Tag Archives : Jimmy Wales
Wikipedia wants 1 billion users
The impact of Wikipedia on the world has not yet peaked and online encyclopedia wants to double its power, primarily through expansion in developing countries, said the organization’s founder, Jimmy Wales.
Wikipedia already has 400 million users and is among the 10 most popular sites in the world. The goal is to reach a billion users via international [...]
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Wikipedia celebrates 10 years
The Wikipedia and its users are planning over 300 events on six continents to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the free online encyclopedia that has become famous for spreading access to information through a model in which all can be publishers.
To help users organize the celebrations, it was developed ten.wikipedia.org page with new events every [...]
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Wikipedia Under Threat Of Closure With The Loss Of 49,000 Volunteers
Posted by Rajeev Saxena on November 26, 2009 · 0 Comment
The biggest and the most prolific of all online encyclopedias, Wikipedia might soon lose its reputation as the one stop resource for any and all information for just about anything, as the knowledge treasure chest has reportedly lost 49,000 contributors in the first three months of 2009. The loss has largely been in the English language edition of [...]
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