Wiktionary

Wiktionary Screenshot of wiktionary.org home page URL http://www.wiktionary.org/ Slogan The Free Dictionary Commercial? No Type of site Online dictionary Registration Optional Available language(s) Multi-lingual (over 170) Owner Wikimedia Foundation Created by Jimmy Wales and the Wikimedia community Launched December 12, 2002 Alexa rank 9301 Current status active For the wikilink, see InterWikimedia links.

Wiktionary (a portmanteau of the words wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. Unlike standard dictionaries, it is written collaboratively by volunteers, dubbed "Wiktionarians", using wiki software, allowing articles to be changed by almost anyone with access to the website.

Like its sister project Wikipedia, Wiktionary is run by the Wikimedia Foundation. Because Wiktionary is not limited by print space considerations, most of Wiktionary's language editions provide definitions and translations of words from many languages, and some editions offer additional information typically found in thesauri and lexicons. Additionally, the English Wiktionary includes Wikisaurus, a category that serves as a thesaurus, including lists of slang words, and the Simple English Wiktionary, compiled using the Basic English subset of the English language.

Contents 1 History and development 2 Critical reception 3 See also 4 References 5 External links // History and development

Wiktionary was brought online on December 12, 2002, following a proposal by Daniel Alston.citation needed On March 29, 2004, the first non-English Wiktionaries were initiated in French and Polish. Wiktionaries in numerous other languages have since been started. Wiktionary was hosted on a temporary URL (wiktionary.wikipedia.org) until May 1, 2004, when it switched to the current full URL.2 As of May 2009[ref], Wiktionary features well over 5 million entries across its 272 language editions. The largest of the language editions is the French Wiktionary, with over 1,500,000 entries. The English Wiktionary is the second largest (and currently the only other edition with over 1,500,000 entries). It has traded the top position with the French Wiktionary on various occasions since the French Wiktionary first overtook the English Wiktionary in early 2006. Thirteen Wiktionary language editions now contain over 100,000 entries each.3

The use of bots to generate large numbers of articles is visible as "growth spurts" in this graph of article counts at the largest eight Wiktionary editions. (Data as of March 2008[update])

Despite Wiktionary's large number of entries, most of the entries and many of the definitions at the project's largest language editions were created by bots that found creative ways to generate entries or (rarely) automatically imported thousands of entries from previously published dictionaries. Seven of the 18 bots registered at the English Wiktionary4 created 163,000 of the entries there.5 Only 259 entries remain (each containing many definitions) on Wiktionary from the original import by Websterbot from public domain sources; the majority of those imports have been split out to thousands of proper entries manually. Another one of these bots, "ThirdPersBot," was responsible for the addition of a number of third-person conjugations that would not receive their own entries in standard dictionaries; for instance, it defined "smoulders" as the "third-person singular simple present form of smoulder." Excluding these 163,000 entries, the English Wiktionary would have about 137,000 entries, including terms unique to languages other than English, making it smaller than most monolingual print dictionaries. The Oxford English Dictionary, for instance, has 615,000 headwords, while Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged has 475,000 entries (with many additional embedded headwords). It should be noted, though, that more detailed statistics now exist to more clearly distinguish genuine entries from minor (small) entries.

The English Wiktionary, however does not rely on bots to the extent that newer editions do. The French and Vietnamese Wiktionaries, for example, imported large sections of the Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (FVDP), which provides free content bilingual dictionaries to and from Vietnamese.6 These imported entries make up virtually all of the Vietnamese edition's offering. Like the English edition, the French Wiktionary has imported the approximately 20,000 entries in the Unihan database of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters. The French Wiktionary grew rapidly in 2006 thanks in large part to bots copying many entries from old, freely licensed dictionaries, such as the eighth edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Académie française (1935, around 35,000 words), and using bots to add words from other Wiktionary editions with French translations. The Russian edition grew by nearly 80,000 entries as "LXbot" added boilerplate entries (with headings, but without definitions) for words in English and German.7

Most of Wiktionary currently uses a textual logo designed by Brion Vibber, a MediaWiki developer.8 Despite frequent discussion of modifying or replacing the logo, a four-phase contest held at the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki from September to October 20069 did not see as much participation from the Wiktionary community as some community members had hoped. The logo that won was designed by "Smurrayinchester". As of December 2009, 23 of the Wiktionary editions, containing about half of Wiktionary's entries, have switched to the contest-chosen logo or variations of it.10 The remaining editions use either their language-specific version of the textual logo or, in the case of the Galician Wiktionary, a logo that depicts a dictionary bearing the Galician coat of arms. In April 2009, the issue was resurrected, and a poll to decide on a new project-wide logo is underway.11

Critical reception

Critical reception of Wiktionary has been mixed. Jill Lepore wrote in the article "Noah’s Ark" for The New Yorker, (November 6, 2006)12

There’s no show of hands at Wiktionary. There’s not even an editorial staff. "Be your own lexicographer!", might be Wiktionary’s motto. Who needs experts? Why pay good money for a dictionary written by lexicographers when we can cobble one together ourselves?

Wiktionary isn’t so much republican or democratic as Maoist. And it’s only as good as the copyright-expired books from which it pilfers. If you look up the word "Webster" in the Wiktionary, you will be redirected to this handy tip:

Noah Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language, 1911 (published by Merriam-Webster, Springfield, MA) is a public domain dictionary, as is a 1913 edition, that can be used to empower Wiktionary with more definitions.

But, hey, at least they got his first name right.

Keir Graff’s review for Booklist was less critical:

Is there a place for Wiktionary? Undoubtedly. The industry and enthusiasm of its many creators are proof that there’s a market. And it’s wonderful to have another strong source to use when searching the odd terms that pop up in today’s fast-changing world and the online environment. But as with so many Web sources (including this column), it’s best used by sophisticated users in conjunction with more reputable sources.

References in other publications are fleeting and part of larger discussions of Wikipedia, not progressing beyond a definition, although David Brooks in The Nashua Telegraph described it as wild and woolly.13 (Wooly is defined as "confused" and "unrestrained."14) One of the impediments to independent coverage of Wiktionary is the continuing confusion that it is merely an extension of Wikipedia.15 In 2005, PC Magazine rated Wiktionary as one of the Internet's "Top 101 Web Sites,"16 although little information was given about the site.

See also List of all Wiktionary editions MediaWiki References ^ Alexa rank ^ Wiktionary's current URL is www.wiktionary.org. ^ Wiktionary total article counts are here. Detailed statistics by word type are available here. ^ The user list at the English Wiktionary identifies accounts that have been given "bot status". ^ TheDaveBot, TheCheatBot, Websterbot, PastBot, NanshuBot ^ Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project. Details at the Vietnamese Wiktionary. ^ LXbot ^ "Wiktionary talk:Wiktionary Logo", English Wiktionary, Wikimedia Foundation. ^ "Wiktionary/logo", Meta-Wiki, Wikimedia Foundation. ^ "Wiktionary/logo", Wikimedia Meta-Wiki, Wikimedia Foundation. ^ "Wiktionary/logo/refresh/voting", Meta-Wiki, Wikimedia Foundation. ^ The full article is not available on-line. Jill Lepore (November 6, 2006). "Noah's Ark" (Abstract). The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/11/06/061106fa_fact_lepore. Retrieved April 21, 2007. ^ David Brooks, "Online, interactive encyclopedia not just for geeks anymore, because everyone seems to need it now, more than ever!" The Nashua Telegraph (August 4, 2004) ^ "wooly". Wiktionary. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wooly. ^ In this citation, the author refers to Wiktionary as part of the Wikipedia site: Adapted from an article by Naomi DeTullio (2006 (1st Quarter)). "Wikis for Librarians" (PDF newsletter). NETLS News #142 (Northeast Texas Library System): p. 15. http://www.netls.org/NewContent/NewsAndPictures/NEWSLETTERS/NEWS2006/142final.pdf. Retrieved April 21, 2007. ^ "Wiktionary". Top 101 Web Sites. PC Magazine. April 6, 2005. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1786207,00.asp. Retrieved December 16, 2005. External links Look up Wiktionary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Simple English edition of Wiktionary, the free dictionary/thesaurus Wiktionary front page English Wiktionary Wiktionary's Multilingual Statistics Wikimedia's page on Wiktionary (including list of all existing Wiktionaries) Pages about Wiktionary in Meta. Meta:Main Page - OmegaWiki v • d • e Projects of the Wikimedia Foundation Wikibooks · Wikimedia Commons · Wikinews · Wikipedia · Wikiquote · Wikisource · Wikispecies · Wikiversity · Wiktionary · Meta-Wiki

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Unlike standard dictionaries, it is written collaboratively by volunteers, dubbed "Wiktionarians", using wiki software, allowing articles to be changed by almost anyone with access to the website. Like its sister project Wikipedia, Wiktionary is run by the Wikimedia Foundation. Because Wiktionary is not limited by print space considerations, most of Wiktionary's language editions provide definitions and translations of words from many languages, and some editions offer additional information typically found in thesauri and lexicons. Additionally, the English Wiktionary includes Wikisaurus, a category that serves as a thesaurus, including lists of slang words, and the Simple English Wiktionary, compiled using the Basic English subset of the English language. Contents 1 History and development 2 Critical reception 3 See also 4 References 5 External links // History and development Wiktionary was brought online on December 12, 2002, following a proposal by Daniel Alston.citation needed On March 29, 2004, the first non-English Wiktionaries were initiated in French and Polish. Wiktionaries in numerous other languages have since been started. Wiktionary was hosted on a temporary URL (wiktionary.wikipedia.org) until May 1, 2004, when it switched to the current full URL.2 As of May 2009[ref], Wiktionary features well over 5 million entries across its 272 language editions. The largest of the language editions is the French Wiktionary, with over 1,500,000 entries. The English Wiktionary is the second largest (and currently the only other edition with over 1,500,000 entries). It has traded the top position with the French Wiktionary on various occasions since the French Wiktionary first overtook the English Wiktionary in early 2006. Thirteen Wiktionary language editions now contain over 100,000 entries each.3 The use of bots to generate large numbers of articles is visible as "growth spurts" in this graph of article counts at the largest eight Wiktionary editions. (Data as of March 2008[update]) Despite Wiktionary's large number of entries, most of the entries and many of the definitions at the project's largest language editions were created by bots that found creative ways to generate entries or (rarely) automatically imported thousands of entries from previously published dictionaries. Seven of the 18 bots registered at the English Wiktionary4 created 163,000 of the entries there.5 Only 259 entries remain (each containing many definitions) on Wiktionary from the original import by Websterbot from public domain sources; the majority of those imports have been split out to thousands of proper entries manually. Another one of these bots, "ThirdPersBot," was responsible for the addition of a number of third-person conjugations that would not receive their own entries in standard dictionaries; for instance, it defined "smoulders" as the "third-person singular simple present form of smoulder." Excluding these 163,000 entries, the English Wiktionary would have about 137,000 entries, including terms unique to languages other than English, making it smaller than most monolingual print dictionaries. The Oxford English Dictionary, for instance, has 615,000 headwords, while Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged has 475,000 entries (with many additional embedded headwords). It should be noted, though, that more detailed statistics now exist to more clearly distinguish genuine entries from minor (small) entries. The English Wiktionary, however does not rely on bots to the extent that newer editions do. The French and Vietnamese Wiktionaries, for example, imported large sections of the Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (FVDP), which provides free content bilingual dictionaries to and from Vietnamese.6 These imported entries make up virtually all of the Vietnamese edition's offering. Like the English edition, the French Wiktionary has imported the approximately 20,000 entries in the Unihan database of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters. The French Wiktionary grew rapidly in 2006 thanks in large part to bots copying many entries from old, freely licensed dictionaries, such as the eighth edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Académie française (1935, around 35,000 words), and using bots to add words from other Wiktionary editions with French translations. The Russian edition grew by nearly 80,000 entries as "LXbot" added boilerplate entries (with headings, but without definitions) for words in English and German.7 Most of Wiktionary currently uses a textual logo designed by Brion Vibber, a MediaWiki developer.8 Despite frequent discussion of modifying or replacing the logo, a four-phase contest held at the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki from September to October 20069 did not see as much participation from the Wiktionary community as some community members had hoped. The logo that won was designed by "Smurrayinchester". As of December 2009, 23 of the Wiktionary editions, containing about half of Wiktionary's entries, have switched to the contest-chosen logo or variations of it.10 The remaining editions use either their language-specific version of the textual logo or, in the case of the Galician Wiktionary, a logo that depicts a dictionary bearing the Galician coat of arms. In April 2009, the issue was resurrected, and a poll to decide on a new project-wide logo is underway.11 Critical reception Critical reception of Wiktionary has been mixed. Jill Lepore wrote in the article "Noah’s Ark" for The New Yorker, (November 6, 2006)12 There’s no show of hands at Wiktionary. There’s not even an editorial staff. "Be your own lexicographer!", might be Wiktionary’s motto. Who needs experts? Why pay good money for a dictionary written by lexicographers when we can cobble one together ourselves? Wiktionary isn’t so much republican or democratic as Maoist. And it’s only as good as the copyright-expired books from which it pilfers. If you look up the word "Webster" in the Wiktionary, you will be redirected to this handy tip: Noah Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language, 1911 (published by Merriam-Webster, Springfield, MA) is a public domain dictionary, as is a 1913 edition, that can be used to empower Wiktionary with more definitions. But, hey, at least they got his first name right. Keir Graff’s review for Booklist was less critical: Is there a place for Wiktionary? Undoubtedly. The industry and enthusiasm of its many creators are proof that there’s a market. And it’s wonderful to have another strong source to use when searching the odd terms that pop up in today’s fast-changing world and the online environment. But as with so many Web sources (including this column), it’s best used by sophisticated users in conjunction with more reputable sources. References in other publications are fleeting and part of larger discussions of Wikipedia, not progressing beyond a definition, although David Brooks in The Nashua Telegraph described it as wild and woolly.13 (Wooly is defined as "confused" and "unrestrained."14) One of the impediments to independent coverage of Wiktionary is the continuing confusion that it is merely an extension of Wikipedia.15 In 2005, PC Magazine rated Wiktionary as one of the Internet's "Top 101 Web Sites,"16 although little information was given about the site. See also List of all Wiktionary editions MediaWiki References ^ Alexa rank ^ Wiktionary's current URL is www.wiktionary.org. ^ Wiktionary total article counts are here. Detailed statistics by word type are available here. ^ The user list at the English Wiktionary identifies accounts that have been given "bot status". ^ TheDaveBot, TheCheatBot, Websterbot, PastBot, NanshuBot ^ Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project. Details at the Vietnamese Wiktionary. ^ LXbot ^ "Wiktionary talk:Wiktionary Logo", English Wiktionary, Wikimedia Foundation. ^ "Wiktionary/logo", Meta-Wiki, Wikimedia Foundation. ^ "Wiktionary/logo", Wikimedia Meta-Wiki, Wikimedia Foundation. ^ "Wiktionary/logo/refresh/voting", Meta-Wiki, Wikimedia Foundation. ^ The full article is not available on-line. Jill Lepore (November 6, 2006). "Noah's Ark" (Abstract). The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/11/06/061106fa_fact_lepore. Retrieved April 21, 2007. ^ David Brooks, "Online, interactive encyclopedia not just for geeks anymore, because everyone seems to need it now, more than ever!" The Nashua Telegraph (August 4, 2004) ^ "wooly". Wiktionary. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wooly. ^ In this citation, the author refers to Wiktionary as part of the Wikipedia site: Adapted from an article by Naomi DeTullio (2006 (1st Quarter)). "Wikis for Librarians" (PDF newsletter). NETLS News #142 (Northeast Texas Library System): p. 15. http://www.netls.org/NewContent/NewsAndPictures/NEWSLETTERS/NEWS2006/142final.pdf. Retrieved April 21, 2007. ^ "Wiktionary". Top 101 Web Sites. PC Magazine. April 6, 2005. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1786207,00.asp. Retrieved December 16, 2005. External links Look up Wiktionary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Simple English edition of Wiktionary, the free dictionary/thesaurus Wiktionary front page English Wiktionary Wiktionary's Multilingual Statistics Wikimedia's page on Wiktionary (including list of all existing Wiktionaries) Pages about Wiktionary in Meta. Meta:Main Page - OmegaWiki v • d • e Projects of the Wikimedia Foundation Wikibooks · Wikimedia Commons · Wikinews · Wikipedia · Wikiquote · Wikisource · Wikispecies · Wikiversity · Wiktionary · Meta-Wiki Wiktionary Collaboratively produced multilingual dictionary, with meanings and definitions, etymologies, and pronunciations. 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