Latin Wikipedia
- Latin Wikipedia
Infobox website
name = Latin Wikipedia
caption =
url = http://la.wikipedia.org/
commercial = No
location =Miami, Florida
type =Internet encyclopedia project
language = Latin
registration = Optional
owner =Wikimedia Foundation
author =Jimmy Wales The Latin Wikipedia (Latin : "Vicipaedia Latina") is theLatin language edition ofWikipedia . As of May 2008, the Latin Wikipedia has over 20,000article s. While all primary content is in Latin, indiscussion s modern languages such as English, German, Spanish or French are allowed and often used, since many users ("usores") find this easier.Although the
logo reads "VICIPÆDIA", Vicipaedia, in accordance with modern practice, does not use the ligatures, "Æ ", "æ", "Œ " and "œ": they were adopted by the Romans for decorative purposes and to save space.Professional Latin
scholar s are generally impressed with thequality of the Latin used in theencyclopedia . While some articles by beginningstudent s containerror s, "the articles that are good are in fact very good," according toRobert Gurval ,chairman of theUCLA classics department.cite news |first= Lee|last= Gomes|author= Lee Gomes|title= Veni, Vidi, Wiki: Latin Isn't Dead On 'Vicipaedia'|url= http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119103413731143589.html|publisher=Wall Street Journal |date= September 29, 2007|accessdate= 2007-09-29|language= English|quote= ]The Latin Wikipedia began dominated by
topic s from classical history, but beginning in 2006 a group of newcontributor s greatly expanded thecoverage of 20th century topics, such aspop culture andtechnology . In order to deal withconcept s that did not exist inclassical Latin times, newvocabulary is coined, and sometimesdebate s break out concerning properneologism s.References
External links
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