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English Wikipedia Reaches 3 Million Articles

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the next-version-will-have-140-char-limit dept.

FunPika writes "It has taken more than eight years and the work of vast numbers of people around the world, but the English version of Wikipedia has finally amassed more than three million articles. The site broke through the 3 million barrier early on Monday morning UK time, with the honors taken by a short article about Norwegian actor Beate Eriksen — a 48-year-old cast member of a popular local soap opera."

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  1. Re:And then it was proptly deleted by linhares · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    subject's noteworthiness does not depend so much upon its literal existence in the real world.

    Hi Nihixul, long time no see. So, are the meds working? Are the voices gone?