Type of site Internet encyclopedia Headquarters Miami, Florida Website gom.wikipedia.org | Available in Konkani Owner Wikimedia Foundation | |
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Konkani Wikipedia is Konkani language edition of Wikipedia, run by Wikimedia Foundation. It was started in July 2015. Currently there are 3,256 content articles in the project. The total number of edits on this wikipedia is 153,386.
History
Konkani Wikipedia went live in July 2015. Earlier in September 2013, 4 volumes of Konkani vishwakosh (encyclopedia) were relicensed under Creative Commons Licenses. Information from these volumes of encyclopedias were used to write articles on Konkani Wikipedia. In the same year a Wikipedia-related workshop was organized at Goa University. In April 2014, two introductory sessions on editing Wikipedia were conducted at Roshni Nilaya School of Social Work in Goa.
In July 2015 the Wikipedia went live. Before that it was in Wikimedia incubation for 9 years. At the time of the official inauguration the Wikipedia contained 2500 articles. The project was supported by Goa University and Nirmala Institute of Education. Madhavi Sardesai, a professor of Goa University, played an important role to launch the project. Prakash Parienkar, head of department of Konkani department of Goa University told at that time:
We will assign projects to our students and writers too, to write articles on different subjects related to Goa and upload them on the Wikipedia. This will include information on local food, its culture, tradition, tourist spots and much more.
In January 2016, a one-day edit-a-thon was organized at Krishnadas Shama Central Library, Goa. Rahmanuddin Shaik, a Center for Internet and Society representative trained the participants about Wikipedia editing and policies. Almost 100 articles were created during this one-day event.