The Persian Wikipedia (Persian: ویکیپدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد, Vikipedia, Daneshname-ye Azad meaning Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia) is the Persian language version of Wikipedia. The Persian version of Wikipedia started in December 2003. It passed 1,000 articles on December 16, 2004 (26 Azar 1383 Hsh) and the 10,000 article milestone was reached on February 18, 2006. As of January 23, 2010, it has about 88,570 articles.
The Persian Wikipedia was started by the efforts made by Roozbeh Pournader and other contributors.
References
^Tabesh, Sina (2004-05-14). "ویکیپدیا چیست؟" (in Persian). Cappucino Magazine. http://www.cappuccinomag.com/internet/001625.shtml. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
External links
Persian Wikipedia edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia