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

[stevertigo]

Andrew Gray <andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk> wrote:
> Not counting footnotes and so on, it's approximately 16,000 words; say
> 40-50 pages of a book, or about a normal chapter. Which seems right,
> for a "very large article".

Agree. My 'time to split' light goes on somewhere around 100K, but
maybe 200K ~45 pages makes more sense for certain articles.

-S