Punjabi Wikipedia


The Punjabi Wikipedia is the Punjabi language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. There are two Punjabi Wikipedia editions viz. :pa:|Eastern Punjabi Wikipedia and :pnb:|Western Punjabi Wikipedia.

Eastern edition

The Eastern edition domain came into existence on June 3, 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 Wikipedia workshop was organized in Ludhiana on July 28, 2012 and later another on August 16, 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 Wikipedia 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 Wikipedia among the students.
There are currently articles on the Gurmukhi Punjabi Wikipedia.

Western edition

The Western edition was started on 24 October 2008 via the Wikimedia Incubator, and its domain came into existence on August 13, 2009. The project was pioneered by Khalid Mahmood, a college professor from Islamabad. It was launched by Anwar Masood
There are currently articles on the Shahmukhi Punjabi Wikipedia.