Dutch Wikipedia
Encyclopedia
The Dutch Wikipedia is the Dutch-language
edition of the free online encyclopedia
, Wikipedia
. As of November 2011, the Dutch Wikipedia is the fourth-largest Wikipedia edition, with over articles.
as the sixth-largest edition of Wikipedia, but then fell back to the eighth position. On 1 March 2006 it overtook the Swedish
and Italian
editions in one day to rise back to the sixth position. The edition's 500,000th article was created on November 30, 2008.
The Dutch language Wikipedia has the largest ratio of Wikipedia pages per native speaker of all of the top 10 largest Wikipedia editions. Its rate of daily article creations spiked in March 2006, rapidly growing to an average of 1,000 a day in early May 2006. After this number was reached, growth dropped to an average of only about 250 a day, comparable to the averages around December 2005. Since then, there have been more article-creation surges, one of the largest peaking at 2,000 new articles per day in September 2007, but the growth rate has always returned to the lowest average of around 250. In October 2011, several bot
s created 80,000 articles (then equivalent to 10% of the entire edition's article count) in only 11 days.
In a 2006 Multiscope research study, the Dutch Wikipedia was rated the third-best Dutch-language website, after Google
and Gmail
, with a score of 8.1.
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
edition of the free online encyclopedia
Encyclopedia
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, Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
. As of November 2011, the Dutch Wikipedia is the fourth-largest Wikipedia edition, with over articles.
History
The Dutch Wikipedia was started on 19 June 2001, and reached 100,000 articles on 14 October 2005. It briefly surpassed the Polish WikipediaPolish Wikipedia
Polish Wikipedia is the Polish-language edition of Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia. The ninth-oldest edition of Wikipedia, it was started on September 26, 2001. With about articles, it is the seventh-largest Wikipedia edition, after the English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, and Spanish...
as the sixth-largest edition of Wikipedia, but then fell back to the eighth position. On 1 March 2006 it overtook the Swedish
Swedish Wikipedia
The Swedish Wikipedia is the Swedish language edition of Wikipedia. It was the third edition of Wikipedia, started in May 2001 alongside German Wikipedia, after English Wikipedia and Catalan Wikipedia...
and Italian
Italian Wikipedia
The Italian Wikipedia is the Italian-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was created on May 11, 2001 and first edited on June 11, 2001. As of 2011 it has over articles and more than registered accounts...
editions in one day to rise back to the sixth position. The edition's 500,000th article was created on November 30, 2008.
The Dutch language Wikipedia has the largest ratio of Wikipedia pages per native speaker of all of the top 10 largest Wikipedia editions. Its rate of daily article creations spiked in March 2006, rapidly growing to an average of 1,000 a day in early May 2006. After this number was reached, growth dropped to an average of only about 250 a day, comparable to the averages around December 2005. Since then, there have been more article-creation surges, one of the largest peaking at 2,000 new articles per day in September 2007, but the growth rate has always returned to the lowest average of around 250. In October 2011, several bot
Internet bot
Internet bots, also known as web robots, WWW robots or simply bots, are software applications that run automated tasks over the Internet. Typically, bots perform tasks that are both simple and structurally repetitive, at a much higher rate than would be possible for a human alone...
s created 80,000 articles (then equivalent to 10% of the entire edition's article count) in only 11 days.
In a 2006 Multiscope research study, the Dutch Wikipedia was rated the third-best Dutch-language website, after Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
and Gmail
Gmail
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, with a score of 8.1.
Article growth
| Date | Number of articles | Articles per day |
|---|---|---|
| 19-06-2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 03-08-2003 | 10,000 | 13 |
| 07-02-2004 | 20,000 | 53 |
| 27-06-2004 | 30,000 | 71 |
| 08-11-2004 | 40,000 | 75 |
| 27-01-2005 | 50,000 | 125 |
| 23-03-2005 | 60,000 | 182 |
| 16-05-2005 | 70,000 | 185 |
| 17-07-2005 | 80,000 | 161 |
| 07-09-2005 | 90,000 | 192 |
| 14-10-2005 | 100,000 | 270 |
| 30-11-2005 | 110,000 | 213 |
| 05-01-2006 | 120,000 | 278 |
| 06-02-2006 | 130,000 | 313 |
| 01-03-2006 | 140,000 | 435 |
| 18-03-2006 | 150,000 | 588 |
| 02-04-2006 | 160,000 | 667 |
| 13-04-2006 | 170,000 | 909 |
| 28-04-2006 | 180,000 | 667 |
| 08-05-2006 | 190,000 | 1,000 |
| 24-05-2006 | 200,000 | 625 |
| 04-07-2006 | 210,000 | 244 |
| 16-08-2006 | 220,000 | 233 |
| 28-09-2006 | 230,000 | 233 |
| 16-11-2006 | 240,000 | 204 |
| 26-12-2006 | 250,000 | 250 |
| 01-01-2007 | 260,000 | 1,667 |
| 05-02-2007 | 270,000 | 286 |
| 04-03-2007 | 280,000 | 370 |
| 18-04-2007 | 290,000 | 222 |
| 28-05-2007 | 300,000 | 250 |
| 20-06-2007 | 310,000 | 434 |
| 22-07-2007 | 320,000 | 313 |
| 27-08-2007 | 330,000 | 278 |
| 10-09-2007 | 340,000 | 714 |
| 15-09-2007 | 350,000 | 2,000 |
| 25-09-2007 | 360,000 | 1,000 |
| 11-10-2007 | 370,000 | 625 |
| 17-11-2007 | 380,000 | 270 |
| 25-12-2007 | 390,000 | 263 |
| 17-01-2008 | 400,000 | 435 |
| 18-02-2008 | 410,000 | 323 |
| 30-11-2008 | 500,000 | 315 |
| 30-07-2009 | 550,000 | 205 |
| 30-04-2010 | 600,000 | 182 |
| 07-11-2010 | 650,000 | 262 |
| 19-06-2011 | 700,000 | 222 |
| 18-09-2011 | 750,000 | 549 |
| 22-10-2011 | 800,000 | 1 471 |
| 31-10-2011 | 850,000 | 5 555 |