Scottish_Gaelic_Wikipedia

Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia

Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia

Scottish Gaelic version of Wikipedia

The Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia (Scottish Gaelic: Uicipeid, [ˈuçkʲɪpetʲ]) is Scottish Gaelic version of Wikipedia. As of 27 April 2024, it contains 15,957 articles and has 28,484 editors.[1]

"Gaelic Wikipedia" redirects here. For Irish-language Wikipedia, see Irish Wikipedia. For Manx-language Wikipedia, see Manx Wikipedia.
Not to be confused with Scots Wikipedia.
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History

The encyclopedia was founded in 2004.[2][3] In 2017, Susan Ross was hired by the National Library of Scotland (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 digitization 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][3][5] Working with community groups, she created help pages and worked to attract more editors.[2][5] The grant was sponsored by Wikimedia UK and Bòrd na Gàidhlig.[3]

At one point, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig offered a module teaching students how to edit Uicipeid.[6]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "List of Wikipedias". Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. [2]
    "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.
  3. [3]
    "NLS appoints world's first Gaelic Wikipedian". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Skotske bibleteek sil Gaelictalige Wikipedia útwreidzje". It Nijs (in Western Frisian). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  5. [5]
    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. [6]
    "An Uicipeid - Wikipedia na Gàidhlig". Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
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