The Burmese Wikipedia (Burmese: မြန်မာဝီကီပီးဒီးယား pronounced [mjəmà wɪkɨˈpiːdiə]) is the Burmese language edition of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. This edition was started in July 2004, and has 112,277 articles as of 13 September 2026.
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Website type | Internet encyclopedia project |
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| Available in | Burmese |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Creator | Burmese Wikipedia community |
| Website | my.wikipedia.org |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 30 July 2004 |
| Current status | Active but banned in Myanmar |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 4.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL) Media licensing varies |
As of September 2026, there are about 145,000 users, 4 admins and 2,939 files on the Burmese Wikipedia, ranking 74th by article count.[1]
History
editTimeline
edit- 2004: Burmese Wikipedia launched.
- 2005: Some of Burmese Wikipedians joined and started writing.
- 2008: Content grew drastically.
- 2010: First Burmese Wikipedia workshop held at Bangkok, Thailand with people from Wikimedia Foundation, local and international Unicode experts and Burmese Wikipedians.
- 2012: Burmese Wikipedia was introduced at Barcamp Yangon.
Events and promotions
edit| Burmese Wikipedia | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Articles | 112277 | ||
| Files | 2939 | ||
| Edits | 1052161 | ||
| Users | 144629 | ||
| Active users | 289 | ||
| Admins | 4 | ||
The Myanmar Computer Professionals Association had launched Wikipedia Myanmar project with the aim of expanding Wikipedia in 2010.[2]
The Burmese Wikipedia community had held their first joint workshop in Yangon, Burma (Myanmar) with the help of Telenor Myanmar in June 2014 to recruit new volunteers.[3] The Burmese Wikipedia Forum was held at Dagon University in July 2014 attracting over 2,000 people, including students.[4]
Challenges
editThe majority of Burmese internet users used the non-Unicode Zawgyi font so they have difficulty viewing Burmese Wikipedia before 2019.[2][4][5]
On February 19, 2021, Myanmar's junta military authorities blocked access to all language versions of Wikipedia as part of a broader crackdown on internet freedom following the 2021 coup. Due to this, Burmese Wikipedia have struggled with significant participation.[6][7]
References
edit- ↑ "Wikipedia Statistics - Tables - Burmese". wikimedia.org. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
- 1 2 The Myanmar Times (22 November 2010). "Myanmar Wikipedia project targets 15,000 pages". mmtimes.com. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
- ↑ "Telenor Group - Bringing Wikipedia to Myanmar". Telenor Group. July 2014. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
- 1 2 Win Htut. "Telenor hosts Wikipedia forum at Dagon University". Eleven Myanmar. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
- ↑ The Myanmar Times (3 November 2014). "Spark of knowledge starts with Wikipedia". mmtimes.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-28. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
- ↑ "Wikipedia blocked in Myanmar | Digital Watch Observatory". 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
- ↑ "Myanmar blocks Wikipedia in all languages: NetBlocks". BW Businessworld. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
External links
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- (in Burmese) Burmese Wikipedia
- (in Burmese) Burmese Wikipedia mobile version