Uzbek Wikipedia
Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
|---|---|
| Available in | Uzbek |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| URL | uz |
| Commercial | Charitable |
| Registration | Optional |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 4.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL) Media licensing varies |
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The Uzbek Wikipedia (Uzbek: Oʻzbekcha Vikipediya) is the Uzbek-language edition of Wikipedia, founded in December 2003. Articles in the Uzbek-language edition are primarily written in Latin script. In August 2012, a Latin-to-Cyrillic converter was added to allow users to view Uzbek Wikipedia's pages in both Latin and Cyrillic scripts.
Although Uzbek is estimated to be spoken by 35 million people and Uzbekistan has approximately 17 million internet users, there are few active editors on Uzbek Wikipedia and many articles lack detailed citations or sourcing. Since early 2012, the number of active users and article structures has increased notably and the number of visits to the Uzbek encyclopedia has risen as well. From 2019 to May 2022, the number of active users more than doubled, surpassing 500.
In early 2013, Uzbek Wikipedia ranked first among different editions of Wikipedia in annual page-view growth. Currently, the number of articles of the Uzbek Wikipedia is 293,706, making it the 41st-largest Wikipedia.
In late 2011, the Uzbek Wikipedia was blocked in Uzbekistan and the reasons behind the blockage were not disclosed. The block was not strictly enforced, as the Wikipedia could still be accessed on a HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) connection. In 2013, Google started indexing pages of the Uzbek Wikipedia with HTTPS by default. Currently, users in Uzbekistan are able to access Wikipedia. In 2022, the WikiStipendiya project began, in collaboration with the Uzbek government. This led to significant growth in this Wikipedia's article count, encyclopedic coverage, quality, and reach in Uzbek society.