User:MJL/Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia

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Internet encyclopedia project
Available inScottish Gaelic
HeadquartersMiami, Florida
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URLhttp://gd.wikipedia.org/
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The Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia (Scottish Gaelic: Uicipeid, [ˈuçkʲɪpetʲ]) is the Scottish Gaelic language version of Wikipedia. As of 7 December 2018, it contains 14,800 articles[1] and has 36 active editors.[2]

History[change | change source]

The encyclopedia was started in 2004.[3] In 2017, Susan Ross was hired by the National Library of Scotland [en] (NLS) to develop and promote the encyclopedia, a part time position that lasted 12 months. The NLS intended to augment its Gaelic resources following a digitisation drive that put Gaelic-language materials on the Internet. Ross is a second-language speaker of Gaelic who learned the language as a teenager and completed a doctorate in Gaelic studies. She has been editing Uicipeid since 2010.[4][5] Working with community groups, she created help pages and worked to attract more editors.[6][5] The grant was sponsored by Wikimedia UK and Bòrd na Gàidhlig.

At one point, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig offered a module teaching students how to edit Uicipeid.[7]

See also[change | change source]

Sources[change | change source]

  1. "Statistics". Uicipeid. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. "Active users". Uicipeid. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  3. "NLS appoints world's first Gaelic Wikipedian". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  4. "Skotske bibleteek sil Gaelictalige Wikipedia útwreidzje". It Nijs (in Western Frisian). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Hannan, Martin (11 October 2016). "Gaelic Wikipedia website Uicipeid to undergo major development as part of link-up". The National. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  6. "Library appoints the world's first Gaelic Wikipedian – National Library of Scotland". National Library of Scotland. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  7. "An Uicipeid – Wikipedia na Gàidhlig". Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

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