Wikipedia publishes 10 millionth article |
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Posted by Marc Saltzman at 7:07 PM | E-mail this post
Wikipedia -- the free, multilingual open-source encyclopaedia anyone can contribute to -- has just published its 10th million article.
Not bad for a site that debuted just over 7 years ago. Now they publish in more than 250 languages. Wow.
If you're interested, the milestone article is a biography of a 16th century Hungarian painter, Nicholas Hilliard. The English version can be read here.
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Posted by Marc Saltzman at 7:07 PM in Found on the Web
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John on April 1 at 11:39 AM | Report abuse
Shouldn't that be "10 millionth", not "10th million" ??
Marc Saltzman on April 1 at 11:44 AM | Report abuse
John,
You may be right. Math isn't my strong suit. I changed it, thanks, because even if it's not right, it sounds like it is!
Thanks,
Marc
Myriam on April 4 at 7:26 PM | Report abuse
Yeah, it's millionth. *clap* Heh, yeah, I trust Wiki. There are several micro-wiki's to trust even more though. Like Microbewiki, if you need the biology help. University+ contributors only. (I'll assume they check by verifiable university emails. *shrug*) I don't contribute, though I suppose I could. Things are kind of hectic at the moment, though. (I spent six hours on a project involving bacteria last night. After six the previous sunday to do a short story for english. Need. Sleep. XD)