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The Persian Wikipedia (Persian: ویکیپدیای فارسی, romanized: Wikipediā, Dānešnāme-ye Āzād, lit. 'Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia') is the Persian language version of Wikipedia. The Persian version of Wikipedia was started in December 2003. As of January 2023, it has 945,980 articles, 1,184,016 registered users and 83,612 files and it is the 19th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 22nd in terms of depth among Wikipedias. It passed 1,000 articles on December 16, 2004, and 200,000 articles on July 10, 2012. Roozbeh Pournader is the project's first administrator, developer and bureaucrat.
In January 2013, close to 50,000 new articles were added within a month. A few days later, on 19 February 2013, the Persian Wikipedia reached 300,000 articles, ranking it 18th among all Wikipedias based on number of articles.[2]
It currently has 945,980 articles, making it the 19th largest Wikipedia by article count.
In a November 2013 report published by the Center for Global Communication Studies of the University of Pennsylvania, researchers Collin Anderson and Nima Nazeri scanned 800,000 Persian language Wikipedia articles and found that the Iranian government blocks 963 of these pages. According to the authors, "Censors repeatedly targeted Wikipedia pages about government rivals, minority religious beliefs, and criticisms of the state, officials, and the police. Just under half of the blocked Wiki-pages are biographies, including pages about individuals the authorities have allegedly detained or killed."[20] Anderson said that Persian Wikipedia, as a microcosm of the Iranian internet, is a "useful place to uncover the types of online content forbidden and an excellent template to identify keyword blocking themes and filtering rules that apply across the greater internet."[21]
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This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Persian August 2011 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the Persian article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 296 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Persian Wikipedia article at fa ویکی پدیای فارسی see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated fa ویکی پدیای فارسی to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation The Persian Wikipedia Persian ویکی پدیای فارسی romanized Wikipedia Danesname ye Azad lit Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia is the Persian language version of Wikipedia The Persian version of Wikipedia was started in December 2003 As of January 2023 it has 945 980 articles 1 184 016 registered users and 83 612 files and it is the 19th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count and ranks 22nd in terms of depth among Wikipedias It passed 1 000 articles on December 16 2004 and 200 000 articles on July 10 2012 Roozbeh Pournader is the project s first administrator developer and bureaucrat Persian WikipediaScreenshotMain Page of the Persian Wikipedia in June 2011Type of siteInternet encyclopediaAvailable inPersianOwnerWikimedia Foundation non profit URLfa wikipedia orgCommercialNoRegistrationOptional required only for certain tasks such as editing protected pages creating pages or uploading files Users1 133 601 total registered as of 11 July 2022 1 LaunchedDecember 19 2003 19 years ago 2003 12 19 Content licenseCreative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3 0 most text also dual licensed under GFDL Media licensing variesIt is the most popular language version of Wikipedia in Iran and Afghanistan Contents 1 Number of articles 2 Article depth 3 Issues 3 1 Copyright 3 2 Cost of bandwidth 3 3 Citation 4 Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance 5 Censorship 6 Gallery 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksNumber of articles EditIn January 2013 close to 50 000 new articles were added within a month A few days later on 19 February 2013 the Persian Wikipedia reached 300 000 articles ranking it 18th among all Wikipedias based on number of articles 2 It currently has 945 980 articles making it the 19th largest Wikipedia by article count History of the number of articles 19 December 2003 started 18 February 2006 reached 10 000 articles 30 October 2008 reached 50 000 articles 25 August 2010 reached 100 000 articles 9 July 2012 reached 200 000 articles 19 February 2013 reached 300 000 articles 18 July 2014 reached 400 000 articles 27 July 2016 reached 500 000 articles 3 May 2018 reached 600 000 articles 3 8 November 2019 reached 700 000 articles 26 May 2021 reached 800 000 articles 13 April 2022 reached 900 000 articlesArticle depth EditWith article depth of 150 the Persian Wikipedia is currently ranked 23rd among all Wikipedias based on article depth 4 Issues EditFreedom of expression in Persian speaking countries of Iran Tajikistan and Afghanistan is low 5 6 7 8 9 Copyright Edit Further information Intellectual property in Iran Knowledge about copyright rules is poor in Iran that hinders users Cost of bandwidth Edit Tariffs for National Information Network is 75 cheaper than internet price 10 Citation Edit Iran ranks last in Freedom House freedom of the press ranking there is a challenge for finding Persian citations 11 Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance EditFurther information Censorship in Iran According to reports by Human rights lawyer Shadi Sadr RFERL Iranwire Iran International Justice for Iran Open Democracy Radio Zamaneh and other news outlets the Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance and the Iranian Cyber Army may be interfering the Persian Wikipedia although the Wikimedia Foundation denies that there is abuse taking place 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In 2019 German news outlet Deutsche Welle reported that WMF had launched an investigation 19 Censorship EditIn a November 2013 report published by the Center for Global Communication Studies of the University of Pennsylvania researchers Collin Anderson and Nima Nazeri scanned 800 000 Persian language Wikipedia articles and found that the Iranian government blocks 963 of these pages According to the authors Censors repeatedly targeted Wikipedia pages about government rivals minority religious beliefs and criticisms of the state officials and the police Just under half of the blocked Wiki pages are biographies including pages about individuals the authorities have allegedly detained or killed 20 Anderson said that Persian Wikipedia as a microcosm of the Iranian internet is a useful place to uncover the types of online content forbidden and an excellent template to identify keyword blocking themes and filtering rules that apply across the greater internet 21 On 2 March 2020 during the COVID 19 pandemic in Iran the Persian Wikipedia appears to be disrupted in Iran after the death of Mohammad Mirmohammadi who is a close confidant to the country s Ali Khamenei 22 Gallery Edit 100 000 entries celebration logo August 2010 Persian Wikipedia s Nowruz logo 21 March 2015 Persian Wikipedia s Nowruz logo 21 March 2016 Persian Wikipedia s 500 000 article logo 27 July 2016 Persian Wikipedia s Nowruz logo 21 March 2017 600 000 entries celebration logo March 2018 Persian Wikipedia s Nowruz logo 21 March 2019 800 000 entries celebration logo May 2021 900 000 entries celebration logo April 2022 See also EditList of Wikipedias Tajik WikipediaReferences Edit List of Wikipedias Archived 2022 07 11 at the Wayback Machine Wikimedia org 13 January 2014 Retrieved 13 January 2014 List of Wikipedias Archived 2017 08 30 at the Wayback Machine Wikimedia org 19 February 2013 Retrieved 19 February 2013 List of Wikipedias Table Archived 2021 06 15 at the Wayback Machine meta wikimedia org Statistics at 12 00 18 July 2014 UTC Wikipedia article depth Meta meta wikimedia org Archived from the original on 9 November 2020 Retrieved 12 July 2022 Mehrdad Ezzatullah In Afghanistan Social Media Is the Only Way to Talk Back to the Taliban Foreign Policy Retrieved 2021 06 15 Freedom of Speech in Tajikistan Don t Seek Don t Ask Don t Talk CABAR asia 2019 12 20 Retrieved 2021 06 15 Welle www dw com Deutsche Press freedom in Tajikistan Going from bad to worse DW 05 06 2020 DW COM Retrieved 2021 06 15 Refugees United Nations High Commissioner for Refworld Tajikistan Freedom of Expression Still Threatened Refworld Retrieved 2021 06 15 Concern About Freedom of Expression In Tajikistan USOSCE U S Mission to the OSCE 2018 04 12 Retrieved 2021 06 15 کاهش تعرفه ترافیک داخلی در سایت های منتخب همراه اول اولین ارائه دهنده نسل چهار و نیم اینترنت همراه در ایران 4 5G 4G 3G in Persian Archived from the original on 2021 06 06 Retrieved 2021 06 15 Why ordinary Iranians are turning to internet backdoors to beat censorship BBC News 2018 01 10 Archived from the original on 2019 11 02 Retrieved 2021 06 15 Persian Wikipedia an independent source or a tool of the Iranian state openDemocracy Archived from the original on 2021 04 06 Retrieved 2021 06 15 Mehdi 2019 10 21 چرا پاسخ بنیاد ویکی مدیا مبنی بر عدم دخالت جمهوری اسلامی در ویکی پدیای فارسی نادرست است Justice for Iran in Persian Archived from the original on 2021 01 28 Retrieved 2021 06 15 انتقاد سازمان عدالت برای ایران از سانسور و مداخله جانبدارانه در ویکی پدیای فارسی 2021 06 15 Archived from the original on 2021 06 15 Retrieved 2021 06 15 شادی صدر از ویکی پدیا می خواهیم مثل فیس بوک و توییتر با ارتش سایبری جمهوری اسلامی برخورد کند Justice for Iran 2021 06 15 Archived from the original on 2021 06 15 Retrieved 2021 06 15 شادی صدر از ویکی پدیا می خواهیم مثل فیس بوک و توییتر با ارتش سایبری جمهوری اسلامی برخورد کند IranWire خانه in Persian Archived from the original on 2021 06 15 Retrieved 2021 06 15 ویکی پدیای فارسی منبعی مستقل یا ابزاری در دست دولت ایران www radiozamaneh com in Persian Archived from the original on 2021 05 01 Retrieved 2021 06 15 Critics Say Some Persian Wikipedia Content Manipulated By Iran s Government RFE RL Archived from the original on 2021 01 27 Retrieved 2021 06 15 Welle www dw com Deutsche تحقیقات بنیاد ویکی مدیا درباره ویکی پدیای فارسی آغاز شده است DW 10 10 2019 DW COM in Persian Archived from the original on 2021 06 15 Retrieved 2021 06 15 Anderson Colin Nazeri Nima 7 November 2013 Citation Filtered Iran s Censorship of Wikipedia PDF Center for Global Communication Studies University of Pennsylvania Archived from the original PDF on 26 November 2018 How Iran Uses Wikipedia To Censor The Internet BuzzFeed 12 November 2013 Archived from the original on 25 December 2018 Retrieved 8 September 2017 Iranian Wikipedia disrupted amid coronavirus outbreak Rights group Al Arabiya English 3 March 2020 Archived from the original on 6 August 2020 Retrieved 6 March 2020 External links Edit Persian edition of Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Persian Wikipedia mobile version in Persian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Persian Wikipedia amp oldid 1130255052, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
