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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. Yo0 FAIL it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    - Netcraft has 3ownward spiral. Charnel house. In eter8ity...Romeo

  2. Re:And then it was proptly deleted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    like the holocaust, something else that didn't happen?

  3. Re:And then it was proptly deleted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah, who would have thought that articles written entirely for recreation might have recreational themes.

    Agreed, but don't claim the thing is an actual encyclopedia.