Sep 16, 2007
Considering only the English version on September 10Th wikipedia published its 10 Millionth article which is on “El Hormiguero,” a popular Spanish TV show and was created by Wikipedia contributor Zzxc.
The English version of Wikipedia alone has signed up 3.4 million volunteer contributors. The German and French editions of the Wikipedia, the next two largest sites, each have more than half a million articles.
Nine other language sites each have more than 100,000 articles. It has also offers versions in less common languages ranging from South Africa’s Xhosa language to the hybrid Esperanto.
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May 7, 2007
Honesty is the best policy. Who follows this now? Wikipedia does! It was good to see that Wikipedia has a complete article on criticism which have been raised on Wikipedia. Some interesting articles are:
Wikipedia is truly the real open source. No Profits. Just the information you need. Collected at a place.
Apr 23, 2007
Contributions of 2,074 editors, 107 references and no supervisors or managers to speak of, at last count, wikipedia has created a polished, detailed article on the massacre, with more than 140 separate footnotes, as well as sidebars that profiled the shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, and gave a timeline of the attacks.
According to the foundation that runs the various Wikipedias around the world, there were more than 750,000 visits to the main article on the shootings in its first two days, an average of four visits a second. Even The Roanoke Times, which is published near Blacksburg, Va., where the university is located, noted on Thursday that Wikipedia “has emerged as the clearinghouse for detailed information on the event.”
From attacks to responses to the incident to inaccurate media reports wikipedia has everything collected and well organized. A good note to gun control debate has also been added.
See the wikipedia page here.
And you can contribute into it too, in your own way. But Don’t Be Evil!
Source: nytimes
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