The Catalan edition of Wikipedia, called Viquipedia, is one of the oldest and most active language editions of the encyclopedia, and it was started in the first weeks of the multilingual project, when only a few editions existed. Catalan is spoken by several million people in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, Andorra and other areas, and its Wikipedia community is large in relation to the number of speakers. It has grown to several hundred thousand articles. The edition was a participant in the Spanish Wikipedia fork controversy of 2002, in which Spanish editors left, and in 2008 it ran a campaign in support of free knowledge. The community maintains close links with Catalan universities and cultural organisations.
Before and after
- 1 February 2001Release of VLC media player
- 2 February 2001Establishment of Alexander von Humboldt National Park
- 26 February 2001Treaty of Nice
- March 2001Construction of Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos"
- 16 March 2001Release of Catalan Wikipedia
- 16 March 2001Release of German Wikipedia
- 23 March 2001Release of French Wikipedia
- 24 March 2001Creation of macOS
- 29 March 2001Construction of Incheon International Airport
More in Science & technology
- 1949Discovery of berkelium
- 1955Discovery of mendelevium
- 14 February 1961Discovery of lawrencium
- 8 December 1994Discovery of roentgenium
- 1996Discovery of copernicium
- 2006Discovery of nihonium
The era
This moment belongs to the Contemporary world (1945 CE to today), the world since 1945. You can also browse everything in the 21st century.