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On 8 April 2002, Chuck Smith created an article about Toki Pona on the {{w|English Wikipedia}}, article titled "Toki Pona language".<ref>Chuck Smith (8 April 2002). [http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?t=13 Toki Pona - Wikipedia article]. ''Toki Pona Forums''. Retrieved 19 November 2023.</ref> AtWikipedia this time, the English Wikipediathen had only aroundabout 30 thousand&nbsp;000 articles.<ref>[https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm Wikipedia Statistics English]. Wikimedia. Retrieved 19 November 2023.</ref> (compared with around 6.7 million articles as of November 2023).<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics Statistics]. English Wikipedia. Retrieved 19 November 2023.</ref>

In 2005, the Toki Pona article was first nominated for deletion, but was kept.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Toki_Pona|title=Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toki Pona|website=English Wikipedia|access-date=2023-12-28}}</ref> However, inIn 2007, it was renominated and consensus was to delete it.deleted,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Toki_Pona_(2nd_nomination)|title=Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toki Pona (2nd nomination)|website=English Wikipedia|access-date=2023-12-28}}</ref> This decision was soon reviewed and overturnedbut uponreinstated findingwith newnewfound sources.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_July_9|title=Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 July 9|website=English Wikipedia|access-date=2023-12-28}}</ref>

In 2008, the article first became a language and literature good article, albeit withthrough a rather vague review.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Toki_Pona/GA1</ref> In 2010, it was delisted due to many unreferenced sections, inconsistent citation formatting, overreliance on primary sources and [[personal website]]s, and excessiveexcess detail. The reassessment's only reply agreed, "As a major writer of the article, I must say that&hellip; it doesn't feel particularly {{abbr|GA|good article}} to me. More fun than encyclopedic."<ref name=":12">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Toki_Pona/GA2</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Sonjaaa&oldid=371038617#GA_reassessment_of_Toki_Pona</ref>

Two more unsuccessfulfailed deletion nominations occurredarose in 2012<ref name=":0">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Toki_Pona_(3rd_nomination)</ref> and 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Toki_Pona_(4th_nomination)|title=Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Toki Pona (4th nomination)|website=English Wikipedia|access-date=2023-12-28}}</ref><ref name="wikipedia-deletion-forums">{{cite web|url=http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=2203|title=toki pona article on wikipedia up for deletion|website=Toki Pona Forums|name={{tok|jan Mato}}|username=janMato|date=2013-03-16|access-date=2023-12-28}}</ref>

In 2018, the article peaked in viewership<ref>https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&start=2018-02-24&end=2018-04-24&pages=Toki_Pona Before the video usually about 200 people visited the page every day. On the day of the publication it is 650, the next day the number reaches as high as 1819, and the two following days, 997 and 633, respectively.</ref> after YouTube channel Langfocus published a [[Videos by non-Tokiponists|YouTube video on Toki Pona]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4y7tf3VJAM</ref>

A good article renomination took most of 2019 to pass.<ref name=":16">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Toki_Pona</ref><ref name=":18">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Toki_Pona/GA4</ref> Facts from the article were then nominated for the {{w|main page}}'s "Did you know" column.<ref name=":19">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Toki_Pona</ref> A fact about the [[number of words]] (as recognized [[Post-pu era|pre-{{tp|ku}}]]) appeared on 4 November,<ref name=":16" /><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_additions#5_November_2019</ref> generating another spike in views.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Did_you_know/Statistics#November_2019</ref><ref>https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&start=2019-10-20&end=2019-11-05&pages=Toki_Pona (over 9,000 views, compared to a typical 280&ndash;380 views)</ref>