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The project began on January 29, 2001 as a complement to the expert-written (and now defunct) Nupedia, and is now operated by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation.
Midway through 2006, Wikipedia had more than 4,600,000 articles in many languages, including more than 1,200,000 in the English-language version. There were more than 200 language editions of Wikipedia, fifteen of which had more than 50,000 articles each. The German-language edition has been distributed on DVD-ROM, and there were also proposals for an English DVD or paper edition. Since its inception, Wikipedia has steadily risen in popularity,See plots at "Visits per day", Wikipedia Statistics, January 1, 2005 and has spawned several sister projects. According to Alexa, Wikipedia ranked in the top 20 most visited websites, and many of its pages had been mirrored or forked by other sites, such as Answers.com.
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But it's okay. As it is, I'll barely be online next year. I'm gonna go back to writing in my diary and be a communities lurker.
rubidium11 (Roubeena) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:00:26 -0000
But it's okay. As it is, I'll barely be online next year. I'm gonna go back to writing in my diary and be a communities lurker.
RT @fictionistawksp: Still want to apply to volunteer in writing communities, both FF and literary? Apply! 12/18 deadline. http://bit.ly ...
TwilightAwards (Twilight Awards) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:49:56 -0000
RT @fictionistawksp: Still want to apply to volunteer in writing communities, both FF and literary? Apply! 12/18 deadline. http://bit.ly ...
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Meta Description: [ Ask Professors, ETA, Education and Training Academy, Education sans Frontiers, A professional association for everyone involved with education world-wide ]
Myria Media Network - Writers guidelines for web sites offering community, information and resources for parents, women and mothers.
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