[WikiEN-l] One article, 12 volumes, and a snapshot of how news becomes history

[stevertigo]

Charles Matthews <charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> I've always thought that WP is not in the business of "writing history".
> I'd need convincing that [[Iraq War]] has made the transition from
> "current affairs" to "history": it's obvious why some people might be
> consigning the War to history just now, but that is far from saying that
> the article measures up to the criteria.

Its an interesting way to look at an article. IIRC, I pushed people
into naming it "Iraq War" to begin with - back when it was still
called something less neutral - "invasion" or such. The current
article is 193K? in size.. what's that in pages?

-S