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Wikipedia Reaches 200,000 Articles

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the free-information-is-good-information dept.

CanadaDave writes "The Wikipedia.org project to create a 'complete and accurate free content encyclopedia' has just surpassed 200,000 articles, an increase from 100,000 just 1 year ago. Join in on the celebrations. Some work has been done on predicting Wikipedia's growth and others are already planning for the 500,000 articles over all languages press release. In related news, the project has recently received $20,000 worth of Linux server equipment (9 machines) in hopes to improve performance of the site, which has been prone to downtime over the past year. The servers are being tested right now and will be up and running soon. The purchase was made possible by the many donations the Wikimedia project received in 2003."

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  1. 9 new servers, eh? by grub · · Score: 5, Funny

    *** I N V O I C E ***

    To: Wikipedia.org

    Qty _ _ Item _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Price _ SubTotal

    9 _ _ _ Linux Server Licenses _ $699.00 _ $6291.00

    Payable upon receipt.

    Thank you for doing business with SCO, we appreciate your
    continued support.
    --
    Trolling is a art,
  2. More Downtime by DrEldarion · · Score: 4, Funny

    which has been prone to downtime over the past year.

    So we have:

    Servers that are prone to downtime.
    New servers not running yet.
    Linked to on Slashdot

    I don't see this turning out well.

  3. Consequences by SummerMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    As the digitization of our encyclopedias continues, millions of unemployed encyclopedia salespeople lament their poor career choice.

  4. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - First Printing? by 4ginandtonics · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it just me, or does this sound a lot like the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy?

    For those of you that don't recall -

    I has many galactic treasures of information such as -

    The best way to get a drink out of a Vogon is to stick your finger down his throat

    Here is what to do if you want to get a lift from a Vogon: FORGET IT.

    or, perhaps the most relevant entry for us:

    Earth: Mostly Harmless.

    In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy, the Hitchhiker's Guide has already supplanted the great Encyclopedia Galactica as the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom, for though it has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate, it scores over the older, more pedestrian work in two important respects.

    Perfect. ;-)