[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia reaches 3 millionth article

[Michael Peel]

You may want to take a look at the Guardian blog post:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/aug/17/wikipedia-three- 
million

and also a couple by the Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/6042931/Wikipedia- 
reaches-three-million-articles.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/6043534/The-50-most- 
viewed-Wikipedia-articles-in-2009-and-2008.html

and one by ReadWriteWeb:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2009/08/wikipedia-passes-the-3- 
million-article-mark.php

All of them are better reads than the article in the Christian Science 
{{citation needed}} Monitor.

Mike

On 17 Aug 2009, at 21:17, Keith Old wrote:

> Folks,
> Sorry if this is a duplicate thread but I haven't seen anything about
> reaching this milestone.
>
> The Christian Science Monitor reports/
>
> http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/08/17/wikipedia-blows- 
> past-3-million-english-articles/
>
>
> "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."
>
> It concludes with info about the disagreement between inclusionists  
> and
> deletionists.
>
> "Both see the other ruining Wikipedia, either by defeating the  
> point of an
> open encyclopedia, or by expanding its “pages” until the site dies  
> from
> irrelevance.
>
> Which side do you come down on? More the merrier? Or quality over  
> quantity?
> Let us know below, or join the conversation by following us on
> Twitter<http://twitter.com/csmhorizonsblog>
> ."
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> *Keith Old*
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