  Logo of the Western Punjabi Misplaced Pages (above) and Eastern Punjabi Misplaced Pages (below) | |
| Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
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| Available in | Punjabi |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| URL | pa pnb |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Users | Western: 39749 Eastern: 52120 |
| Launched | 24 October 2008; 16 years ago (2008-10-24) (Western Punjabi) 3 June 2002; 22 years ago (2002-06-03) (Eastern Punjabi) |
| Current status | Active |
| Content license | Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 4.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL) Media licensing varies |
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The Punjabi Misplaced Pages (Punjabi: پنجابی وکیپیڈیا (Shahmukhi); ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ (Gurmukhi)) is the Punjabi language edition of Misplaced Pages, the 💕. There are two Punjabi Misplaced Pages editions, the Eastern Punjabi Misplaced Pages (in Gurmukhi script) and Western Punjabi Misplaced Pages (in Shahmukhi script).
Eastern edition
The Eastern edition domain came into existence on 3 June 2002 but the first three articles were only written in August 2004. In July 2012, it had reached 2,400 articles.
Since August 2012, it has about 26 million readers from all over the world.
The first Punjabi Misplaced Pages workshop was organized in Ludhiana on 28 July 2012 and later another on 16 August 2012 at the Punjabi University in Patiala to inform people how to edit and add to the Wiki.
Wiki-events and workshops to improve this Misplaced Pages and increase number of editors are conducted on regular basis. In October 2015 a seminar was organised at an event in Amritsar, where 148 students from 17 schools participated. The aim of the seminar to increase awareness about Misplaced Pages among the students.
There are currently 55,556 articles on the Gurmukhi Punjabi Misplaced Pages and it is the 100th largest edition of Misplaced Pages by article count.
Western edition
The Western edition was started on 24 October 2008 via the Wikimedia Incubator, and its domain came into existence on 13 August 2009. The project was pioneered by Khalid Mahmood, a college professor from Islamabad.
There are currently 73,639 articles on the Shahmukhi Punjabi Misplaced Pages and it is the 87th largest edition of Misplaced Pages by article count.
See also
- Hindi Misplaced Pages
- Urdu Misplaced Pages
- Marathi Misplaced Pages
- Saraiki Misplaced Pages
- Sindhi Misplaced Pages
- Pashto Misplaced Pages
- Gujarati Misplaced Pages
- English Misplaced Pages
References
- Western Punjabi Misplaced Pages statistics
- Punjabi Misplaced Pages statistics
- ^ "Punjabi Misplaced Pages workshop in Delhi on 27th, Ludhiana on 28th of July". July 27, 2012. . Archived from the original on 28 August 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ "Contribute to Misplaced Pages Punjabi, says representative". Tribune India. Ludhiana. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- pa:Special:Permalink/1
- Misplaced Pages:Multilingual statistics (2004)
- "Articles can be compiled in the Punjabi Version of Misplaced Pages". News. . 18 August 2012. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- "Punjabi Misplaced Pages Workshop at Punjabi University, Patiala". News. . 28 September 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- "148 students attend Maa Boli Mela". Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- Erhart, Ed (31 October 2016). "Remembering Khalid Mahmood". Wikimedia Blog. Retrieved 8 January 2016.