How Nepali Wikipedia started before Hindi: How does it work Wikipedia is not an unfamiliar word to those with access to the Internet. If you search for any information you need on Google, Wikipedia’s page appears at the top. In all cases, the page of Wikipedia is not visible. However, if you search for words such as history, geography, politics, religion, science, technology, etc., Wikipedia is usually at the top.
Also, there is a technical reason that Wikipedia’s page appears first in most queries. Most of the content we seek can be viewed at no charge on Wikipedia.
We don’t need to see any kind of advertisement when looking at any information on Wikipedia. Because the company does not take the help of advertisements to provide appropriate information to the user.
What is Wikipedia?
In general, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. An encyclopedia is a book that contains all kinds of information.
An encyclopedia is no different than a repository or source of various information. Similarly, the digital version of the book is ‘Wikipedia’.
“Wikipedia is called an encyclopedia because you can find information on almost all the subjects you are looking for,” says Ganesh Paudel, who has been contributing to Wikipedia from Nepal since 2004, “It is an online encyclopedia based on a computer or let’s say a digital version.”
How does Wikipedia work?
Wikipedia was started in 2001 by British Americans Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. Encyclopaedia, Britannica and Encarta encyclopedias were in vogue at that time.
These encyclopedias were printed as books in 20, 25, and 30 volumes. The publisher had to invest more in these books and the reader had to buy them. Encarta encyclopedia was released on CD to simplify it.
However, its limitation was that a device was needed to use the CD. At that time not everyone had access to the device. As a result, encyclopedias were not accessible to many people.
Beginning of Nepali Wikipedia
The Nepali version of Wikipedia, which started in English in January 2001, was launched in June 2003. “Hindi Wikipedia had not started at that time. “Nepali Wikipedia has become very fast,” says Paudel, “Apart from Hindi, Wikipedias in other major languages of India were also started by Nepalis.”
Nepali words are written in the Devanagari script. At that time, it was customary to write in pictures. So it was a problem to write online without matching fonts. At that time, an important work started.
How does Wikipedia operate?
Although Wikipedia can be read for free, billions of dollars in income and expenses are being spent every year during its operation. Since the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, is a non-profit organization, it does not have to pay taxes to any government agency in any country. However, the Wikimedia Foundation organizes seminars and conferences on various topics by gathering limited contributors from around the world.
Apart from that, technical expenses are also incurred for the operation of Wikipedia. For this, Wikimedia collects limited support from readers.
Who is the author and editor of Wikipedia?
Also, anyone can edit the mistakes on the page with or without an account on Wikipedia. While editing, Wikipedia keeps the IP addresses of such users. Biplav Anand, who has been an admin at Wikipedia since 2013, says, “A help page has been kept to provide information on how to start a new page on Wikipedia. In it, we have taught how to create a new page.”
From the same help page, you can ask any question to any admin. Also, to prepare a new page in Wikipedia (to give information about a new place, to write a biography of a person) it is not necessary to fulfill these criteria.
How to create a new page on Wikipedia?
According to Anand, it is appropriate to start creating a new page after understanding all the policies and formats of Wikipedia. Also, Wikipedia runs based on ‘Media Wiki Software’.
“Just as we use Microsoft’s Windows or Linux OS on a desktop or PC, Wikipedia uses MediaWiki software,” says Anand, “It uses CSS.
Wikimedians of Nepal!
Wikipedia also has local volunteers to manage content in Nepal. Eight admins are actively working in the group named Wikimedians of Nepal. They are especially active in checking the correctness of edited articles immediately, locking pages for some time to reduce editing wars, and promoting their mother tongue and local culture, behavior, and traditions.
To become a local manager or let’s say an admin of Wikipedia, you must fulfill certain criteria. According to Anand, a log-like dashboard is provided to the admin.
What does Wikipedia give to society? What do you get by editing or adding a new page?
It is not possible to directly earn money by posting articles on Wikipedia. If an article is posted by taking money from someone, then that article is one-sided and in that case, the admin will delete the page itself. Similarly, if it is known that an article has been written with money, the admin will report the editor and the Wikipedia Foundation will block the account so that it can never be edited.
So what can be found by writing on Wikipedia? Answering this question, Pankaj Dev, who has been an editor on Wikipedia since 2014, says, “Writing on Wikipedia means educating people.
Why is Wikipedia’s page at the top for most information?
There are many reasons why Wikipedia’s page is ranked at the top for most information. One is that Wikipedia is one of the oldest platforms on the Internet. In the early days, it started to become people’s choice after getting updated information on a single platform.
The number of people who contributed as volunteers also increased as the information that they had kept became visible to Internet users all over the world. Platforms operating from private resources could not provide information on various issues. Therefore, in the beginning, Wikipedia came to be at the top position.
Wikipedia has been prioritizing these things since its inception. Even now, if there is an incomplete article without a source, it will not be published on Wikipedia. Therefore, Wikipedia has become one of the most visited websites because it contains detailed information on every subject from the basic level.
Conclusion
Wikipedia says people have done it. This allows us to share your personal details. They are named after the city. People still follow Wikipedia. Actors and actresses as seen in Wikipedia. In the paragraph given above, I have made my points clear. You can do it yourself. Wikipedia will improve.