Wikiquote
Type of site | Quotation repository |
|---|---|
| Available in | Multilingual (74 active) |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Created by | Daniel Alston, Brion Vibber and the Wikimedia community |
| URL | wikiquote |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 10 July 2003 |
| Current status | Active |
Wikiquote is part of a family of wiki-based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation using MediaWiki software. The project's objective is to collaboratively produce 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.
Initially, the project operated only in English from July 2003, expanding to include other languages in July 2004. As of June 2025, there are active Wikiquote sites for 74 languages comprising a total of 352,113 articles and 1,636 recently active editors.