[2] It was originally hosted by a server in a shoebox inside the wardrobe of one of its founders, Paweł Jochym.

[citation needed] On 13 October 2009, the Polish Wikipedia received a "special recognition for social innovation" at the 2009 Jan Łukasiewicz Award ceremony, which recognises the most innovative Polish IT companies.

[citation needed] In April 2016, the project had 1,140 active editors who made at least five edits in that month.

The text of the Polish Wikipedia was first published on a DVD together with the paper edition of the magazine Enter SPECIAL in August 2005.

The edition was completed on 24 November 2006, and released at the end of July 2007 with a purchase price of 39 zlotys.