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Wikipedia: 2-million articles and counting
Say will you will about Wikipedia and its occasionally inaccurate, frequently updated reference articles. The site is still immensely popular. And part of that popularity arises from the fact that there's just so much stuff packed in there.This week, the site saw its 2 millionth English language article published. There are more than 8 million user generated articles across all of Wikipedia's different language versions, but what do you expect when you go and publish the site in 250 different languages.
The 2 millionth article went up on September 10, and describes a Spanish television program called El Hormiguero.
Wikipedia was founded in 2001. Anyone want to guess how long it will take for the site to get its 3 millionth article? How about 100 millionth? Are there really that many things to write about?
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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RP said 8:00AM on 9-15-2007
6 billion people currently living on the planet. If just 1% are interesting enough to warrant an article, that's 60 million.
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alex3305 said 8:02AM on 9-15-2007
I think the 3 millionth article milestone will be reached around the 12th of January 2009.
What do I win if I am right :P ?
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Brad Linder said 8:04AM on 9-15-2007
Alex3305: The satisfaction of knowing you were right. Actually, when you guess the number of jellybeans in a jar, don't you usually get the jar filled with jellybeans? Maybe we'll see if Jimmy Wales will transfer his title of Wikipedia founder to you.
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RP said 4:08PM on 9-15-2007
I think you "win" a Wikipedia article about yourself, and how smart you are. :-)
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