About this 24 channels said Yuriy Peroganych, editor of Wikipedia, director of the NGO “Wikimedia Ukraine”. It was previously reported that Tim Cook told how to find a job at Apple.

Ukrainian Wikipedia becomes more popular

Peroganych noted that the Ukrainian Wikipedia has recovered 15 million times from the Russian Wikipedia in Ukraine. If we talk about the past, then 2 years ago, for every 100 views of the Ukrainian Wikipedia, there were 250 Russian views; a year ago there were already 170; this year there are already 123.

If this continues, next year we will surpass Russian and Ukrainian popularity in Ukraine will be higher than Russian,
– stated the editor of Wikipedia.

The general director of the NGO “Wikimedia Ukraine” added that the trend of decreasing popularity of Russian Wikipedia in Ukraine has been going on for a long time. There were times when Russian was 8 times more popular than Ukrainian. Ukrainians are now in a turbulent zone, so the demand for information is increasing.

Most visited Wikipedia pages in Ukraine

He chose the Wikipedia articles that are most popular among users in Ukraine. Especially on October 2, the page about Lyman was the most popular. In general, the list of the most visited Wikipedia articles in Ukraine is as follows:

• Elizabeth II, viewed 350,000 times;
• Russian occupation of Ukraine – 240 thousand times;
• Ukraine;
• World War I;
• DeepStateMap is the most popular map showing the state of the facade;
• Shahed-136 are drones supplied by Iran to Russia;
• Valery Zaluzhny;
• Armed forces;
• Charles III.

“There is no data yet on opinions on Elon Musk’s article,” Peroganich said.

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Views of the English Wikipedia

The Wikipedia editor maintained that the popularity of the English-language Wikipedia has also increased slightly in Ukraine. In September 2021, 18 million to 15 million pages were viewed this year.

English Wikipedia is the best and most popular. The Ukrainian one has 1.2 million articles while it has 6.5 million articles. But if we talk about the quality and size of our Wikipedia, it ranks 12th in the world,
– Stressed the executive director of the Wikimedia Ukraine NGO.

Wikipedia users and editors

According to him, it is not possible to count the number of Wikipedia users, but you can count the devices. Especially in September, Ukrainian Wikipedia was viewed from 14 million devices. The number of editors is known for certain. For the month of September, it is 3262 people. Of these, more than 700 people made 10 or more edits, 214 people made more than 100 edits, 31 people made more than 1,000 edits.

“I encourage people who notice mistakes on Wikipedia not to be afraid, look for the “Edit” button and make corrections to Wikipedia,” Peroganich said.

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