Growth of the eight largest Wikibooks sites (by language), July 2003–January 2010
Initially, the project was created solely in English in July 2003; a later expansion to include additional languages was started in July 2004.[2] As of January 2023, there are Wikibooks sites active for 77 languages[1] comprising a total of 339,736 articles and 1,695 recently active editors.[3]
The wikibooks.org domain was registered on July 19, 2003 (2003-07-19).[4] It was launched to host and build free textbooks on subjects such as organic chemistry and physics, in response to a request by Wikipedia contributor Karl Wick.[5][6] Two major sub-projects, Wikijunior and Wikiversity, were created within Wikibooks before its official policy was later changed so that future incubator-type projects are started according to the Wikimedia Foundation's new project policy.[clarification needed]
In August 2006, Wikiversity became an independent Wikimedia Foundation project.[7]
Since 2008, Wikibooks has been included in BASE.[8]
In June 2016, Compete.com estimated that Wikibooks had 1,478,812 unique visitors.[9]
Wikijunior
Wikijunior is a subproject of Wikibooks that specializes in books for children. The project consists of both a magazine and a website, and is currently being developed in English, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Arabic and Bangla. It is funded by a grant from the Beck Foundation.
Book content
Visualization of the development in the German Wikibook project Mathe für Nicht-Freaks
While some books are original, others began as text copied over from other sources of free content textbooks found on the Internet. All of the site's content is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license (or a compatible license). This means that, as with its sister project, Wikipedia, contributions remain copyrighted to their creators, while the licensing ensures that it can be freely distributed and reused subject to certain conditions.
Wikibooks differs from Wikisource in that Wikisource collects exact copies and original translations of existing free content works, such as the original text of Shakespearean plays, while Wikibooks is dedicated either to original works, significantly altered versions of existing works, or annotations to original works.
Multilingual statistics
As of January 2023, there are Wikibooks sites for 121 languages of which 77 are active and 44 are closed.[1] The active sites have 339,736 articles and the closed sites have 671 articles.[3] There are 4,572,682 registered users of which 1,695 are recently active.[3]
The top ten Wikibooks language projects by mainspace article count:[3]
№
Language
Wiki
Good
Total
Edits
Admins
Users
Active users
Files
1
English
en
95,990
281,785
4,101,319
12
3,409,689
354
2,714
2
Hungarian
hu
35,450
88,989
432,756
3
13,759
21
21,262
3
German
de
30,859
76,479
1,004,962
8
108,140
87
7,697
4
Vietnamese
vi
29,965
51,375
455,588
3
16,951
24
1,001
5
French
fr
18,738
55,994
687,757
7
112,792
48
169
6
Italian
it
16,144
35,969
434,986
4
48,207
53
764
7
Japanese
ja
13,747
25,903
220,021
4
73,312
71
397
8
Portuguese
pt
13,323
79,650
480,461
3
65,593
37
1,031
9
Spanish
es
9,317
38,521
408,178
10
120,185
165
0
10
Dutch
nl
8,787
28,603
369,733
11
26,822
28
20
For a complete list with totals, see Wikimedia Statistics.[10]
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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Wikibooks news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Wikibooks previously called Wikimedia Free Textbook Project and Wikimedia Textbooks is a wiki based Wikimedia project hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation for the creation of free content digital textbooks and annotated texts that anyone can edit WikibooksScreenshotScreenshot of wikibooks org home pageType of siteTextbooks wikiAvailable inMultilingual 77 active 1 OwnerWikimedia FoundationCreated byUser Karl Wick and the Wikimedia CommunityURLwww wbr wikibooks wbr orgCommercialNoRegistrationOptionalLaunchedJuly 10 2003 19 years ago 2003 07 10 Current statusActiveGrowth of the eight largest Wikibooks sites by language July 2003 January 2010 Initially the project was created solely in English in July 2003 a later expansion to include additional languages was started in July 2004 2 As of January 2023 there are Wikibooks sites active for 77 languages 1 comprising a total of 339 736 articles and 1 695 recently active editors 3 Contents 1 History 1 1 Wikijunior 2 Book content 3 Multilingual statistics 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksHistory EditThe wikibooks org domain was registered on July 19 2003 2003 07 19 4 It was launched to host and build free textbooks on subjects such as organic chemistry and physics in response to a request by Wikipedia contributor Karl Wick 5 6 Two major sub projects Wikijunior and Wikiversity were created within Wikibooks before its official policy was later changed so that future incubator type projects are started according to the Wikimedia Foundation s new project policy clarification needed In August 2006 Wikiversity became an independent Wikimedia Foundation project 7 Since 2008 Wikibooks has been included in BASE 8 In June 2016 Compete com estimated that Wikibooks had 1 478 812 unique visitors 9 Wikijunior Edit Wikijunior is a subproject of Wikibooks that specializes in books for children The project consists of both a magazine and a website and is currently being developed in English Danish Finnish French German Italian Japanese Spanish Arabic and Bangla It is funded by a grant from the Beck Foundation Book content Edit source source source source source source source source source source source source source source Visualization of the development in the German Wikibook project Mathe fur Nicht Freaks While some books are original others began as text copied over from other sources of free content textbooks found on the Internet All of the site s content is released under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike license or a compatible license This means that as with its sister project Wikipedia contributions remain copyrighted to their creators while the licensing ensures that it can be freely distributed and reused subject to certain conditions Wikibooks differs from Wikisource in that Wikisource collects exact copies and original translations of existing free content works such as the original text of Shakespearean plays while Wikibooks is dedicated either to original works significantly altered versions of existing works or annotations to original works Multilingual statistics EditAs of January 2023 there are Wikibooks sites for 121 languages of which 77 are active and 44 are closed 1 The active sites have 339 736 articles and the closed sites have 671 articles 3 There are 4 572 682 registered users of which 1 695 are recently active 3 The top ten Wikibooks language projects by mainspace article count 3 Language Wiki Good Total Edits Admins Users Active users Files1 English en 95 990 281 785 4 101 319 12 3 409 689 354 2 7142 Hungarian hu 35 450 88 989 432 756 3 13 759 21 21 2623 German de 30 859 76 479 1 004 962 8 108 140 87 7 6974 Vietnamese vi 29 965 51 375 455 588 3 16 951 24 1 0015 French fr 18 738 55 994 687 757 7 112 792 48 1696 Italian it 16 144 35 969 434 986 4 48 207 53 7647 Japanese ja 13 747 25 903 220 021 4 73 312 71 3978 Portuguese pt 13 323 79 650 480 461 3 65 593 37 1 0319 Spanish es 9 317 38 521 408 178 10 120 185 165 010 Dutch nl 8 787 28 603 369 733 11 26 822 28 20For a complete list with totals see Wikimedia Statistics 10 See also EditWikiToLearn CK 12 Foundation Digital library European Library Free High School Science Texts Global Text ibiblio LibriVox an online digital library of free public domain audiobooks Open Content Alliance Open textbook Project Gutenberg Universal library Wikibooks What is Wikibooks References Edit a b c Wikimedia s MediaWiki API Sitematrix Retrieved January 2023 from Data Wikipedia statistics meta tab Wikibooks Statistics Article count official Wikimedia Retrieved 28 January 2018 a b c d Wikimedia s MediaWiki API Siteinfo Retrieved January 2023 from Data Wikipedia statistics data tab Wikibooks org Whois Record DomainTools LLC Retrieved 22 January 2013 Talk Science Hypertextbook project Wikimedia Meta Wiki Wikimedia Foundation June 23 2003 Retrieved October 1 2022 Wick Karl June 17 2003 a spot for WP textbook devel wikien l lists wikimedia org Mailing list Wikimedia Foundation Retrieved October 1 2022 Wikipedia now serving K 12 and over mentalfloss com 2006 08 04 Retrieved 2019 09 28 Suchmaschine BASE Bielefeld Academic Search Engine Wikibooks Viquillibres Portada www base search net Retrieved 15 January 2018 Site Profile for wikibooks org Archived 2010 06 08 at the Wayback Machine compete retrieved July 19 2016 Wikibooks Statistics Meta Wikimedia org Retrieved 11 September 2020 Further reading EditBen Crowell 2005 All Systems Go The Newly Emerging Infrastructure to Support Free Books Retrieved June 18 2006 Michael F Shaughnessy 2009 07 14 An Interview with Curtis Bonk A Look at Wikibooks and Wikibookians EducationNews org Archived from the original on 2016 08 29 Retrieved 2009 08 02 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons 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