Korean Wikipedia

Korean Wikipedia

Infobox website
name = Korean Wikipedia


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"Wikipedia - the encyclopedia that belongs to us all."
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url = http://ko.wikipedia.org/
commercial = No
location = Miami, Florida
type = Internet encyclopedia project
language = Korean
registration = Optional
owner = Wikimedia Foundation
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The Korean Wikipedia ( _ko. 한국어 위키백과, 韓國語위키百科 "Hangukeo Wiki-baekgwa") is the Korean language edition of the Wikipedia. It was founded in October 2002 and reached ten thousand articles on 4 June 2005.Cite web|url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_News&oldid=139035|title=Meta Milestones Page|accessdate=2007-09-06|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation Inc.|year=2005|format=Web|language=English] As of 3 October 2008, it has over 75,389 articles and is the 28th largest Wikipedia.Cite web|url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Wikipedias&oldid=846879|title=List of Wikipedias|accessdate=2007-09-06|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation Inc.|year=2008|format=Web|language=English]

History

The Korean Wikipedia used an older version of MediaWiki. The software had problems representing Hangul, which limited usage. In August 2002, the software was upgraded and started to support non-English scripts like hangul. However, Internet Explorer continued to have an encoding problem, which kept contributions to the encyclopedia low. Nevertheless, from October 2002 to July 2003, the number of articles increased from 13 to 159, and in August 2003 it reached 348. Finally, in September 2003 the hangul problem was solved.

Hangul and Hanja

The Korean Wikipedia is written almost entirely in hangul. Hanja is only used in order to clarify certain phrases, and is usually parenthesized. There is a group, named Dajimo, that is actively working to introduce a mixed script system to the Korean Wikipedia. Further details are available .

Dialects

There are two major standards in the Korean language, one is the South Korea standard, and other one is the North Korea standard. North Koreans are underrepresented on the Korean Wikipedia, due to restrictions on internet usage in that country. Therefore, most users of the Korean Wikipedia are South Koreans and most articles are written in the South Korean style. The official name of the Wikipedia is "Hangugeo Wiki-baekgwa" '한국어 위키백과.' "Hangugeo" is the name for the Korean language in South Korea.

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