From Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki
This page provides a monthly listing of when the birthdays of affiliates and major projects (those with over 100,000 content pages) are recognized within the Wikimedia movement.
Wikipedia birthday cake
Adding an entry
Simply add this code under the relevant month of the year:
For single projects:
{{Wikimedia birthday entry|project=Canonical project name (see list ) |type=project |y=YYYY|m=MM|d=DD |verifywiki=|verifyurl=}}
For other cases:
{{Wikimedia birthday entry|name=NAME |type=TYPE|y=YYYY|m=MM|d=DD |verifywiki=|verifyurl=}}
Examples:
{{Wikimedia birthday entry|name=[[English Wikipedia]] |type=Project|y=2001|m=01|d=15 |verifywiki=w:en:WP:Wikipedia Day}}
{{Wikimedia birthday entry|project=jvwiki |type=Project|y=2004|m=03|d=08 |verifyurl=https://www.facebook.com/jvwiki/posts/3819224138160755}}
Birthday vs. anniversary
While some projects celebrate their birthday on the date of the wiki's launch, others use different benchmarks to mark their birthday (such as reaching 100 articles, active usage, etc.).
Dates on this list should indicate when the local wiki or affiliate community celebrates their birthday, which might not be the wiki's launch date.
Verification of entries
Because of the differences used across the movement in determining when a project or affiliate's birthday is, entries on this list should have a citation or link which verifies the birthday is celebrated on that day. To help with quick visualization of which have been verified, these two variables in the {{Wikimedia birthday entry }} template are in use on this list:
verifywiki=
for wikilink formatted (w:en:Page) verification links
verifyurl=
for url formatted (https://www.example.com ) verification links
Birthday calendar
January
Name
Type
Birthday
Years ago
Verification
Notes
Nias Wikipedia
Project
11 January 2021
3 years ago
Verified
Nias Wiktionary
Project
11 January 2021
3 years ago
Verification needed
Wikipedia , English Wikipedia , Wikipedia Day
Project
15 January 2001
23 years ago
Verified
English Wikivoyage
Project
15 January 2013
11 years ago
Verification needed
Bengali Wikipedia
Project
27 January 2004
20 years ago
Verified
Extremaduran Wikipedia
Project
27 January 2004
20 years ago
Verification needed
Urdu Wikipedia
Project
27 January 2004
20 years ago
Verification needed
Ukrainian Wikipedia
Project
30 January 2004
20 years ago
Verified
February
Name
Type
Birthday
Years ago
Verification
Notes
Danish Wikipedia
Project
1 February 2002
22 years ago
Verification needed
Minangkabau Wikipedia
Project
7 February 2013
11 years ago
Verified
Serbian Wikipedia
Project
16 February 2003
21 years ago
Verified
Finnish Wikipedia
Project
21 February 2002
22 years ago
Verification needed
Slovenian Wikipedia
Project
26 February 2002
22 years ago
Verified
March
Name
Type
Birthday
Years ago
Verification
Notes
Wikimedia Australia
Chapter
1 March 2008
16 years ago
Verified
Galician Wikipedia
Project
8 March 2003
21 years ago
Verification needed
Javanese Wikipedia
Project
8 March 2004
20 years ago
Verified
Sundanese Wikipedia
Project
15 March 2004
20 years ago
Verified
Catalan Wikipedia
Project
16 March 2001
23 years ago
Verification needed
German Wikipedia
Project
16 March 2001
23 years ago
Verification needed
French Wikipedia
Project
23 March 2001
23 years ago
Verification needed
Basa Banyumasan Wikipedia
Project
24 March 2006
18 years ago
Verified
Tetum Wikipedia
Project
24 March 2006
18 years ago
Verified
April
Name
Type
Birthday
Years ago
Verification
Notes
Esperanto kaj Libera Scio (ELiSo)
Affiliate
4 April 2013
11 years ago
Verification needed
Gorontalo Wikipedia
Project
18 April 2018
6 years ago
Verified
Punjabi Wikisource
Project
27 April 2017
7 years ago
Verified
May
June
Name
Type
Birthday
Years ago
Verification
Notes
Azerbaijani Wikipedia
Project
2 June 2002
22 years ago
Verified
Punjabi Wikipedia
Project
3 June 2002
22 years ago
Verified
Dutch Wikipedia
Project
19 June 2001
23 years ago
Verification needed
Wikimedia Foundation
Foundation
20 June 2003
21 years ago
Verified
Cebuano Wikipedia
Project
22 June 2005
19 years ago
Verification needed
Wikiquote , English Wikiquote, Wikiquote Day
Project
27 June 2003
21 years ago
Verified
July
Name
Type
Birthday
Years ago
Verification
Notes
Hebrew Wikipedia
Project
8 July 2003
21 years ago
Verification needed
Arabic Wikipedia
Project
9 July 2003
21 years ago
Verified
Since 2018, arwiki community decided that Arabic Wikipedia Day will be on the first Saturday coming after 9 July of every year.
South Azerbaijani Wikipedia
Project
14 July 2015
9 years ago
Verified
Wikibooks , English Wikibooks
Project
10 July 2003
21 years ago
Verified
Indonesian Wikibooks
Project
10 July 2003
21 years ago
Verified
Hindi Wikipedia
Project
11 July 2003
21 years ago
Verification needed
Romanian Wikipedia
Project
12 July 2003
21 years ago
Verification needed
Aragonese Wikipedia
Project
21 July 2004
20 years ago
Verification needed
August
Name
Type
Birthday
Years ago
Verification
Notes
Asturian Wikipedia
Project
2 August 2004
20 years ago
Verification needed
Achinese Wikipedia
Project
12 August 2009
15 years ago
Verified
Bengali Wikisource
Project
10 August 2007
17 years ago
Verification needed
Wikiversity , English Wikiversity
Project
15 August 2006
18 years ago
Verification needed
Santali Wikipedia
Project
2 August 2018
6 years ago
Verification needed
Tulu Wikipedia
Project
6 August 2016
8 years ago
Verification needed
September
October
Name
Type
Birthday
Years ago
Verification
Notes
Sundanese Wiktionary
Project
4 October 2004
20 years ago
Verified
Korean Wikipedia
Project
11 October 2002
22 years ago
Verification needed
Balinese Wikipedia
Project
14 October 2019
5 years ago
Verified
Banjar Wikipedia
Project
17 October 2010
14 years ago
Verified
Occitan Wikipedia
Project
20 October 2003
21 years ago
Verification needed
Buginese Wikipedia
Project
24 October 2005
19 years ago
Verified
Indonesian Wikiquote
Project
25 October 2004
20 years ago
Verified
Malay Wikipedia
Project
26 October 2002
22 years ago
Verified
Wikidata , Wikidata's Birthday
Project
29 October 2012
12 years ago
Verified
November
Name
Type
Birthday
Years ago
Verification
Notes
Indonesian Wikisource
Project
6 November 2005
19 years ago
Verified
Basque Wikipedia
Project
7 November 2003
21 years ago
Verification needed
Wikinews , English Wikinews
Project
8 November 2004
20 years ago
Verification needed
Afrikaans Wikipedia
Project
16 November 2001
23 years ago
Verification needed
Vietnamese Wikipedia
Project
16 November 2002
22 years ago
Verification needed
Wikisource , English Wikisource
Project
24 November 2003
21 years ago
Verified
Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia
Project
26 November 2001
23 years ago
Verification needed
December
Name
Type
Birthday
Years ago
Verification
Notes
Greek Wikipedia
Project
1 December 2003
21 years ago
Verification needed
Turkish Wikipedia
Project
5 December 2002
22 years ago
Verified
Wikivoyage , German Wikivoyage
Project
10 December 2006
18 years ago
Verified
Italian Wikivoyage
Project
10 December 2007
17 years ago
Verified
Javanese Wiktionary
Project
11 December 2004
20 years ago
Verified
Wiktionary , English Wiktionary, Wiktionary Day
Project
12 December 2003
21 years ago
Verified
Madurese Wikipedia
Project
15 December 2020
4 years ago
Verified
Persian Wikipedia
Project
19 December 2003
21 years ago
Verification needed
Malayalam Wikipedia
Project
21 December 2002
22 years ago
Verified
See also