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WikiProject

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A group of editors who work together on improving the coverage of a particular topic on a wiki, especially on Wikipedia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Compound of wiki + project. Coined before 26 September 2001 (see quotations) by Wikipedian Manning Bartlett, creator of the concept earlier that month.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: viquiprojecte — collection of pages
  • Chinese Mandarin: 維基專題 /维基专题 (wéijīzhuāntí) — collection of pages
  • French: wikiprojet — collection of pages
  • Galician: wikiproxecto — collection of pages
  • Indonesian: ProyekWiki — collection of pages
  • Japanese: ウィキプロジェクト (wikipurojekuto) — collection of pages
  • Korean: 위키프로젝트 (wikipeurojekteu) — collection of pages
  • Polish: wikiprojekt — collection of pages
  • Spanish: wikiproyecto — collection of pages
  • Telugu: వికీప్రాజెక్టు (vikīprājekṭu) — collection of pages
  • Ukrainian: вікіпроє́кт (vikiprojékt) — collection of pages