L'Enciclopèdia in Valencian
L'Enciclopèdia in Valencian is an encyclopedia on internet that was created following the stocks in the technology wiki, which is defined as the free encyclopedia in Valencian language. L'Enciclopèdia in valencian uses a free software called MediaWiki. L'Enciclopèdia in valencian and the website www.lenciclopedia.org are not a part of the Wikimedia Foundation, provider of this free software.
L'Enciclopèdia in valencian was created on December 2, 2007. L'Enciclopèdia is the only encyclopedia in Valencian that exists in internet and the only encyclopedia that uses a Valencian orthographic rule for the Valencian, the orthographic rules of Normes d'El Puig of the Royal Academy of Valencian Culture, dated from 1981. It's also the only encyclopedia produced from the Valencian Community with a Valencian perspective and aimed at a Valencian audience.
L'Enciclopèdia aims to create a great free encyclopedia in Valencian and spread the Valencian language through the internet. This project aims to make an electronic encyclopedia in Valencian content free and open to all. Most of the content can be improved by anyone accessing L'Enciclopèdia.
Historical evolution
- The first user registered in L'Enciclopèdia was probably SSurfer. The first active users to edit the first articles were SSurfer and Mixalberto.
- In July 2008 the first meeting between collaborators of L'Enciclopèdia was held in Valencia.
- The project has evolved as new users and collaborators have been incorporated that have enabled it to provide more content and updates.
June 18, 2009 arrives up to 5.000 articles, being the article "The Valencian Golden literature century". [1]
In a hypothetical classification close to the encyclopedias of the Wikimedia Foundation would be in a position 110 of 271 encyclopedias, having the L'Enciclopèdia in valencian more articles that 161 encyclopedias of the above mentioned foundation, that is to say, it possesses more articles that the majority of encyclopedias of the Wikimedia Foundation overcoming more than 58%.
Statistics
- The current evolution of L'Enciclopèdia in Valencian is the following:
- 36 333 articles.
- 60 256 pages.
- 364 581 edits.
- 2240 images.
- 1191 users.
- 18 administrators.
Historical record of articles
| Date | Articles |
|---|---|
| December 2007 | - |
| March 12, 2009 | 500 |
| May 7, 2009 | 1.000 |
| May 25, 2009 | 2.000 |
| May 28, 2009 | 3.000 |
| June 3, 2009 | 4.000 |
| June 18, 2009 | 5.000 |
| December 31, 2009 | 6.000 |
| July 26, 2011 | 7.000 |
| June 18, 2013 | 8.000 |
| July 25, 2014 | 9.000 |
| December 26, 2014 | 10.000 |
| April 23, 2016 | 11.000 |
| October 15, 2016 | 12.000 |
| March 24, 2018 | 13.000 |
| October 28, 2019 | 14.000 |
| June 28, 2020 | 15.000 |
| November 24, 2021 | 20.000 |
| September 14, 2022 | 25.000 |
- For more information, please consult the Statistics of L'Enciclopèdia in Valencian.
Varieties of the language in L'Enciclopèdia
In the articles relating to places, cultures or typical elements between others, of a concrete place, always respecting the procedure of the Royal Academy of Valencian Culture [2], can be in use the local dialect.
Ideology
L'Enciclopèdia is defined as a free encyclopedia in Valencian language that everyone can edit all and in the responsibility of the page says expressly that it is not a project of partisan but impartial ideology and written entirely in Valencian, in addition asks that in case of finding some sample of partisan ideology, it to denounce the managers and will be withdrawn as rapidly as possible.
To be able to write in the above mentioned encyclopedia, one does not ask to have any ideology, any person is free to begin and write, providing that he does it respecting the orthographic rules of the Royal Academy of Valencian Culture.
To be able to write in the above mentioned encyclopedia, one does not ask to have any ideology, any person is free to begin and write, providing that he does it respecting the orthographic rules of the Royal Academy of Valencian Culture for the Valencian language.
L'Enciclopèdia mobile version
- L'Enciclopèdia in Valencian launched the February 10, 2015 its version for mobile devices which improves navigation on mobiles and tablets and allows easy and fast consultation from mobile phones.
- Currently more than 25% of the accesses to L'Enciclopèdia are made by mobile devices and the percentage is expected to continue increasing.
L'Enciclopèdia on social networks
L'Enciclopèdia in Valencian has more than 5,000 followers on social networks and is present in facebook and twitter since 2011 and instagram since 2016. If you wish, you can click on the following links and join the social networks of L'Enciclopèdia en valencià: