Celtic Knot Conference 2018/Submissions/From 1,000 to 100,000 articles - Miles stones in the journey of the Welsh Wicipedia

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Title of the submission/Teitl eich bapur
From 1,000 to 100,000 articles - milestones of the Welsh Wikipedia. / O 1,000 i 100,000 o erthyglau - cerrig milltir ar daith y Wicipedia Cymraeg.
Type of submission/Math o bapur
Presetation
Author of the submission/Awdur y papur
Robin Owain
Affiliation/cysylltiadau
Wales Manager, Wikimedia UK / Rheolwr Cymru, Wikimedia DU
Abstract/Crynodeb

On 12 July 2003 the first words of the first Wicipedia Cymraeg were written: 'Iaith brodorol Cymru <https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymru> ydy'r Gymraeg.' (Wales' native tongue is the Welsh language.' Nic Davies did the second edit to the page, but the first was by a certain Chuck Smith who went on to do the first edit on the Esperanto Wikipedia. By the end of the month 7 editors had created 27 new articles!

And as many Welsh poets hide behind pseudonyms, so did Wikipedia editors, working quietly within Wicipedia Cymraeg, without being part of the outside world in any way - until 2012 when a roadmap of how to develop a number of campaigns were initiated. These were for the developing of the Wicipedia as well as setting a roadmap on how to release images on an open licence. Some were successful, others didn't take off. In this short talk, Robin Owain, Wikimedia UK Manager (Wales) will outline some of the milestones encountered on the journey, and will look at possible future scenarios.


Ar 12 Gorffennaf 2003 dechreuwyd yr erthygl gyntaf yn y Gymraeg, gyda'r geiriau 'Iaith brodorol Cymru <https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymru> ydy'r Gymraeg.' a dyna gychwyn y Wicipedia Cymraeg! Nic Dafis wnaeth yr ail olygiad, ond rhywun o'r enw Chuck Smith wnaeth y golygiad cyntaf un. Aethpwyd ati'n eitha llwyddiannus, ac erbyn diwedd y mis roedd 7 o ddefnyddwyr (neu olygyddion) wedi creu cyfanswm o 27 erthygl!

Ac fel mae llawer o feirdd yn cuddio dan ffugenwau barddol, felly llawer o'r Wicipedwyr cynnar: gwneud eu gwaith yn dawel fel burum, o fewn Wici, heb gyfathrebu a'r byd mawr y tu allan - hyd at 2012 pan gafwyd nifer o ymgyrchoedd i geisio datblygu Wicipedia ymhellach, a chynlluniwyd ymgyrchoedd i ryddhau lluniau ar drwydded agored gan gyrff a sefydliadau Cymreig. Llwyddodd rhai, methiant fu eraill. Yn y sgwrs yma bydd Robin Owain, Rheolwr Wicimedia Cymru yn edrych ar y cerrig milltir pwysicaf, neu'r cyrhaeddiadau, ac yn ymlinellu rhai o'r cerrig milltir posib sydd o'n blaenau hefyd.


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