Yiddish Wikipedia
Yiddish-language edition of Wikipedia
The Yiddish Wikipedia (Yiddish: יידיש-וויקיפעדיע) is the Yiddish-language version of Wikipedia. It was founded on 3 March 2004, and the first article was written on 28 November of that year.
Current status
The Yiddish Wikipedia has 15,815 articles as of September 2026. There are 62,111 registered users (including bots); 49 are active, including 3 administrators.
In accordance with the norms for the Yiddish language, it is written exclusively in Hebrew script with different Yiddish orthography including YIVO, Hasidic Yiddish and Daytshmerish.
In 2007, conflict among editors on the site, especially between editors who were mostly active on the Hebrew Wikipedia site, led to the proposed closure of the Yiddish Wikipedia. While the closure did not take place, continuing conflict between editors continue due to opposing interests of group members regarding shared and interrelated doctrines about Jewishness.
Milestones
The Yiddish Wikipedia reached 6,000 articles on 8 March 2009. The 6,000th article is יהושע העשיל תאומים-פרענקל, a rabbi. The 7,000th article is חנינא סגן הכהנים, an article about the Hanina Segan ha-Kohanim created on 24 December 2009.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1968379. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2004, 2026, 2007 and 2009.
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