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Wikiquote
is a multilingual online open-content compendium of quotations. All content but copyrighted quotations is released under the
GFDL
and
CC-BY-SA
in the
same manner
as other
Wikimedia Foundation
projects.
The beginning
edit
It began with
a post
by
Fonzy
on June 27, 2003.
a proposed idea: Wikiquotionary an Encyclopedia of Quotes. The temp page can be found
here
– fonzy
It started as quote.wikipedia.org on July 10, 2003 and later got its own domain,
wikiquote.org
on August 25, 2003.
Development
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Wikiquote
had quotations with over 2,500 articles in six languages in June 2004, one year after its first proposal under the domain
wikiquote.org
. Some language-speakers other than English requested their own subdomain and on July 17, they were created, starting Wikiquotes in languages like German, French, Italian and Polish.
The Wikiquote project is expanding slowly but steadily. At the end of September there were about 15 Wikiquotes, both large and small. On December 1, there were 24 Wikiquote projects. There were almost 6,500 articles in total in December 2004. At the end of May 2005 the total number of articles reached 14,000. It included nearly 30,000 articles in over 30 languages in February 2006, over 60,000 articles in 87 languages in May 2007 and over 80,000 articles in 89 languages in June 2008.
Since the last update of June 2008, the number of languages has remained stable, while the number of articles has doubled. As of 10 May 2014, about eleven years after its creation, the Wikiquote project now includes over 168,000 articles in 89 languages. Twenty-eight language versions have more than 1,000 articles. Fifty-six language versions have 100 or more articles.
The largest Wikiquotes are Italian and English, with over 48,000 and 46,000 articles respectively. Third is Polish Wikiquote, with more than 24,000 articles.
Challenge
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Sometimes the Wikiquote project faces troubles and challenges. One of the most remarkable challenges was copyright issues on the French Wikiquote. To avoid problems, on March 2006 the Foundation decided to
take it down
, erase all its material and relaunch it. For details, see
the announcement from the Foundation
However, devoted editors rescued the situation. They settled their charter and policies, and
French Wikiquote
was relaunched on December 4, 2006.
List of Wikiquotes
edit
See
this page
for complete statistics.
Table transcluded from
Wikiquote/Table
These statistics are
updated several times a day
. You might need to
purge the cache
to see the latest numbers.
Language
Wiki
Content pages
All pages
Edits
Admins
Users
Active users
Files
en
65,405
234,647
3,911,072
15
3,311,460
1,237
Italian
it
54,967
208,663
1,409,994
106,706
171
263
Polish
pl
31,730
56,013
641,064
61,050
91
Russian
ru
17,883
45,431
438,989
112,743
143
Czech
cs
15,450
20,063
167,345
20,621
23
Estonian
et
13,692
23,474
134,882
5,536
24
Ukrainian
uk
12,208
42,121
159,399
20,957
36
Portuguese
pt
12,057
36,571
225,503
43,775
22
Hebrew
he
11,150
21,474
234,528
27,189
60
514
10
French
fr
10,866
38,793
454,784
82,726
126
11
Persian
fa
9,538
33,928
192,071
33,202
18
37
12
Spanish
es
8,703
33,002
499,966
96,296
48
13
German
de
7,932
20,540
523,774
69,309
34
16
14
Serbian
sr
6,070
13,456
67,681
6,545
26
15
Turkish
tr
5,852
34,739
238,233
37,395
54
16
Azerbaijani
az
5,496
12,486
206,322
8,622
15
17
Esperanto
eo
5,468
11,409
53,346
5,668
11
18
Slovak
sk
4,531
7,451
101,168
7,919
10
19
Catalan
ca
4,207
14,121
145,639
16,027
20
Bosnian
bs
4,157
8,109
62,350
8,920
271
21
Chinese
zh
3,988
16,438
151,681
55,731
47
22
Arabic
ar
3,776
56,469
261,900
34,249
34
23
Indonesian
id
3,485
9,969
52,403
20,836
81
24
Finnish
fi
3,420
7,104
100,172
9,975
14
25
Slovenian
sl
2,973
7,399
42,853
5,867
26
Lithuanian
lt
2,973
6,385
83,863
5,323
27
Bangla
bn
2,659
12,762
80,446
5,589
421
28
Sundanese
su
2,425
3,995
16,043
2,201
23
29
Bulgarian
bg
2,309
11,372
91,879
11,557
13
30
Armenian
hy
2,307
9,153
178,907
6,246
99
31
Croatian
hr
2,183
4,212
33,554
6,224
11
32
Igbo
ig
2,041
11,233
31,426
1,389
17
33
Greek
el
1,907
4,116
38,260
9,416
10
34
Uzbek
uz
1,812
5,779
26,682
2,884
15
35
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn
1,755
4,115
19,251
3,284
36
Limburgish
li
1,575
3,235
7,357
2,667
37
Swedish
sv
1,550
4,060
37,212
13,635
12
38
Vietnamese
vi
1,391
5,886
62,635
14,609
19
39
Hungarian
hu
1,371
5,146
56,871
15,816
54
40
Assamese
as
1,317
3,290
26,107
1,152
29
41
Dutch
nl
1,296
5,998
94,658
16,965
12
42
Japanese
ja
1,181
4,990
42,469
23,023
17
43
Korean
ko
1,121
4,298
34,681
7,157
10
44
Yakut
sah
1,099
1,797
8,594
1,107
45
Latin
la
1,015
2,337
14,854
4,015
46
Tamil
ta
984
3,985
38,500
4,781
47
Hindi
hi
924
6,731
32,789
5,436
14
48
Telugu
te
883
4,945
26,483
3,182
49
Gun
guw
804
1,356
10,008
746
50
Banjar
bjn
641
1,339
6,076
626
10
51
Romanian
ro
635
3,528
23,719
6,881
10
52
Thai
th
631
8,276
57,641
6,372
12
53
Urdu
ur
582
3,346
14,123
2,991
11
54
Galician
gl
556
2,960
22,320
3,598
55
Tagalog
tl
512
4,406
31,971
758
56
Gujarati
gu
511
3,181
18,735
2,836
57
Belarusian
be
491
2,172
13,978
4,816
58
Georgian
ka
453
4,853
47,811
5,386
22
59
Kannada
kn
378
2,281
15,518
2,361
60
Norwegian
no
375
3,105
28,403
5,815
12
61
Welsh
cy
371
1,406
8,621
2,903
62
Nigerian Pidgin
pcm
359
575
7,491
214
63
Malayalam
ml
331
3,642
25,737
5,627
12
64
Albanian
sq
317
3,174
25,458
3,099
65
Basque
eu
271
1,299
12,258
3,035
66
Kurdish
ku
253
1,158
12,037
4,198
67
Malay
ms
232
1,496
7,164
527
42
68
Danish
da
232
2,360
21,021
10,135
69
Central Bikol
bcl
148
2,109
19,755
885
70
Sanskrit
sa
139
4,813
18,425
2,733
71
Icelandic
is
135
1,284
12,794
2,739
72
Gorontalo
gor
124
1,642
15,813
468
11
73
Breton
br
50
919
5,515
2,365
74
Marathi
mr
44
922
8,943
2,551
75
Afrikaans
af
35
1,304
10,726
3,336
76
Kyrgyz
ky
507
4,202
2,194
Totals
Content pages
All pages
Edits
Admins
Users
Active users
Files
All active Wikiquotes
372,693
1,213,103
12,066,903
189
4,467,177
3,242
1,348
The Alemannic, Bavarian and Rhine Franconian Wikipedias have a namespace dedicated to quotations (
als:Spruch:Start
bar:Spruch:Start
pfl:Spruch:Start
) rather than using a standalone Wikiquote project.
Milestones
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Recommended article-count milestones are 100, 500, 1k, 2k, 5k increments to 50k, 10k increments to 100k, 25k increments to 250k, 50k increments to 500k, and 100k increments to 1000k.
Reporting to
Wikimedia News
is also recommended.
Past milestones can be found in the
archives
2026
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March 23, 2026
2,000 articles –
Igbo Wikiquote
2025
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November 2, 2025
10,000 articles –
French Wikiquote
October 28, 2025: One new Wikiquote was created
Nigerian Pidgin Wikiquote
September 19, 2025
60,000 articles –
English Wikiquote
September 18, 2025: One new Wikiquote was created
Malay Wikiquote
September 7, 2025
15,000 articles –
Czech Wikiquote
August 31, 2025
200 articles –
Georgian Wikiquote
July 21, 2025
100 articles –
Gorontalo Wikiquote
June 6, 2025
500 articles –
Thai Wikiquote
June 5, 2025
1,000 articles –
Uzbek Wikiquote
April 29, 2025
2,000 articles –
Bengali Wikiquote
April 23, 2025
1,000 articles –
Vietnamese Wikiquote
March 14, 2025
30,000 articles –
Polish Wikiquote
January 11, 2025
200 articles –
Danish Wikiquote
2024
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December 21, 2024
10,000 articles –
Hebrew Wikiquote
October 17, 2024
500 articles –
Romanian Wikiquote
October 6, 2024
1,000 articles –
Igbo Wikiquote
October 5, 2024
500 articles –
Tagalog Wikiquote
October 1, 2024: One new Wikiquote was created
Gorontalo Wikiquote
August 20, 2024
500 articles –
Uzbek Wikiquote
July 8, 2024
10,000 articles –
Ukrainian Wikiquote
June 17, 2024
5,000 articles –
Serbian Wikiquote
June 13, 2024
1,000 articles –
Latin Wikiquote
May 31, 2024
1,000 articles –
Assamese Wikiquote
May 29, 2024
5,000 articles –
Azerbaijani Wikiquote
April 23, 2024
1,000 articles –
Bengali Wikiquote
February 25, 2024
50,000 articles –
Italian Wikiquote
February 7, 2024
500 articles –
Vietnamese Wikiquote
February 4, 2024
50,000 articles –
English Wikiquote
January 24, 2024
200 articles –
Thai Wikiquote
2023
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December 18, 2023
500 articles –
Gun Wikiquote
November 28, 2023
500 articles –
Telugu Wikiquote
November 23, 2023
500 articles –
Bengali Wikiquote
November 8, 2023: One new Wikiquote was created
Banjar Wikiquote
October 12, 2023
100 articles –
Thai Wikiquote
August 23, 2023
500 articles –
Assamese Wikiquote
July 21, 2023
100 articles –
Central Bikol Wikiquote
May 5, 2023
500 articles –
Igbo Wikiquote
April 25, 2023
2,000 articles –
Indonesian Wikiquote
February 14, 2023
2,000 articles –
Sundanese Wikiquote
January 31, 2023
5,000 articles –
Turkish Wikiquote
January 14, 2023
500 articles –
Hindi Wikiquote
January 4, 2023: Two new Wikiquotes were created
Assamese Wikiquote
Gun Wikiquote
2022
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December 3, 2022
10,000 articles –
Portuguese Wikiquote
October 18, 2022
5,000 articles –
Esperanto Wikiquote
October 10, 2022: Four new Wikiquotes were created
Central Bikol Wikiquote
Bengali Wikiquote
Igbo Wikiquote
Tagalog Wikiquote
July 2, 2022
1,000 articles –
Sakha Wikiquote
January 15, 2022
1,000 articles –
Japanese Wikiquote
2021
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August 26, 2021
500 articles –
Urdu Wikiquote
August 5, 2021
40,000 articles –
English Wikiquote
July 21, 2021
40,000 articles –
Italian Wikiquote
April 2, 2021
200 articles –
Vietnamese Wikiquote
February 27, 2021
5,000 articles –
Estonian Wikiquote
February 1, 2021
1,000 articles –
Dutch Wikiquote
2020
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December 6, 2020
5,000 articles –
Hebrew Wikiquote
October 6, 2020
500 articles –
Urdu Wikiquote
October 4, 2020
2,000 articles –
Estonian Wikiquote
September 11, 2020
2,000 articles –
Arabic Wikiquote
August 25, 2020
10,000 articles –
Czech Wikiquote
June 7, 2020
100 articles –
Uzbek Wikiquote
May 16, 2020
100 articles –
Vietnamese Wikiquote
March 6, 2020
1,000 articles –
Estonian Wikiquote
February 15, 2020
2,000 articles –
Armenian Wikiquote
January 1, 2020
1,000 articles –
Thai Wikiquote
2019
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December 25, 2019
500 articles –
Thai Wikiquote
November 14, 2019
2,000 articles –
Croatian Wikiquote
November 13, 2019
200 articles –
Vietnamese Wikiquote
November 11, 2019
200 articles –
Hindi Wikiquote
October 23, 2019
5,000 articles –
French Wikiquote
August 13, 2019
200 articles –
Albanian Wikiquote
2015
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October 1, 2015
2,000 articles –
Catalan Wikiquote
February 13, 2015
20,000 articles –
Italian Wikiquote
February 2, 2015
1,000 articles –
Armenian Wikiquote
2013
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August 22, 2013
A Rhine Franconian Wikiquote has been created as separate namespace within Rhine Franconian Wikipedia:
Rheifränggische Schbrischsommlung (Wikiquote)
May 28, 2013
1,000 articles –
Catalan Wikiquote
February 4, 2013
2,000 articles –
Ukrainian Wikiquote
January 4, 2013
A Bavarian Wikiquote has been created as separate namespace within Bavarian Wikipedia:
Boarische Sprich (Wikiquote)
2012
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August 14, 2012
15,000 articles –
Italian Wikiquote
July 6, 2012
1,000 articles –
Limburgish Wikiquote
2010
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November 14, 2010
1,000 articles –
Swedish Wikiquote
October 19, 2010
500 articles –
Limburgish Wikiquote
May 2010
10,000 articles –
Polish Wikiquote
March 21, 2010
10,000 articles –
Italian Wikiquote
February 26, 2010
2,000 articles –
French Wikiquote
4,000 articles –
Spanish Wikiquote
February 2010
Wikiquote has over 100,000 articles in total. Not known when the milestone has reached.
2009
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October – November 2009
1,000 articles –
Ukrainian Wikiquote
October 8, 2009
Alemannic Wikiquote
reached 500 quotes, collected on 3 pages
An Alemannic Wikiquote has been created as separate namespace within Alemannic Wikipedia:
Alemannischi Spruchsammlig (Wikiquote)
September 10, 2009
500 articles –
Armenian Wikiquote
August – September 2009
1,000 articles –
Persian Wikiquote
August 20, 2009
1,000 articles –
Greek Wikiquote
New Wikiquote
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If you want to launch a Wikiquote project in your favorite language, you can request it, filling some requirements. See
Requests for new languages
for further information.
Project-wide communications
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Most of language projects of Wikiquote have its discussion place on their wikis. If it is hard for you to find it, try talk:Main Page on each wiki.
The global Wikiquote community utilizes some communication channels.
Talk:Wikiquote
#wikiquote IRC channel
wikiquote-l mailing list
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Wikiquote coordination
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Wikiquote Requests and proposals
Administrators of Wikiquotes
WWW
(International Portal settings)
Statistics of articles without interwiki
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(on Wikimedia Commons)
History
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