Scots Wikipaedia
The Scots Wikipaedia is the Scots leid version o Wikipaedia, an is run bi the Wikimedie Foondation.
It wis furthsett on 23 Juin 2005, an first raxed 1,000 airticles in Februar 2006, an 5,000 airticles in November 2010. Syne Apryle 2024, it haes aboot 34,936 airticles. The Scots Wikipedie is ane o aicht Wikipaedias wryt in an Anglic leid, the ithers bein the Inglis Wikipaedia, the Simple Inglis Wikipaedia, the Auld Inglis Wikipaedia, the Pitkern-Norfuk Wikipaedia, the Tok Pisin Wikipedia, the Jamaican Patois Wikipedia, an the Sranan Tongo Wiki Scots.
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Teep o steid | Internet encyclopedia project |
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| Available in | Scots |
| Heidquarters | Miami, Florida |
| Awner | Wikimedie Foondation |
| Wabsteid | sco.wikipedia.org |
| Commercial | Na |
| Registration | Optional |
Reception
Syne Februar 2008, the steid haed 2,200 airticles, an haed bi thontim ootratit ither siclyke Wikipaedias, sic as the Maori Wikipaedia an Kashmiri Wikipaedia. The affcome wis nou an sae, wi Scotland on Sunday's leeterar editor descrievin it as "ill-contrivit at maist, an a hale geck at warst," while Ted Brocklebank, cultur spokesman fur the Scottish Tories, descrievit it as a "peistan ettle at makkin a leid." Housomiver, Dr Chris Robinson, director o the Dictionary of the Scots Language, ruised the steid, remairkin "frae that it is daein weel, it underminds aw thon fowk wha ca doum Scots and sey tae ding it doon."
In 2020, the steid wis come kenspeckle efter a Reddit post ledged an unco heich nummer o airticles haed been screived in gye shan Scots bi ane uiser. Least 20,000 articles wis wrocht on bi an American hauflang wi a puir kennage o the Scots leid, aften owersettin articles athoot uisin suith Scots wirds or grammar. Professor Robert McColl Millar, the chair in linguistics an Scots leids at the Varsity o Aiberdeen, said that the wrangous airticles kythed "a gye scant ken o baith Modren Scots and the air kynes an aa". Dr Michael Dempster, director o the Centre for the Scots Leid, raxed oot tae the Wiki Foondation ower an inlat o biggin upan the Scots Wikipedia's present infrasctructur, descrievin incomers leukin nearhaun the ootspeckle as giein the steid "the kyl tae be a muckle online upstay" fur the Scots leid.
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