Armenia is leading regional country by the number of entries in national language in Wikipedia

YEREVAN, March 27. / ARKA /. Armenia is the leading regional country by the number of entries  in the national language in Wikipedia, according to Susanna Mkrtchyan, president of Wikimedia Armenia organization.

"Besides, Armenia is the only country in the region that has the official organization Wikimedia Armenia, which was granted by Wikimedia Foundation the permission to use its brand, “ she said at a news conference on Thursday.

Mher Bekaryan from Wikimedia Armenia said currently Wikipedia Armenia has some 114, 560 entries  in the Armenian language. He added that this figure is increasing with each hour.

According to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia has about 81,600 entries in the Georgian language and more than 100,000 entries in the Azerbaijani language.

Bekaryan said despite the leading position in terms of the number of entries, Armenian authors should strive to ensure high quality entries. In this regard, he said Armenia is to some extent ahead of Azerbaijan, but is behind Georgia.

July 1st will mark the tenth anniversary of the creation of Armenian Wikipedia. The first article in the Armenian language in Wikipedia was about Armenia. -0-

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20:02 03/27/2014