (seconda stagione)|Ai confini della realtà (serie televisiva 1959) (seconda stagione)]] by [[q:it:User:SunOfErat|SunOfErat]]
*February 2, 2015
** 1,000 articles – [[q:hy:Գլխավոր էջ|Armenian Wikiquote]] with [[q:hy:Ակսել Բակունց|Ակսել Բակունց]] (Aksel Bakunts) by [[q:hy:User:Voskanyan|Voskanyan]]
==== 2013 ====
*May 28, 2013
** 1,000 articles – [[q:ca:Portada|Catalan Wikiquote]] with [[q:ca:Biblioteca|Biblioteca]]
*February 4, 2013
** 2,000 articles – [[q:uk:Головна сторінка|Ukrainian Wikiquote]] with [[q:uk:Огненне коло|Огненне коло]]
==== 2012 ====
*August 14, 2012
** 15,000 articles – [[q:it:Pagina principale|Italian Wikiquote]] with [[q:it:Pierre-Charles Roy|Pierre-Charles Roy]]
*July 6, 2012
** 1,000 articles – [[q:li:Veurblaad|Limburgish Wikiquote]] with [[q:li:Aesóp|Aesóp]]
==== 2010 ====
*November 14, 2010
** 1,000 articles – [[q:sv:Huvudsida|Swedish Wikiquote]] with [[q:sv:William Ewart Gladstone|William Ewart Gladstone]]
*October 19, 2010
** 500 articles – [[q:li:Veurblaad|Limburgish Wikiquote]] with [[q:li:Walter Nita|Walter Nita]]
*May? 2010
** 10,000 articles – [[q:pl:Strona główna|Polish Wikiquote]]
*March 21, 2010
** 10,000 articles – [[q:it:Pagina principale|Italian Wikiquote]] with [[q:it:Fazio degli Uberti|Fazio degli Uberti]]
*February 26, 2010
** 2,000 articles – [[q:fr:Accueil|French Wikiquote]] with [[q:fr:Wajdi Mouawad|Wajdi Mouawad]]
** 4,000 articles – [[q:es:Portada|Spanish Wikiquote]]
*February, 2010
** Wikiquote has over 100,000 articles in total. Not known when the milestone has reached.
==== 2009 ====
*October - Novermber 2009
** 1,000 articles – [[q:uk:Головна стаття|Ukrainian Wikiquote]]
*October 8, 2009
**[[w:als:Spruch:Houptsyte|Alemannic Wikiquote]] reached 500 quotes, collected on 3 pages
::<small>An Alemannic Wikiquote has been created as separate namespace within Alemannic Wikipedia: [[w:als:Spruch:Houptsyte|Alemannischi Spruchsammlig (Wikiquote)]].</small>
*September 10, 2009
** 500 articles – [[q:hy:Գլխավոր Էջ|Armenian Wikiquote]] with [[q:hy:Սպանված Աղավնի (ֆիլմ)|Սպանված Աղավնի (ֆիլմ)]] (Killed Dove (film)) by [[q:hy:User:Chaojoker|Chaojoker]]
*August - September, 2009
** 1,000 articles – [[q:fa:صفحهٔ اصلی|Persian Wikiquote]]
*August 20, 2009
** 1,000 articles – [[q:el:Κύρια Σελίδα|Βικιφθέγματα]] (Greek Wikiquote)
== New Wikiquote ==
If you want to launch a Wikiquote project in your favorite language, you can request it, filling some requirements. See [[Requests for new languages|Requests for new languages]] for further information.
== Project-wide communications ==
Most of language projects of Wikiquote have its discussion place on their wikis. If it is hard for you to find it, try talk:Main Page on each wiki.
The global Wikiquote community utilizes some communication channels.
*[[Talk:Wikiquote|Talk:Wikiquote]]
*[irc://irc.freenode.org/#wikiquote #wikiquote] IRC channel
*[//lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiquote-l wikiquote-l mailing list]
== Related pages ==
=== Wikiquote coordination ===
*[[Meta:Index/Requests and proposals#Wikiquote|Wikiquote Requests and proposals]]
*[[Administrators of Wikimedia projects/Wikiquotes|Administrators of Wikiquotes]]
*[[www|WWW]] (International Portal settings)
*[[q:it:Utente:Italoautoma/without interwiki|Statistics of articles without interwiki]]
*[[commons:Wikiquote#Milestones logo suggestions|Milestones logo suggestions]] (on Wikimedia Commons)
=== History ===
*[[Wikiquote FR|Wikiquote FR]]
*[[Closure of French Wikiquote|Closure of French Wikiquote]]
=== Essays ===
*[[Neutral point of view on Wikiquote|Neutral point of view on Wikiquote]]
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