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Wikipedia Reaches 2 Million Articles
By: Anjali Rego   |   Sep 13,2007
On September 9, 2007, at 8:21 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), the English-language Wikipedia published its two millionth article with the entry "El Hormiguero," about the popular Spanish TV show of the same name. The article was created by registered Wikipedia contributor Zzxc.

This is yet another important milestone in the evolution of Wikipedia. Currently, the website is available in 250 languages, with English, German and French being the largest. Combined, Wikipedia has over eight million articles.

"In just six years, Wikipedia has grown from a mere idea, to being the largest encyclopedia in the world. Our success is owed to the thousands of volunteers worldwide who have shaped Wikipedia into what it is today - a gift of knowledge to the world, and to future generations," said Florence Devouard, Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees.

Wikipedia articles are continually being updated and improved upon. The encyclopedia is constantly improving: a 2007 study conducted by the Hewlett Packard Information Dynamics Laboratory found that the best articles on Wikipedia are those that have been edited the most frequently, by the largest number of people. It concluded that the correlation between article quality and the number of edits validates Wikipedia as a successful collaborative effort.

Wikipedia has also developed into the largest single online source for material in several smaller languages, such as Swahili and Esperanto, and is starting to gain momentum in African languages, such as Afrikaans, Sesotho, Swati, Setswana, Venda, Xhosa, and Zulu.

Wikipedia is one of numerous free content projects facilitated and supported by the Wikimedia Foundation, with the goal of empowering world citizens to share in the sum of all human knowledge. Wikipedia is the Foundation's most popular project, and is utilized in numerous educational programs throughout the developing world.
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dude wikipedia is available in hindi long ago.....
type "wikipedia in hindi " in google
Wiki Fan @ Sep 14,2007
Why our HINDi is not yet used at Wiki?????? ...surprising bcoz so many African languages are used despite there small nos and ltd no. of computer literates.
Shaiv Bansal @ Sep 13,2007
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