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Wikipedia Reaches Half a Million Articles

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the everything-knockoffs dept.

Faraaz Damji (frazzydee) writes "The English Wikipedia has reached 500,000 full-length articles. Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia collaboratively edited by thousands of users worldwide, and the article count has been increasing every day. Thanks to all the users who make it happen, especially the ones who put in hours every day writing to make this invaluable resource that we all love."

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  1. But... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    192,584 of those are related to David Hasselhoff, of which 29,219 are related to Knight Rider.

  2. pbranes (565105) Social Security Number by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Wikipedia is a living example of how information demands to be free. "

    SSN#:
    LET ME OUT! I CAN'T BREATH!

  3. recursive by Sv-Manowar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here's a wikipedia article involving slashdot. Karma_Whore
    Some info on what Karma Whore's goals are. Karma Whore has three stated purposes: to post information about a topic that everyone already knows; to link to wikipedia, because wikipedia pwns

    Oh damn, now I'm in a loop

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    Business Voyeur