English Wikipedia Gets Two Millionth Article

Is this the week of the “Millions”? Yesterday, we found out that Apple had sold it’s one millionth iPhone, and today we find out that Wikipedia has added it’s 2 millionth English article. This is a massive accomplishment and really goes to show what community involvement can achieve. I visit Wikipedia every single day, and appreciate greatly all of the hard work of the volunteers (including my little brother!). Kudos to Wikipedia on this accomplishment and here’s to another million!

Initial reports stated that the two millionth article written was El Hormiguero, which covers a Spanish TV comedy show. Later review of this information found that this article was most likely not two million, and instead a revised list of articles created around two million has been generated, and is believed to be correct to within 3 articles. The Wikimedia foundation, which operates the site, is expected to make an announcement with a final decision, which may require review of the official servers’ logs.

Source: Slashdot