Wikipedia publishes 10 millionth article

March 30, 2008}}{{WikimediaMention 

The online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, has published its 10 millionth article. The 10 millionth Wikipedia article is "Nicholas Hilliard" in the Hungarian Wikipedia, according to a press release from Wikimedia Foundation head of communications Jay Walsh. The Wikimedia Foundation operates Wikipedia editions in 253 languages. The largest single language is English, which has 2.3 million articles. The official total count reached 10 million on Thursday, March 27, at 00:07 UTC. 
In the press release, Wikimedia founder Jimmy Wales was quoted as saying "It's incredible to think that we've grown from one Wikipedia in English to over 250 language Wikipedias. Ten million articles is something we could never have imagined happening so fast when we embarked on Wikipedia in 2001. This is a testament to the incredible dedication of our volunteers around the world." 
The table below lists the five largest Wikipedias:
Wikipedia publishes 10 millionth article March 30 , 2008}}{{WikimediaMention The online encyclopedia , Wikipedia , has published its 10 millionth article . The 10 millionth Wikipedia article is " Nicholas Hilliard " in the Hungarian Wikipedia , according to a press release from Wikimedia Foundation head of communications Jay Walsh . The Wikimedia Foundation operates Wikipedia editions in 253 languages . The largest single language is English , which has 2.3 million articles . The official total count reached 10 million on Thursday , March 27 , at 00:07 UTC . In the press release , Wikimedia founder Jimmy Wales was quoted as saying " It 's incredible to think that we 've grown from one Wikipedia in English to over 250 language Wikipedias . Ten million articles is something we could never have imagined happening so fast when we embarked on Wikipedia in 2001 . This is a testament to the incredible dedication of our volunteers around the world . " The table below lists the five largest Wikipedias :
Wikipedia
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10 millionth article
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The online encyclopedia
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Wikipedia
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its 10 millionth article
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The 10 millionth Wikipedia article
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Nicholas Hilliard
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the Hungarian Wikipedia
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a press release
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Wikimedia Foundation head
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communications Jay Walsh
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The Wikimedia Foundation
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Wikipedia editions
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253 languages
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The largest single language
np14
English
np15
2.3 million articles
np16
The official total count
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Thursday, March 27
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00:07 UTC
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the press release
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Wikimedia founder Jimmy Wales
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we
np22
one Wikipedia
np23
English
np24
over 250 language
np25
Ten million articles
np26
something
np27
we
np28
we
np29
Wikipedia
np30
a testament
np31
the incredible dedication
np32
our volunteers
np33
the world
np34
The table
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the five largest Wikipedias
np36
Jay Walsh
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