Greek Wikipedia
Also known as elwiki, elwp, elwikipedia, el.wikipedia.org
Greek-language edition of Wikipedia
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Greek Wikipedia is the version of Wikipedia written in the Greek language, allowing Greek speakers to access and contribute to free, collaborative encyclopedia content in their native language. It matters because it helps ensure that people who speak Greek can participate in creating and sharing knowledge online, rather than being limited to Wikipedia editions in other languages.
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- Official website
- el.wikipedia.org
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- Greek Wikipedia 30000 articles Main Page.jpg
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The Greek Wikipedia (also Hellenic Wikipedia, Elliniki Vikipedia, Greek: Ελληνική Βικιπαίδεια) is the Greek-language edition of Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia. It was started on 1 December 2002. It surpassed the 10,000 article mark on 16 May 2006, the 100,000 article mark on 9 April 2014, and the 200,000 article mark on 27 November 2021. As of June 2026, it has 269,588 articles.
The Greek Wikipedia community has organized some meetups as well. Since 2011, the Wikimedia Community User Group Greece, the national affiliate of Wikimedia Foundation for Greece, has been organising events to promote Greek Wikipedia, supporting the growth of the project and bringing in new editors through outreach. Greek Wikipedia is the main free internet encyclopedia written in Greek. By 2018, Greek Wikipedia's pageviews surpassed the 250 million mark annually.