Korean Wikipedia

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Korean Wikipedia (abbreviated ko-WP) is the Korean-language version of Wikipedia.

Facts and statistics[edit]

Started: October 2002

Founders:

Current size: 665,686 articles

Total edits: 36,684,174

Active editors: 2,015 in the past month

Coverage[edit]

Areas of strength

  • Korea-related topics

Areas of weakness

Operation[edit]

Unique qualities

Challenges

  • Literally not available in North Korea, as access to global internet is available mostly for government officials.
  • Competition from other Korean language wikis.

Competitors

  • Namuwiki – larger but more informal competitor

Language aspects

History and impact[edit]

Milestones/events

Impact

References[edit]