TheGalician Wikipedia (Galician:Wikipedia en lingua galega), also popularly known asGalipedia (Galician:Galipedia),[1] is theGalician-language edition ofWikipedia, a free and publicly editableonline encyclopedia.
Launched on 8 March 2003,[2] it has 227,903 articles, making it the fifty-third-largest edition of Wikipedia by number of articles as of 28 November 2025,[3][4] after having reached 100,000 articles on 4 March 2013, four days before its tenth anniversary. It has the 47th-most edits and also ranks 53th in terms ofarticle depth among Wikipedias. At the start of 2013, 101,305 different images were used.[5]
Months later,Agremon registered and became the firstadministrator of the Galician Wikipedia. He was the one who first used the term Galipedia to refer to the project, which had still only existed for less than a year. Little by little, Galipedia was mentioned in some newspapers, websites, and other sources, which were interested in the work done on it.
As the Galician version ofWikipedia, it is a collaborativeencyclopedia written in theGalician language. It is open to any type of contribution, and accepts various currents of thought, as long as they are not aggressive. It accepts all possible topics, fromsport and thecuisine of each country, to the biographies of people inphysics,astronomy, andlinguistics, tohistory, for example that of theKingdom of Galicia.
It differs from encyclopedias in use mainly in two aspects. On the one hand, it enjoys exorbitant growth, while, on the other, it highlights its ability to absorb information and adapt it practically immediately. Thus, for example, obituaries or news considered transcendent and encyclopedic in nature are on many occasions included in Galipedia in a matter of hours, or even minutes. This is also possible through contact with other languages' versions of Wikipedia, of which there are more than 300, from which translations or templates are obtained.
As for the images, Galipedia has its own fund, thanks toWikimedia Commons, the common fund. This is not the case in all versions of Wikipedia. There are currently 34 files, most of them images, uploaded internally. As of early February 2013, it had 101,305 distinct images across all project articles (244,226 counting duplicate images). The most used images, not counting icons or flags, wereConcellos menos poboados de Galiza.PNG, which was used 1,284 times (included in the templategl:Modelo:Concellos de Galicia en progreso), andPiazza del Campidoglio.jpg, which was used 1,082 times (included in the templategl:Modelo:Xeografía en progreso).[5]
The number of active editors has varied since 2009 between approximately 260 and 330. Of these, around twenty are very active and among them are a maximum of 3 who, in general, exceed 1,000 monthly editions. The average creation of articles since the project was opened in April 2002 is 8,250 per year. However, if only the last period is taken into account (from 2007 to 2010, both inclusive), the average increases to 11,400 new articles. Around 35% of these articles were created by the 10 most active editors.
The categorisation of both articles and images is around 100%.
In 2016,good articles started to be chosen as well. There are currently 117 articles that are considered 'good'. The first article to be considered 'good' wasgl:Slipknot (Slipknot (band)).
The Galipedia meant the creation of a community of collaborative people with common ties, and also of different origins, ages or ideologies. Thus, meetings are held in which the history of Galipedia, the present reality and future goals are discussed. There is also a friendship group formed around the encyclopedia, which has given rise to groups on social networks such asFacebook[7] orTwitter.[8] The presence of women is reduced in Galipedia, a problem common to other versions.[9]
The activity through the network is complemented with Galipedia dissemination projects, such as lectures in educational centers or meetings to spread its use. On 15 January 2011, on Wikipedia's 10th anniversary, there was a meeting inCulleredo and another inRibadeo.[10] In September that year, theCity of Culture ofSantiago de Compostela hosted a workshop.
In 2011, on 15 January, the anniversary of Wikipedia, and on 8 March, the anniversary of Galipedia, editing challenges were carried out to achieve new records. In January it was set to make 5,000 edits in one day, of which just over 4,500 were made, and in March it was set to make 500 new articles in one day (about 450 were created).
On March 9, 2013, Galipedia's 10th anniversary was celebrated with a meeting in Santiago de Compostela that includedseveral presentations on free knowledge and cultural activism.
E-dixgal is a virtual learning space of theXunta de Galicia for 5th and 6th grade students and 1st and 2nd gradeESO students, which includes a direct link to the Galipedia homepage.[13]
Delivery of the Xoán Manuel Pintos Award in 2018.Galipedia received the Xoán Manuel Pintos award in 2018.Collection of the Rosalía de Castro Language Award from the Provincial Council of A Coruña.
