Korean Wikipedia

Korean Wikipedia (abbreviated ko-WP) is the Korean-language version of Wikipedia.

Facts and statistics

Started: October 2002

Founders:

Current size: 690,923 articles

Total edits: 38,156,695

Active editors: 2,066 in the past month

Administrators: 28

Coverage

Areas of strength

• Korea-related topics

Areas of weakness

Operation

Unique qualities

Challenges

• Literally not available in North Korea, as access to global internet is available mostly for government officials.
• Competition from other Korean language wikis.

Competitors

• Namuwiki – larger but more informal competitor

Language aspects

History and impact

Milestones/events

Impact