I've been a Russian Wikipedia contributor since I was 15. I wrote and translated articles, drew and uploaded images, rolled back vandalism, and all that stuff. RuWiki was an important part of my...
I've been a Russian Wikipedia contributor since I was 15. I wrote and translated articles, drew and uploaded images, rolled back vandalism, and all that stuff. RuWiki was an important part of my life, and is still one of the websites I go to daily, so I thought I'd share a joyful moment and an important milestone with you all.
Some info. Russian Wikipedia was created in 2001, in the first wave of non-English Wikipedias. Russian Wikipedia is the 7th Wikipedia by the number of articles, and is also among the deepest. Just like Russian is not the only language of Russia, there are several dozens of Wikipedias in other languages used in Russia.
It obviously depends on the subject, but usually when an article is good, it is very good. I've seen a few garbage-level articles, but they were usually already marked as "poor quality" and are...
It obviously depends on the subject, but usually when an article is good, it is very good. I've seen a few garbage-level articles, but they were usually already marked as "poor quality" and are often deleted. As I have written elsewhere, it's nowhere near English Wikipedia though, especially when it comes to pop culture and non-trivial (that is, above high school junior-level) sciences.
The "depth" parameter which I liked above is a (not perfect but) good measurement of quality. Swedish Wikipedia has a depth of 6.15, while the Russian one has 134.65. You can also choose any article in one language and visually compare it to another, also counting the number of sources and citations. E.g. Reddit: SV vs RU. If you are interested in particular subject, I could find more comparisons.
Stats page in English, for those curious: https://i.imgur.com/PXWp3Ps.png 1.5M articles is pretty damn impressive for such a relatively small group of registered participants (2.4M), active...
You would probably have to ask @ainar-g that since I am not Russian nor familiar with the Russian Wikipedia process. But yeah I imagine if translation of English Wikipedia articles is a large part...
You would probably have to ask @ainar-g that since I am not Russian nor familiar with the Russian Wikipedia process. But yeah I imagine if translation of English Wikipedia articles is a large part of the work it would make sense that it would require a bit less effort overall. However it goes both ways too... English Wikipedia has a section for "Pages needing translation into English" and I'm sure a good portion of the articles already on English Wikipedia were similarly originally translated from another language as well.
I would say that the number of translated articles is not very significant. I often look at both the English and the Russian versions of an article, and I think I've only seen direct ENRU...
I would say that the number of translated articles is not very significant. I often look at both the English and the Russian versions of an article, and I think I've only seen direct ENRU translations a few times. Most of the time Russian articles lag behind their English counterparts, but "local" topics, like articles about Russian culture, cities, and languages are an exception. There is also a phenomenon where an article begins as a translation of an article from another wiki, but slowly grows more "meat" and changes in other ways. It's kinda like software in that regard.
I've been a Russian Wikipedia contributor since I was 15. I wrote and translated articles, drew and uploaded images, rolled back vandalism, and all that stuff. RuWiki was an important part of my life, and is still one of the websites I go to daily, so I thought I'd share a joyful moment and an important milestone with you all.
Some info. Russian Wikipedia was created in 2001, in the first wave of non-English Wikipedias. Russian Wikipedia is the 7th Wikipedia by the number of articles, and is also among the deepest. Just like Russian is not the only language of Russia, there are several dozens of Wikipedias in other languages used in Russia.
It obviously depends on the subject, but usually when an article is good, it is very good. I've seen a few garbage-level articles, but they were usually already marked as "poor quality" and are often deleted. As I have written elsewhere, it's nowhere near English Wikipedia though, especially when it comes to pop culture and non-trivial (that is, above high school junior-level) sciences.
The "depth" parameter which I liked above is a (not perfect but) good measurement of quality. Swedish Wikipedia has a depth of 6.15, while the Russian one has 134.65. You can also choose any article in one language and visually compare it to another, also counting the number of sources and citations. E.g. Reddit: SV vs RU. If you are interested in particular subject, I could find more comparisons.
Stats page in English, for those curious:
https://i.imgur.com/PXWp3Ps.png
1.5M articles is pretty damn impressive for such a relatively small group of registered participants (2.4M), active participants (9.8k) and admins (85). Compare that to English Wikipedia's 34M registered users producing 5.7 articles, and with 1.2k admins.
You would probably have to ask @ainar-g that since I am not Russian nor familiar with the Russian Wikipedia process. But yeah I imagine if translation of English Wikipedia articles is a large part of the work it would make sense that it would require a bit less effort overall. However it goes both ways too... English Wikipedia has a section for "Pages needing translation into English" and I'm sure a good portion of the articles already on English Wikipedia were similarly originally translated from another language as well.
I would say that the number of translated articles is not very significant. I often look at both the English and the Russian versions of an article, and I think I've only seen direct ENRU translations a few times. Most of the time Russian articles lag behind their English counterparts, but "local" topics, like articles about Russian culture, cities, and languages are an exception. There is also a phenomenon where an article begins as a translation of an article from another wiki, but slowly grows more "meat" and changes in other ways. It's kinda like software in that regard.