Pennsylvania German Wikipedia

Infobox website
name = Pennsylvania German Wikipedia



caption =
url = http://pdc.wikipedia.org/
commercial = No
location = Miami, Florida
type = Internet encyclopedia project
language = Pennsylvania German
registration = Optional
owner = Wikimedia Foundation
author = The Pennsylvania German Wikipedia is the Pennsylvania German-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. Started in March 2006, it had nearly 1,491 articles as of October 10, 2007, making it the 137th largest Wikipedia language edition.

This language edition has hardly any encyclopedic information, many tiny articles are more similar to dictionary entries [Examples: [http://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaesa Gaesa] , [http://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti- Ti-] . Last seen 2008-09-02.] and would be deleted in e.g. English Wikipedia. Many articles are geographical stubs [Example: [http://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villar_del_R%C3%ADo_(Soria) Villar del Río (Soria)] . Last seen 2008-09-02.] or consists of genealogical information. [Example: [http://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Schantz_II_(1792-1868) Joseph Schantz II (1792-1868)] . Last seen 2008-09-02.]

The edition is based on the German MediaWiki version, only 3 % of the expressions are translated (spring 2008). Fact|date=September 2008

In March/April 2008, two registered users indicated on their babel list language level 3 ("fluent"), four others level 1 ("basic"). Fact|date=September 2008

References

External links

* [http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaPDC.htm Statistics for Pennsylvania German Wikipedia] by Erik Zachte
* [http://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ_in_English English language FAQ about the project] - includes a question regarding Amish not using computers