Estonian Wikipedia

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Main Page of the Estonian Wikipedia in December 2013
Type of site
Internet encyclopedia project
Available inEstonian
HeadquartersMiami, Florida
OwnerWikimedia Foundation
URLet.wikipedia.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional
Launched24 August 2002; 22 years ago (2002-08-24)

The Estonian Wikipedia (Estonian: Eestikeelne Vikipeedia) is the Estonian version of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, started on 24 August 2002. As of November 2024, the edition has about 249,000 articles.[1]

On 7 December 2008 Estonian Wikipedian Andres Luure was one of fifteen individuals recognized for volunteerism in Estonia for 2008.[2] In 2013 he received Order of the White Star for his contributions to Wikipedia.[3]

The first article competition was held in spring 2009 and first photo competition in summer 2010. Since then those kinds of competitions have been common in Estonian Wikipedia.[4]

As of February 2021, it was the most visited language Wikipedia in Estonia.[5] It ranked before the Russian Wikipedia and the English Wikipedia.[6][7]

  1. ^ "List of Wikipedias - Meta".
  2. ^ An ETV archive of the 2008 Aasta Vabatahtlik award ceremony. Andres Luure's time segment: 39:48-41:33 Archived 13 February 2012 at archive.today
  3. ^ Presidendilt saab tänavu teenetemärgi 99 inimest ERR (in Estonian)
  4. ^ Vikipeedia:Võistlused Estonian Wikipedia
  5. ^ Page views by country - Estonian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Statistics
  6. ^ Page views by country - Russian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Statistics
  7. ^ Page views by country - English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Statistics