# Basque Wikipedia > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Basque_Wikipedia > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Basque_Wikipedia.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_Wikipedia > Source revision: 1341600855 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Basque-language edition of Wikipedia You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Basque. (August 2012) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Basque article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. 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Type of site Internet encyclopedia project Available in Basque Owner Wikimedia Foundation URL eu.wikipedia.org Commercial No Registration Optional Launched 6 December 2001; 24 years ago (2001-12-06) Content license Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 4.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL) Media licensing varies The **Basque Wikipedia** ([Basque](/source/Basque_language): *Euskarazko Wikipedia*[1] or *Euskal Wikipedia*) is the [Basque language](/source/Basque_language) edition of [Wikipedia](/source/Wikipedia). Founded on 6 December 2001,[2] although its main page was created in November 2003, it reached 58,124 articles by 19 August 2010, making it the 45th-largest Wikipedia.[3] As of June 2026, it has 694 active contributors, of which 12 are administrators, and has about 491,000 articles.[4][5][6] ## History In an August 2007 interview, [Jimmy Wales](/source/Jimmy_Wales), co-founder of Wikipedia, used the Basque Wikipedia as an example of the rationale for having Wikipedias in smaller languages: - "Certainly within Wikipedia right now we are seeing some fairly successful projects in small European languages. You don't really need a [Welsh language Wikipedia](/source/Welsh_Wikipedia), perhaps. The number of people who speak Welsh who don't also speak English is very small and getting smaller every year. So why do we have a Welsh Wikipedia? Well, people wanted it, so they're making it. And language preservation is the main motive. It is their mother tongue and they want to keep it alive, keep its literature alive. Certainly some of the larger small languages like [Basque](/source/Basque_language) and [Catalan](/source/Catalan_language) have very successful projects. I definitely see that preserving parts of your language and culture through collaborative projects makes a lot of sense."[7] On 25 January 2008, the Basque Wikipedia was awarded the Argia Saria granted by the magazine *[Argia](/source/Argia_(magazine))* in the category of Internet.[8][9][10] On 21 May 2011, Basque Wikipedia published its 100,000 article, an article about the prohibition of using Basque language throughout history called *[Euskararen debekua](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euskararen_debekua)*.[11] In December 2011, around 11,000 new articles were added to Basque Wikipedia by the Culture Ministry of the Basque Government.[12] in December 2025, they were the first to upload all the articles in the list of 1,000 articles that all Wikipedians must have, in excess of 30,000 bytes.[13] ### Txikipedia In 2018, the Basque Wikipedia started a sub-project where articles were aimed at children, named Txikipedia ("txiki" being Basque for "small"). It was inspired by an independent French project named [Vikidia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vikidia&action=edit&redlink=1) [[fr](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikidia)]. Two years after the launch, the project had 2,600 articles, most being focused on maths and natural sciences.[14] ## Statistics As of September 2024, the Basque Wikipedia has the fourth greatest number of articles per speaker among Wikipedias with over 100,000 articles, and ranks 21st overall.[15] These figures were based on *[Ethnologue](/source/Ethnologue)*'s estimate of 665,800 Basque speakers. Number of Articles Date Article 1 6 December 2001 Lurra 1,000 April 2004 5,000 28 January 2006 10,000 28 May 2006 20,000 10 September 2007 25,000 6 April 2008[1] Euskal Herriak Bere Eskola 30,000 12 September 2008 Sexu 40,000 15 July 2009 Eden Project 45,000 13 October 2009 Xinmin Hiria 50,000 30 December 2009 Errinozero 55,000 12 April 2010 60,000 8 November 2010 Posta Kode 70,000 18 April 2011 Écurat 80,000 22 April 2011 Kolonbiako geografia 90,000 1 May 2011 Elisabet Farnesio 100,000 21 May 2011 Euskararen debekua 120,000 21 December 2011 130,000 5 May 2012 Vireo approximans 150,000 27 March 2013 Pointe-à-Pitre 200,000 19 September 2014 Malda (topografia) 250.000 23 June 2016 Abuwtiyuw 400.000 19 October 2022 Justizia klimatiko ### New articles per day - 8 November 2010: 456 articles - 20 December 2009: 239 articles - 8 October 2009: 219 articles - 30 August 2009: 141 articles - 7 October 2009: 134 articles - 11 October 2009: 125 articles - 9 October 2009: 118 articles - 13 October 2009: 115 articles ## Gallery - Basque Week logo (during October). - 2009 Basque Week logo (during October). - Basque Wikipedia's 25.000 article logo - Basque Wikipedia's 30.000 article logo - Basque Wikipedia's 40.000 article logo - Basque Wikipedia's 50.000 article logo - 2011 - Basque Wikipedia's tenth birthday's logo - Txikipedia logo - Workshop held by Basque Wikimedians with librarians in [Bayonne](/source/Bayonne) - Wikimedia Education Conference, San Sebastian. 2019. - Wikimedia Education Conference, San Sebastian. 2019. ## See also - [French Wikipedia](/source/French_Wikipedia) - [Spanish Wikipedia](/source/Spanish_Wikipedia) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-berria_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-berria_1-1) Idoia Etxeberria (24 April 2008). ["Jakintza eta auzolana"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110716234156/http://paperekoa.berria.info/plaza/2008-04-24/054/002/Jakintza_eta_auzolan.htm). [Berria](/source/Berria). Archived from [the original](http://paperekoa.berria.info/plaza/2008-04-24/054/002/Jakintza_eta_auzolan.htm) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Multilingual monthly statistics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Multilingual_monthly_statistics_(2001)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [List of Wikipedias - Meta](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Basque Wikipedia´s statistics](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berezi:Estatistikak) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Basque Wikipedia´s statistic](https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEU.htm) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Graphics on Basque Wikipedia](https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/ChartsWikipediaEU.htm) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Interview on geekillustrated.com, August 2007](http://geekillustrated.com.au/article.htm?articleid=1334&all=yes) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Imanol Murua Uria Berriako kazetariak jaso du prentsa idatziko Argia saria"](http://www.berria.info/paperekoa/euskalherria/2008-01-26/013/001/Imanol_Murua_Uria_BERRIAko_kazetariak_jaso_du_prentsa_idatziko_Argia_sariahtm). [Berria](/source/Berria). 26 January 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2009.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Sara Santos (26 January 2008). ["Argia astekariak 2008. urteko bere sariak banatu zituen"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111009044344/http://www2.deia.com/es/impresa/2008/01/26/bizkaia/kultura/436882.php). [Deia](/source/Deia_(newspaper)). Archived from [the original](http://www2.deia.com/es/impresa/2008/01/26/bizkaia/kultura/436882.php) on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Rebeka Calvo (26 January 2008). ["Euskaraz bizi eta sortzen dugun komunitatea gaude gaur hemen"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120222014557/http://www.gara.net/paperezkoa/20080126/59658/eu/Euskaraz/bizi/eta/sortzen/dugun/komunitatea/gaude/gaur/hemen%C2%BB/). [Gara](/source/Gara_(newspaper)). Archived from [the original](http://www.gara.net/paperezkoa/20080126/59658/eu/Euskaraz/bizi/eta/sortzen/dugun/komunitatea/gaude/gaur/hemen%C2%BB/) on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Iratxe Esnaola (18 May 2011). ["Nork idatziko du 100.000. artikulua?"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110927083614/http://www.gara.net/paperezkoa/20110518/266871/eu/Nork-idatziko-du-100000-artikulua). [Gara](/source/Gara_(newspaper)). Archived from [the original](http://www.gara.net/paperezkoa/20110518/266871/eu/Nork-idatziko-du-100000-artikulua) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [Cultura incorpora 11.000 nuevas entradas a la Wikipedia en euskera](http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=1051166) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20141228115538/http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=1051166) 28 December 2014 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (ABC.es, 29 December 2011) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Euskarazko Wikipediak 24 urte bete ditu, eta munduko lehen postuan kokatu da oinarrizko 1.000 artikuluen zerrendan – Euskal Wikilarien Kultur Elkartea"](https://wikimedia.eus/2025/12/euskal-wikipediak-24-urte-bete-ditu-eta-munduko-lehen-postuan-kokatu-da-oinarrizko-1-000-artikuluen-zerrendan/) (in Basque). Retrieved 13 December 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** 20minutos (27 June 2019). ["La Wikipedia en euskera recibió 30 millones de visitas en 2018, 5 millones más que en 2017"](https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3685180/0/wikipedia-euskera-recibio-30-millones-visitas-2018-5-millones-mas-que-2017/). *www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias* (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2020.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_numeric_names:_authors_list)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["List of Wikipedias by speakers per article"](https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias_by_speakers_per_article). 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