RSSWikipedia Posts 1 Millionth Article
By the Betanews Staff | Published March 2, 2006, 12:16 PM
The online user-created encyclopedia Wikipedia racked up its 1 millionth English language article on Wednesday, marking a significant milestone for a service that has faced much controversy over the years. The article covered the Jordanhill railway station in Scotland and was authored by Ewan Macdonald.
Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization behind the project, says a total of 3.3 million articles are under development in more than 125 languages. "Although its method of editing is new and controversial, Wikipedia has already won acclaim and awards for its detailed coverage of current events, popular culture, and scientific topics; its usability; and its international community of contributors," the Foundation said in a statement.
Our dependence on books is drifting away. When was the last time you went to the Library?
Great site but I still like the print.
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Great !!!
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I am quite happy that wikipedia has reached 1 Million articles. I am also expecting my mother tongue Tamil wikipedia will also reach more than 10, 000 articels by end of this year (Currently more than 2, 100 articels)
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I wonder if there's an article detailing the changes made to articles by the people they're about. For example, Senator Dianne Feinstein's staff removed references to a scandal involving her husband--is there an article that makes note of things like that? Somehow I doubt it.
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Yes?
http://en.wikipedia.org/.../Wikipedia_Class_Action
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"I wonder if there's an article detailing the changes made to articles by the people they're about."
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No one has the right to go in and modify or edit an article about anyone. And while Wikipedia allowed this to happen in the past I was happy to see that they no longer allow this practice. The only time a change should be made is after it has been verified, and verified again, by credible sources. I would want to know who posted the references to the scandal to begin with regardless of whom the scandal was/is about. Before Wikipedia stopped the practice of being able to edit willy nilly, the number of articles which were edited and changed was startling and many times the information was so far out in left field it was disgusting.
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Wikipedia Posts 1 Millionth Article
.... of which only 3 are accurate and about 2 are helpful
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Cynic.
You're assuming humor is not helpful.
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agreed, it's completely useless
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"You're assuming humor is not helpful."
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Humor? Give me a break, Tool.
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the trouble is can we believe a Wikipedia article saying Wikipedia posts its 1 millionth article
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Wake me when it reaches a billion.
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Uncyclopedia: http://uncyclopedia.org/...danhill_railway_station
Don't believe a word of it. :P
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lmao...
Always good for a laugh.
I particularly like their write-up on cats.
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"Every year millions of dollars of damage is done when cats sit on cars or s*** on them."
Haha! http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Cats
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ROFL
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