You may want to take a look at the Guardian blog post: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/aug/17/wikipedia-three- million
and also a couple by the Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/6042931/Wikipedia- reaches-three-million-articles.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/6043534/The-50-most- viewed-Wikipedia-articles-in-2009-and-2008.html and one by ReadWriteWeb: http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2009/08/wikipedia-passes-the-3- million-article-mark.php All of them are better reads than the article in the Christian Science {{citation needed}} Monitor. Mike On 17 Aug 2009, at 21:17, Keith Old wrote: > Folks, > Sorry if this is a duplicate thread but I haven't seen anything about > reaching this milestone. > > The Christian Science Monitor reports/ > > http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/08/17/wikipedia-blows- > past-3-million-english-articles/ > > > "Wikipedia, the upstart social experiment that trusts the online > mob to > steward world knowledge, has hit a major milestone. > > The English volume of the Web encyclopedia reached its 3 millionth > article. > That massive number of whos, whats, wheres, and whens culminated > with a > profile on Norwegian soap opera actress Beate > Eriksen<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beate_Eriksen>. > In the less than 24 hours since she marked the 3 millionth entry, > more than > 1,000 new articles have already flooded in." > > It concludes with info about the disagreement between inclusionists > and > deletionists. > > "Both see the other ruining Wikipedia, either by defeating the > point of an > open encyclopedia, or by expanding its “pages” until the site dies > from > irrelevance. > > Which side do you come down on? More the merrier? Or quality over > quantity? > Let us know below, or join the conversation by following us on > Twitter<http://twitter.com/csmhorizonsblog> > ." > > Regards > > > > *Keith Old* > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l