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Wikipedia adds 10 millionth article

Posted by Jacque on March 31st, 2008

wikipedia-entry.pngWikipedia is celebrating the addition of the ten millionth article, a short biography of 16th century English goldsmith and painter Nicholas Hilliard, which was created in the Hungarian Wikipedia by user Pataki Marta, according to Emily Chang.

Wikipedia now includes articles in more than 250 languages, with the English Wikipedia having the largest number, followed by the German, French, Polish, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish Wikipedias.  Tagalog, and Cantonese entries are also growing.

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