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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
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| Available in | Yiddish |
| Headquarters | Miami,Florida |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| URL | yi.wikipedia.org |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 4.0 (most text also dual-licensed underGFDL) Media licensing varies |
TheYiddish Wikipedia (Yiddish:יידיש-וויקיפעדיע) is theYiddish-language version ofWikipedia.[1] It was founded on 3 March 2004,[2] and the first article was written on 28 November of that year.
The Yiddish Wikipedia has 15,646articles as of February 2026. There are 59,550 registered users (includingbots); 71 are active, including 3administrators.
In accordance with the norms for the Yiddish language, it is written exclusively inHebrew script with differentYiddish orthography includingYIVO,Hasidic Yiddish andDaytshmerish.[3]
In 2007, conflict among editors on the site, especially between editors who were mostly active on theHebrew Wikipedia site, led to the proposed closure of the Yiddish Wikipedia. While the closure did not take place, continuing conflict between editors continue due to opposing interests of group members regarding shared and interrelated doctrines about Jewishness.[1]
The Yiddish Wikipedia reached 6,000 articles on 8 March 2009. The 6,000th article isיהושע העשיל תאומים-פרענקל, a rabbi. The 7,000th article isחנינא סגן הכהנים, an article about theHanina Segan ha-Kohanim created on 24 December 2009.
Combined, the differentHasidic groups form the largest Yiddish-speaking community in the world today. Therefore, many new articles are about Hasidic rabbis.[4]
Other examples of the Yiddish Wikipedia's extensive coverage onOrthodox Judaism in general, and Hasidic Judaism in particular, are:
Additional Judaism-related goals of the Yiddish Wikipedia are to spread Judaism and to create avirtual Jewish community online.[9]
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