What was Wikiquote's first own subdomain, created in July 2003?

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Wikiquote’s first own subdomain, created in July 2003, was quote.wikipedia.org. The quotation project began on 27 June 2003 as a temporary installation on the Wolof Wikipedia, then moved to its dedicated Wikimedia subdomain on 10 July.

That address was an intermediate stage in Wikiquote’s launch. On 25 August 2003, the project received the independent domain wikiquote.org, which became the better-known public address. At first, Wikiquote operated only in English; additional language editions began appearing in July 2004.

The wording matters because quote.wikipedia.org was a subdomain within wikipedia.org, whereas wikiquote.org was a separate domain. “Wikiquote.com” and “quotes.wikimedia.org” are plausible-sounding distractors, but neither was the project’s first dedicated address. Wikiquote’s purpose is to collect sourced quotations, sayings, proverbs and related material collaboratively.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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