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The Portuguese Wikipedia (Portuguese: Wikipédia em português) is the Portuguese language edition of Wikipedia (written Wikipédia, in Portuguese), the free encyclopedia. It was started on 11 May 2001.[2] In addition to being the sixth most accessed website in the world, Wikipedia is the fifteenth most accessed website in Brazil[3] and the sixth most accessed in Portugal.[4] As of January 2023[update], it is the 18th largest Wikipedia by article count, containing 1,098,775 articles.
The Portuguese Wikipedia was the third edition of Wikipedia to be created, simultaneously with other languages. It started its activities on May 11, 2001,[5] having reached the mark of one hundred thousand articles on January 26, 2006.[6]
From late 2004, the edition grew rapidly. In May 2005, it overtook both the Spanish and Italian language Wikipedias. By comparison, in May 2004 it was only the 17th Wikipedia by the number of articles.
Portuguese articles can contain variations of writing, as European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese have differences in vocabulary and usage. Articles can contain written characteristics of one or the other variant depending on who wrote the article.
The Portuguese Wikipedia community decided not to split a separate Brazilian Portuguese version off from the Portuguese Wikipedia.[7] In 2005, a proposal to fork Portuguese Wikipedia and create a Brazilian Portuguese (pt-br) version was voted down by the Wikimedia community.[8][better source needed] In 2007 another one to create European Portuguese was rejected too by the Wikimedia community.[9][better source needed] In 2009 another one to create in Brazilian Portuguese was rejected, but this time by language committee, according to new policies to create new Wikipedia editions,[10][better source needed] with the following explanation: "Brazilian Portuguese is not a separate language.. this is a requirement."[11][better source needed]
Beginning in January 2007,[12] the project experienced a decrease of the share of edits by unregistered users (from around 20 to around 15%) and an increase of the share of such edits being reverted, from about 15% to a peak of 25% in late 2008,[13] which suggests an increase in disruptive editing. In the same month, a JavaScript was added that forced all unregistered users to preview their edit before saving it.[14][better source needed]
In December 2010, the Portuguese Wikipedia overtook the Dutch language Wikipedia in a number of articles, but in the first quarter of 2011, it was surpassed by the Russian and Dutch language Wikipedias, ranking in the tenth position.
In April 2016, the project had 1388 active editors who made at least five edits in that month.
Characteristics
The countries in which the Portuguese Wikipedia is the most popular language version of Wikipedia are shown in violet.
Origin of viewers on the Portuguese Wikipedia.
The Portuguese language Wikipedia is different from the English one in a number of aspects.
Fair use images were forbidden until 2009. Debates have been raised before[15][better source needed][16][better source needed] concerning the fair use policy, all of them failing to have the uploading of such images allowed. Uploading pictures at the Portuguese Wikipedia has even been fully disabled until then.[17][better source needed] In August 2009, though, a new debate was raised in order for users to approve or deny the creation of a policy of uploading fair use media (named "Uso Restrito de Conteúdo" there, which translates as Restricted Use of Contents). This debate resulted in 142 votes for "yes" against 120 votes for "no", which means the policy was approved and implemented.[18][better source needed][19][better source needed]
Like English, Portuguese has regional differences in vocabulary, grammar, and spelling. It is widely accepted that an article written in Brazilian Portuguese should be kept as it is, and the same applies to articles in European Portuguese. However, if one rewrites the article in another variant (provided content was changed, not merely the language), but leaves some words in the former variant, these words should be rewritten in accordance with the new version's variant of the article.[20][better source needed]
In order to hinder SPAM and trolling, completion of a CAPTCHA image was required for all unregistered users to make any edit. It was disabled on January 1, 2014.[21]
In 2020, after a community vote that lasted from September 4 to October 4, the Portuguese Wikipedia no longer allows edits from unregistered users (IP addresses).
As of 2019, the Portuguese Wikipedia had 316,000 unique categories, 3.57% of them lacking an appropriate page in the category namespace. The average article in this language version has 9 categories, while the ratio of unique categories per article is 0.314. The largest number of articles belong to Arts (16%) and Geography (14%) categories. Articles related to Crime and Events have the highest average quality. Those related to Health are read more often, and articles in the Business category have the highest average author interest.[citation needed]
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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 Portuguese Wikipedia article at pt Wikipedia em portugues see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated pt Wikipedia em portugues to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation The Portuguese Wikipedia Portuguese Wikipedia em portugues is the Portuguese language edition of Wikipedia written Wikipedia in Portuguese the free encyclopedia It was started on 11 May 2001 2 In addition to being the sixth most accessed website in the world Wikipedia is the fifteenth most accessed website in Brazil 3 and the sixth most accessed in Portugal 4 As of January 2023 update it is the 18th largest Wikipedia by article count containing 1 098 775 articles Portuguese WikipediaLogo of the Portuguese WikipediaScreenshotMain Page of the Portuguese Wikipedia in May 2016Type of siteInternet encyclopedia projectAvailable inPortugueseOwnerWikimedia FoundationURLpt wbr wikipedia wbr orgCommercialNoRegistrationMandatory 1 LaunchedMay 11 2001 21 years ago 2001 05 11 Contents 1 History 2 Characteristics 3 References 4 Notes 5 External linksHistory Edit Logo commemorating 500 000 articles Logo commemorating one million articles The Portuguese Wikipedia was the third edition of Wikipedia to be created simultaneously with other languages It started its activities on May 11 2001 5 having reached the mark of one hundred thousand articles on January 26 2006 6 From late 2004 the edition grew rapidly In May 2005 it overtook both the Spanish and Italian language Wikipedias By comparison in May 2004 it was only the 17th Wikipedia by the number of articles Portuguese articles can contain variations of writing as European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese have differences in vocabulary and usage Articles can contain written characteristics of one or the other variant depending on who wrote the article The Portuguese Wikipedia community decided not to split a separate Brazilian Portuguese version off from the Portuguese Wikipedia 7 In 2005 a proposal to fork Portuguese Wikipedia and create a Brazilian Portuguese pt br version was voted down by the Wikimedia community 8 better source needed In 2007 another one to create European Portuguese was rejected too by the Wikimedia community 9 better source needed In 2009 another one to create in Brazilian Portuguese was rejected but this time by language committee according to new policies to create new Wikipedia editions 10 better source needed with the following explanation Brazilian Portuguese is not a separate language this is a requirement 11 better source needed Beginning in January 2007 12 the project experienced a decrease of the share of edits by unregistered users from around 20 to around 15 and an increase of the share of such edits being reverted from about 15 to a peak of 25 in late 2008 13 which suggests an increase in disruptive editing In the same month a JavaScript was added that forced all unregistered users to preview their edit before saving it 14 better source needed In December 2010 the Portuguese Wikipedia overtook the Dutch language Wikipedia in a number of articles but in the first quarter of 2011 it was surpassed by the Russian and Dutch language Wikipedias ranking in the tenth position In April 2016 the project had 1388 active editors who made at least five edits in that month Characteristics Edit The countries in which the Portuguese Wikipedia is the most popular language version of Wikipedia are shown in violet Origin of viewers on the Portuguese Wikipedia The Portuguese language Wikipedia is different from the English one in a number of aspects Fair use images were forbidden until 2009 Debates have been raised before 15 better source needed 16 better source needed concerning the fair use policy all of them failing to have the uploading of such images allowed Uploading pictures at the Portuguese Wikipedia has even been fully disabled until then 17 better source needed In August 2009 though a new debate was raised in order for users to approve or deny the creation of a policy of uploading fair use media named Uso Restrito de Conteudo there which translates as Restricted Use of Contents This debate resulted in 142 votes for yes against 120 votes for no which means the policy was approved and implemented 18 better source needed 19 better source needed Like English Portuguese has regional differences in vocabulary grammar and spelling It is widely accepted that an article written in Brazilian Portuguese should be kept as it is and the same applies to articles in European Portuguese However if one rewrites the article in another variant provided content was changed not merely the language but leaves some words in the former variant these words should be rewritten in accordance with the new version s variant of the article 20 better source needed In order to hinder SPAM and trolling completion of a CAPTCHA image was required for all unregistered users to make any edit It was disabled on January 1 2014 21 In 2020 after a community vote that lasted from September 4 to October 4 the Portuguese Wikipedia no longer allows edits from unregistered users IP addresses As of 2019 the Portuguese Wikipedia had 316 000 unique categories 3 57 of them lacking an appropriate page in the category namespace The average article in this language version has 9 categories while the ratio of unique categories per article is 0 314 The largest number of articles belong to Arts 16 and Geography 14 categories Articles related to Crime and Events have the highest average quality Those related to Health are read more often and articles in the Business category have the highest average author interest citation needed References EditLih Andrew The Wikipedia Revolution How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World s Greatest Encyclopedia Hyperion New York City 2009 First Edition ISBN 978 1 4013 0371 6 alkaline paper Notes Edit Wikipedia em portugues passa a exigir login para editar verbetes Tecnoblog October 10 2020 Retrieved July 8 2021 Wikipedia l new language wikis Top sites in Brazil Retrieved September 6 2021 Top sites in Portugal Retrieved 28 September 2014 Wikipedia l new language wikis Retrieved 11 November 2020 Wikipedia em portugues alcanca 100 mil artigos in Portuguese Archived from the original on 2012 01 19 Retrieved 11 November 2020 Lih p 136 meta Requests for new languages Wikipedia Brazilian Portuguese meta Requests for new languages Wikipedia European Portuguese meta Language proposal policy meta Requests for new languages Wikipedia Brazilian Portuguese 2 In coincidence with a stalling of editing activity rates across all projects combined see stats EN PlotEditsZZ png stats EN EditsRevertsPT htm and in particular stats EN PlotRevertsTrendsPT png no data available after early 2010 as of June 2013 MediaWiki Monobook js 2007 01 31 removed from MediaWiki Common js in 2008 01 25 the same day of introduction of an emergency captcha for all edits Wikipedia Votacoes Imagens e copyright Wikipedia Votacoes Revisao do uso do Fair Use na pt wikipedia Wikipedia Votacoes Impedir carregamento de imagens Wikipedia Votacoes Uso Restrito de Conteudo fair use Wikipedia Uso Restrito de Conteudo Implementacao Wikipedia Versoes da lingua portuguesa Gerrit 104660External links Edit Portuguese edition of Wikipedia the free encyclopedia in Portuguese Portuguese Wikipedia in Portuguese Portuguese Wikipedia mobile version Portuguese Wikipedia on Facebook Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Portuguese Wikipedia amp oldid 1130808208, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
