Today Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia anyone can edit, celebrates its tenth anniversary. Events and online activities have been organized to commemorate the day.
“This is the new WikiPedia! The idea here is to write a complete encyclopedia from scratch, without peer review process, etc. Some people think that this may be a hopeless endeavor, that the result will necessarily suck. We aren’t so sure. So, let’s get to work!”
— Wikipedia in the Beginning
January 15, 2001: Wikipedia begins
January 16, 2001: First edit is made to the main page
February 12, 2001: English Wikipedia reaches 1,000 articles
See also …
ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_timeline#Article_Milestones1,000,000
March 1, 2006: English Wikipedia reaches 1,000,000 articles
September 9, 2007: English Wikipedia reaches 2,000,000 articles
August 17, 2009: English Wikipedia reaches 3,000,000 articles
Happy Birthday wikipedia!