WebLaunched. 11 May 2001; 23 years ago. ( 2001-05-11) The Italian Wikipedia ( Italian: Wikipedia in italiano) is the Italian-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was created on 11 May 2001, [1] and first edited on 11 June 2001. As of 22 May 2024, it has 1,864,786 articles and more than 2,516,425 registered accounts. [2]