Wikiquote is part of a family of wiki-based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation using MediaWiki software. Based on an idea by Daniel Alston and implemented by Brion Vibber, the project's objective is to produce collaboratively a vast reference of quotations from prominent people, books, films, proverbs, etc. and writings about them. The website aims to be as accurate as possible regarding the provenance and sourcing of the quotations.
Daniel Alston, Brion Vibber and the Wikimedia community
URL
www.wikiquote.org
Commercial
No
Registration
Optional
Launched
10 July 2003; 19 years ago (2003-07-10)
Current status
active
Initially, the project operated only in English from July 2003, expanding to include other languages in July 2004.[2] As of January 2023, there are active Wikiquote sites for 73 languages[1] comprising a total of 290,526 articles and 1,888 recently active editors.[3]
Growth of the largest eight Wikiquotes until early 2008
The Wikiquote site originated in 2003.[4] The article creation milestones are taken from WikiStats.[2]
Date
Event
27 June 2003
Temporarily put on the Wolof language Wikipedia (wo.wikipedia.org).
10 July 2003
Own subdomain created (quote.wikipedia.org).
25 August 2003
Own domain created (wikiquote.org).
17 July 2004
New languages added.
13 November 2004
English edition reaches 2,000 pages.
November 2004
Reaches 24 languages.
March 2005
Reaches 10,000 pages in total. English edition has close to 3,000 pages.
June 2005
Reaches 34 languages, including one classical (Latin) and one artificial (Esperanto)
4 November 2005
English Wikiquote reaches 5,000 pages.
April 2006
French Wikiquote taken down for legal reasons.
4 December 2006
French Wikiquote restarted.
7 May 2007
English Wikiquote reaches 10,000 pages.
July 2007
Reaches 40 languages.
February 2010
Reaches a total of 100,000 articles among all languages.
May 2016
Reaches a total of 200,000 articles among all languages.
January 2018
Introduced in the curriculum of national partnerships between schools and non-profits (Italy[5])
Operation
Though there are many online collections of quotations, Wikiquote is distinguished by being among the few that provide an opportunity for visitors to contribute[6] and the very few which strive to provide exact sources for each quotation as well as corrections of misattributed quotations. Wikiquote pages are cross-linked to articles about the notable personalities on Wikipedia.[7]
Multi-lingual cooperation
As of January 2023, there are Wikiquote sites for 95 languages of which 73 are active and 22 are closed.[1] The active sites have 290,526 articles and the closed sites have 638 articles.[3] There are 4,135,382 registered users of which 1,888 are recently active.[3]
The top ten Wikiquote language projects by mainspace article count:[3]
No.
Language
Wiki
Good
Total
Edits
Admins
Users
Active users
Files
1
Italian
it
46,659
186,287
1,251,336
11
93,286
104
284
2
English
en
44,779
191,818
3,221,071
17
3,140,317
457
0
3
Polish
pl
24,767
52,483
540,875
8
54,172
69
1
4
Russian
ru
15,663
41,148
395,361
6
98,718
84
0
5
Czech
cs
12,707
16,832
144,739
3
17,919
24
1
6
Estonian
et
10,695
17,677
100,281
3
3,896
21
3
7
Portuguese
pt
10,227
33,209
192,658
3
38,033
41
19
8
Persian
fa
9,146
31,359
172,774
5
27,696
34
39
9
Ukrainian
uk
8,405
35,300
125,125
7
16,541
48
0
10
German
de
7,883
20,270
518,648
6
63,205
35
17
For a complete list with totals see Wikimedia Statistics: [8]
Use in experiments
It can be possible to utilise Wikiquote as a text corpus for language experiments.[9] The University of Wroclaw team entering Conversational Intelligence Challenge of the 2017 Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS 2017) used Wikiquote to produce a conversational talker module for extraction of rare words.[10] Researchers have used Wikiquote to train language models to detect extremist quotes.[11]
Reception
Wikiquote has been suggested as "a great starting point for a quotation search" with only quotes with sourced citations being available. It is also noted as a source from frequent misquotes and their possible origins.[12][13] It can be used for analysis to produce claims such as "Albert Einstein is probably the most quoted figure of our time".[14]
^ abcdWikimedia's MediaWiki API:Siteinfo. Retrieved January 2023 from Data:Wikipedia statistics/data.tab
^Woods, Dan; Theony, Peter (February 2011). "3: The Thousand Problem-Solving Faces of Wikis". Wikis for Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 58. ISBN978-1-118-05066-8. OCLC 897595141. OL 5741003W.
^"Protocollo MIUR-Wikimedia" (in Italian). Ministero dell'istruzione, dell'università e della ricerca. 26 January 2018. from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
^DeVinney, Gemma (18 January 2007). . UB Reporter. University of Buffalo. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
^Ahsan, Hafsa (27 January 2007). . DAWN. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012.
^Buscaldi, D.; Rosso, P. (2007). Masulli F.; Mitra S.; Pasi G. (eds.). Some Experiments in Humour Recognition Using the Italian Wikiquote Collection. International Workshop on Fuzzy Logic and Applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-73400-0_58. ISBN978-3-540-73399-7.
^Chorowski, Jan; Łancucki, Adrian; Malik, Szymon; Pawlikowski, Maciej; Rychlikowski, Paweł; Zykowski, Paweł (21 May 2018). A Talker Ensemble: the University of Wrocław's Entry to the NIPS 2017 Conversational Intelligence Challenge (Report). arXiv:1805.08032v1.
^Lane, R.O.; Holmes, W.J.; Taylor, C.J.; State-Davey, H.M.; Wragge, A.J. (30 March 2021). Predicting the Descent into Extremism and Terrorism(PDF). 6th IMA Conference on Mathematics in Defence and Security. Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.
^Rickson, Sharon (22 November 2013). "How to Research a Quotation". New York Public Library. On the Web. from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^Rentoul, John (11 May 2013). "The top ten:Misquotations". The Independent. Independent Digital News & Media Ltd. from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^Robinson, Andrew (4 December 2019). "5 things you (probably) didn't know about Albert Einstein". History extra - BBC. Albert Einstein is probably the most quoted figure of our time. from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wikiquote.
Wikiquote has quotations related to Wikiquote.
Official website
January 13, 2023
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For linking to or citing Wikiquote see Wikipedia Wikiquote Wikiquote is part of a family of wiki based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation using MediaWiki software Based on an idea by Daniel Alston and implemented by Brion Vibber the project s objective is to produce collaboratively a vast reference of quotations from prominent people books films proverbs etc and writings about them The website aims to be as accurate as possible regarding the provenance and sourcing of the quotations WikiquoteScreenshotScreenshot of the wikiquote org home pageType of siteQuotation repositoryAvailable inMultilingual 73 active 1 OwnerWikimedia FoundationCreated byDaniel Alston Brion Vibber and the Wikimedia communityURLwww wbr wikiquote wbr orgCommercialNoRegistrationOptionalLaunched10 July 2003 19 years ago 2003 07 10 Current statusactiveInitially the project operated only in English from July 2003 expanding to include other languages in July 2004 2 As of January 2023 there are active Wikiquote sites for 73 languages 1 comprising a total of 290 526 articles and 1 888 recently active editors 3 Contents 1 History 2 Operation 3 Multi lingual cooperation 4 Use in experiments 5 Reception 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory Edit Growth of the largest eight Wikiquotes until early 2008 The Wikiquote site originated in 2003 4 The article creation milestones are taken from WikiStats 2 Date Event27 June 2003 Temporarily put on the Wolof language Wikipedia wo wikipedia org 10 July 2003 Own subdomain created quote wikipedia org 25 August 2003 Own domain created wikiquote org 17 July 2004 New languages added 13 November 2004 English edition reaches 2 000 pages November 2004 Reaches 24 languages March 2005 Reaches 10 000 pages in total English edition has close to 3 000 pages June 2005 Reaches 34 languages including one classical Latin and one artificial Esperanto 4 November 2005 English Wikiquote reaches 5 000 pages April 2006 French Wikiquote taken down for legal reasons 4 December 2006 French Wikiquote restarted 7 May 2007 English Wikiquote reaches 10 000 pages July 2007 Reaches 40 languages February 2010 Reaches a total of 100 000 articles among all languages May 2016 Reaches a total of 200 000 articles among all languages January 2018 Introduced in the curriculum of national partnerships between schools and non profits Italy 5 Operation EditThough there are many online collections of quotations Wikiquote is distinguished by being among the few that provide an opportunity for visitors to contribute 6 and the very few which strive to provide exact sources for each quotation as well as corrections of misattributed quotations Wikiquote pages are cross linked to articles about the notable personalities on Wikipedia 7 Multi lingual cooperation EditAs of January 2023 there are Wikiquote sites for 95 languages of which 73 are active and 22 are closed 1 The active sites have 290 526 articles and the closed sites have 638 articles 3 There are 4 135 382 registered users of which 1 888 are recently active 3 The top ten Wikiquote language projects by mainspace article count 3 No Language Wiki Good Total Edits Admins Users Active users Files1 Italian it 46 659 186 287 1 251 336 11 93 286 104 2842 English en 44 779 191 818 3 221 071 17 3 140 317 457 03 Polish pl 24 767 52 483 540 875 8 54 172 69 14 Russian ru 15 663 41 148 395 361 6 98 718 84 05 Czech cs 12 707 16 832 144 739 3 17 919 24 16 Estonian et 10 695 17 677 100 281 3 3 896 21 37 Portuguese pt 10 227 33 209 192 658 3 38 033 41 198 Persian fa 9 146 31 359 172 774 5 27 696 34 399 Ukrainian uk 8 405 35 300 125 125 7 16 541 48 010 German de 7 883 20 270 518 648 6 63 205 35 17For a complete list with totals see Wikimedia Statistics 8 Use in experiments EditIt can be possible to utilise Wikiquote as a text corpus for language experiments 9 The University of Wroclaw team entering Conversational Intelligence Challenge of the 2017 Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems NIPS 2017 used Wikiquote to produce a conversational talker module for extraction of rare words 10 Researchers have used Wikiquote to train language models to detect extremist quotes 11 Reception EditWikiquote has been suggested as a great starting point for a quotation search with only quotes with sourced citations being available It is also noted as a source from frequent misquotes and their possible origins 12 13 It can be used for analysis to produce claims such as Albert Einstein is probably the most quoted figure of our time 14 See also Editm Wikiquote Statistics Wikimedia Foundation WiktionaryReferences Edit a b c Wikimedia s MediaWiki API Sitematrix Retrieved January 2023 from Data Wikipedia statistics meta tab a b Wikiquote Statistics Article count official Wikimedia Archived from the original on 29 January 2018 Retrieved 28 January 2018 a b c d Wikimedia s MediaWiki API Siteinfo Retrieved January 2023 from Data Wikipedia statistics data tab Woods Dan Theony Peter February 2011 3 The Thousand Problem Solving Faces of Wikis Wikis for Dummies John Wiley amp Sons p 58 ISBN 978 1 118 05066 8 OCLC 897595141 OL 5741003W Protocollo MIUR Wikimedia in Italian Ministero dell istruzione dell universita e della ricerca 26 January 2018 Archived from the original on 28 January 2018 Retrieved 28 January 2018 DeVinney Gemma 18 January 2007 Wikiquote Another source for quotes on the Web UB Reporter University of Buffalo Archived from the original on 16 July 2012 Retrieved 29 November 2010 Ahsan Hafsa 27 January 2007 It s all about Wikis DAWN Archived from the original on 4 May 2012 Wikiquote Statistics Meta Wikimedia org Retrieved 11 September 2020 Buscaldi D Rosso P 2007 Masulli F Mitra S Pasi G eds Some Experiments in Humour Recognition Using the Italian Wikiquote Collection International Workshop on Fuzzy Logic and Applications Lecture Notes in Computer Science doi 10 1007 978 3 540 73400 0 58 ISBN 978 3 540 73399 7 Chorowski Jan Lancucki Adrian Malik Szymon Pawlikowski Maciej Rychlikowski Pawel Zykowski Pawel 21 May 2018 A Talker Ensemble the University of Wroclaw s Entry to the NIPS 2017 Conversational Intelligence Challenge Report arXiv 1805 08032v1 Lane R O Holmes W J Taylor C J State Davey H M Wragge A J 30 March 2021 Predicting the Descent into Extremism and Terrorism PDF 6th IMA Conference on Mathematics in Defence and Security Institute of Mathematics and its Applications Rickson Sharon 22 November 2013 How to Research a Quotation New York Public Library On the Web Archived from the original on 18 October 2018 Retrieved 10 December 2019 Rentoul John 11 May 2013 The top ten Misquotations The Independent Independent Digital News amp Media Ltd Archived from the original on 11 December 2019 Retrieved 13 December 2019 Robinson Andrew 4 December 2019 5 things you probably didn t know about Albert Einstein History extra BBC Albert Einstein is probably the most quoted figure of our time Archived from the original on 5 December 2019 Retrieved 12 December 2019 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wikiquote Wikiquote has quotations related to Wikiquote Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wikiquote amp oldid 1119044721, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
