WIEM Encyklopedia

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WIEM Encyklopedia (full name in Polish : Wielka Interaktywna Encyklopedia Multimedialna - "Great Interactive Multimedia Encyclopedia"; in Polish, wiem also means 'I know') is a Polish Internet encyclopedia.

The encyclopedia was based on the first printed edition was released in mid-1990s (with Volume I of Popularna Encyklopedia Powszechna - Popular General Encyclopedia - released in 1994; [1] 20 volumes and a supplement were released in total [2] ) with the second in 1998 (under the name MultimedialnaEncyklopedia Powszechna - Multimedia Popular Encyclopedia). [3] It contained about 66,000 entries and various multimedia add-ons. [4]

The 1998 edition was also released online (www.encyklopedia.pl) under the name Wielka Interaktywna Encyklopedia Multimedialna [4] and in 2000 was acquired by the Polish web portal Onet.pl. Around that time it was the largest Polish language online encyclopedia. [5] [6] From 2004 to 2 March 2006 it was not free, however before and after it was free to access. [2] As of the 9th online edition in 2006, it contains 125,000 entries. The number of articles has been reported as similar in 2013. [7]

It received several awards in the late 1990s. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Anczykowa, Ada; Czopek, Ludwik; Pieszczachowicz, Jan, eds. (1994). Popularna encyklopedia powszechna. T. 1-. Kraków: Fogra. ISBN   978-83-85719-07-6. OCLC   750637689.
  2. 1 2 "Encyklopedia 'Wiem' powszechnie dostępna". www.wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). 2006-03-03. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
  3. ↑ Czopek, Jarosław; Słowakiewicz, Wojciech; Turkot, Piotr, eds. (1999). Multimedialna encyklopedia powszechna: wersja 1998. Kraków: FOGRA MULTIMEDIA. ISBN   978-83-7231-727-8. OCLC   749846001.
  4. 1 2 "WIEM - Wielka Internetowa Encyklopedia Multimedialna wydawnictwa Fogra". 1998-12-12. Archived from the original on 1998-12-12. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
  5. ↑ Latek, Katarzyna (2002-03-17). "Encyklopedia.com". Wprost (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-03-14.
  6. ↑ "WIEM więcej". Wprost (in Polish). 2000-05-27. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
  7. ↑ "Ponad milion haseł w polskiej Wikipedii". Nauka w Polsce (in Polish). 2013-09-26. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
  8. ↑ Taraszkiewicz, Beata (2003). Książka multimedialna na CD-ROM w Polsce: do 2000 roku (in Polish). Wydawn. SBP. p. 91. ISBN   978-83-87629-98-4.
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