[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia reaches 3 millionth article

[Ray Saintonge]

Keith Old wrote:
> "Wikipedia, the upstart social experiment that trusts the online mob to
> steward world knowledge, has hit a major milestone.
>
> The English volume of the Web encyclopedia reached its 3 millionth article.
> That massive number of whos, whats, wheres, and whens culminated with a
> profile on Norwegian soap opera actress Beate
> Eriksen<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beate_Eriksen>.
> In the less than 24 hours since she marked the 3 millionth entry, more than
> 1,000 new articles have already flooded in."
>
>   
Does my memory deceive me? Or is it true that 2 of the 3 "millionth" 
articles related to soap operas?

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