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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>History</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BMain%7CHistory%20of%20Wikipedia%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Main%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​:<i>Main article: <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22History%20of%20Wikipedia%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22History%20of%20Wikipedia%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="History of Wikipedia (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSGlzdG9yeV9vZl9XaWtpcGVkaWE/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">History of Wikipedia</a></i>​</span> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->Wikipedia began as a complementary project for <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Nupedia%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Nupedia%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNupedia%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Nupedia (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTnVwZWRpYT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Nupedia</a>, a free online <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22English-language%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22English%20language%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEnglish%20language%7CEnglish-language%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="English language (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRW5nbGlzaF9sYW5ndWFnZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">English-language</a> encyclopedia project whose articles were written by experts and reviewed under a formal process. Nupedia was founded on March 9, 2000, under the ownership of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Bomis%2C%20Inc%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Bomis%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBomis%7CBomis%2C%20Inc%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Bomis (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQm9taXM/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Bomis, Inc</a>, a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22web%20portal%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22web%20portal%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bweb%20portal%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Web portal (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvV2ViX3BvcnRhbD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">web portal</a> company. Its main figures were <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Jimmy%20Wales%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Jimmy%20Wales%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJimmy%20Wales%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Jimmy Wales (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSmltbXlfV2FsZXM/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Jimmy Wales</a>, Bomis <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22CEO%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22CEO%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCEO%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="CEO (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQ0VPP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">CEO</a>, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Larry%20Sanger%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Larry%20Sanger%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLarry%20Sanger%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Larry Sanger (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTGFycnlfU2FuZ2VyP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Larry Sanger</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22editor-in-chief%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Editing%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEditing%7Ceditor-in-chief%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Editing (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRWRpdGluZz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">editor-in-chief</a> for Nupedia and later Wikipedia. Nupedia was licensed initially under its own Nupedia Open Content License, switching to the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22GNU%20Free%20Documentation%20License%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22GNU%20Free%20Documentation%20License%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGNU%20Free%20Documentation%20License%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="GNU Free Documentation License (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvR05VX0ZyZWVfRG9jdW1lbnRhdGlvbl9MaWNlbnNlP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">GNU Free Documentation License</a> before Wikipedia's founding at the urging of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Richard%20Stallman%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Richard%20Stallman%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRichard%20Stallman%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" 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data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" href="#cite_note-Meyers-2"><span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>3<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> While Wales is credited with defining the goal of making a publicly editable encyclopedia,<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3DSangerMemoir%3E%7B%7Bcite%20news%20%7Cfirst%3DLarry%20%7Clast%3DSanger%20%7Ctitle%3DThe%20Early%20History%20of%20Nupedia%20and%20Wikipedia%3A%20A%20Memoir%20%7Cdate%3DApril%2018%2C%202005%20%7Cwork%3DSlashdot%20%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Ffeatures.slashdot.org%5C%2Ffeatures%5C%2F05%5C%2F04%5C%2F18%5C%2F164213.shtml%7Caccessdate%3D2008-12-26%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-SangerMemoir_3-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-SangerMemoir_3-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2254600-4233228505df432f0ba92a%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ12e470511130647b-nowiki-0000000A-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E4%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2254600-4233228505df432f0ba92a%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ12e470511130647b-nowiki-0000000B-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-SangerMemoir-3%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-SangerMemoir-3%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2271%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E4%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2272%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" href="#cite_note-SangerMemoir-3"><span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>4<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span><span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3DSanger%3E%7B%7Bcite%20news%7Cfirst%3DLarry%20%7Clast%3DSanger%7Ctitle%3DWikipedia%20Is%20Up%21%7Cdate%3DJanuary%2017%2C%202001%20%7Cpublisher%3DInternet%20Archive%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fweb.archive.org%5C%2Fweb%5C%2F20010506042824%5C%2Fwww.nupedia.com%5C%2Fpipermail%5C%2Fnupedia-l%5C%2F2001-January%5C%2F000684.html%7Caccessdate%3D2008-12-26%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-Sanger_4-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-Sanger_4-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2254600-4233228505df432f0ba92a%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ12e470511130647b-nowiki-0000000D-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E5%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2254600-4233228505df432f0ba92a%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ12e470511130647b-nowiki-0000000E-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-Sanger-4%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-Sanger-4%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2277%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E5%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2278%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" href="#cite_note-Sanger-4"><span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>5<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> Sanger is usually credited with the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22strategy%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22strategy%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bstrategy%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Strategy (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvU3RyYXRlZ3k/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">strategy</a> of using a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22wiki%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22wiki%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bwiki%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Wiki (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvV2lraT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">wiki</a> to reach that goal.<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bcite%20web%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Flists.wikimedia.org%5C%2Fpipermail%5C%2Fwikipedia-l%5C%2F2001-October%5C%2F000671.html%7Ctitle%3DWikipedia-l%3A%20LinkBacks%3F%7Caccessdate%3D2007-02-20%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-5 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2254600-4233228505df432f0ba92a%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ12e470511130647b-nowiki-00000010-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E6%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2254600-4233228505df432f0ba92a%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ12e470511130647b-nowiki-00000011-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-5%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-5%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2283%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E6%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2284%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" href="#cite_note-5"><span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>6<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> On January 10, 2001, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Larry%20Sanger%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Larry%20Sanger%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLarry%20Sanger%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Larry Sanger (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTGFycnlfU2FuZ2VyP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Larry Sanger</a> proposed on the Nupedia <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22mailing%20list%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22electronic%20mailing%20lists%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Belectronic%20mailing%20lists%7Cmailing%20list%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Electronic mailing lists (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRWxlY3Ryb25pY19tYWlsaW5nX2xpc3RzP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">mailing list</a> to create a wiki as a "feeder" project for Nupedia.<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" 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Otherwise, there were relatively tons of rules initially and Wikipedia operated independently of Nupedia.<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3DSangerMemoir%5C%2F%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-SangerMemoir_3-2" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-SangerMemoir_3-2 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2254600-4233228505df432f0ba92a%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ12e470511130647b-nowiki-0000001F-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E4%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2254600-4233228505df432f0ba92a%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ12e470511130647b-nowiki-00000020-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-SangerMemoir-3%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-SangerMemoir-3%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%22113%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E4%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%22114%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" href="#cite_note-SangerMemoir-3"><span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>4<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22broken-image%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22EnglishWikipediaArticleCountGraph_linear.png%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3AEnglishWikipediaArticleCountGraph%20linear.png%7Cthumb%7Cleft%7CGraph%20of%20the%20article%20count%20for%20the%20%5B%5BEnglish%20Wikipedia%5D%5D%2C%20from%20January%2010%2C%202001%2C%20to%20September%209%2C%202007%20%28the%20date%20of%20the%20two-millionth%20article%29%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="placeholder placeholder-broken-image" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="broken-image" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->Wikipedia gained early contributors from Nupedia, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Slashdot%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Slashdot%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSlashdot%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Slashdot (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvU2xhc2hkb3Q/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Slashdot</a> postings, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22web%20search%20engine%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22web%20search%20engine%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bweb%20search%20engine%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Web search engine (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvV2ViX3NlYXJjaF9lbmdpbmU/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">web search engine</a> indexing. It grew to approximately 20,000 articles, and 18 language editions, by the end of 2001. By late 2002 it had reached 26 language editions, 46 by the end of 2003, and 161 by the final days of 2004.<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5C%22%7B%7Bcite%20web%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fen.wikipedia.org%5C%2Fwiki%5C%2FWikipedia%3AMultilingual%20statistics%20%7Ctitle%3DMultilingual%20statistics%20%7Cwork%3DWikipedia%20%7Cdate%3DMarch%2030%2C%202005%20%7Caccessdate%3D2008-12-26%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-9 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" href="#cite_note-9"><span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>10<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> Nupedia and Wikipedia coexisted until the former's servers were taken down permanently in 2003, and its text was incorporated into Wikipedia. <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22English%20Wikipedia%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22English%20Wikipedia%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEnglish%20Wikipedia%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="English Wikipedia (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRW5nbGlzaF9XaWtpcGVkaWE/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">English Wikipedia</a> passed the 2 million-article mark on September 9, 2007, making it the largest encyclopedia ever assembled, eclipsing even the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Yongle%20Encyclopedia%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Yongle%20Encyclopedia%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BYongle%20Encyclopedia%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Yongle Encyclopedia (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvWW9uZ2xlX0VuY3ljbG9wZWRpYT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Yongle Encyclopedia</a> (1407), which had held the record for exactly 600<span data-rte-entity="nbsp"> </span>years.<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22EB_encyclopedia%5C%22%3E%7B%7Bcite%20encyclopedia%20%7Ctitle%3DEncyclopedias%20and%20Dictionaries%20%7Cencyclopedia%3DEncyclop%5Cu00e6dia%20Britannica%2C%2015th%20ed.%7Cpublisher%3D%20Encyclop%5Cu00e6dia%20Britannica%20%7Cyear%3D2007%20%7Cvolume%3D18%20%7Cpages%3D257%5Cu2013286%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-EB_encyclopedia_10-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-EB_encyclopedia_10-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2254600-4233228505df432f0ba92a%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ12e470511130647b-nowiki-00000025-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E11%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2254600-4233228505df432f0ba92a%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ12e470511130647b-nowiki-00000026-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-EB_encyclopedia-10%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-EB_encyclopedia-10%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%22125%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E11%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%22126%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" href="#cite_note-EB_encyclopedia-10"><span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>11<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Citing fears of commercial advertising and lack of control in a perceived English-centric Wikipedia, users of the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Spanish%20Wikipedia%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Spanish%20Wikipedia%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSpanish%20Wikipedia%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Spanish Wikipedia (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvU3BhbmlzaF9XaWtpcGVkaWE/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Spanish Wikipedia</a> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22fork%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Fork%20%28software%20development%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFork%20%28software%20development%29%7Cfork%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Fork (software development) (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRm9ya18oc29mdHdhcmVfZGV2ZWxvcG1lbnQpP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">forked</a> from Wikipedia to create the <i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Enciclopedia%20Libre%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Enciclopedia%20Libre%20Universal%20en%20Espa%5Cu00f1ol%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEnciclopedia%20Libre%20Universal%20en%20Espa%5Cu00f1ol%7CEnciclopedia%20Libre%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRW5jaWNsb3BlZGlhX0xpYnJlX1VuaXZlcnNhbF9lbl9Fc3BhJUMzJUIxb2w/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Enciclopedia Libre</a></i> in February 2002.<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" 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data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" href="#cite_note-11"><span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>12<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> Later that year, Wales announced that Wikipedia would not display advertisements, and its website was moved to wikipedia.org.<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3DShirky%3E%7B%7Bcite%20book%7Cauthor%3D%20Clay%20Shirky%7Cauthorlink%3DClay%20Shirky%7Ctitle%3DHere%20Comes%20Everybody%3A%20The%20Power%20of%20Organizing%20Without%20Organizations%7Cdate%3DFebruary%2028%2C%202008%7Cpublisher%3DThe%20Penguin%20Press%20via%20Amazon%20Online%20Reader%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.amazon.com%5C%2Fgp%5C%2Freader%5C%2F1594201536%5C%2Fref%3Dsib_dp_srch_pop%3Fv%3Dsearch-inside%26keywords%3Dspanish%26go.x%3D0%26go.y%3D0%26go%3DGo%2521%20%7Cisbn%3D1-594201-53-6%7Cpage%3D273%20%7Caccessdate%3D2008-12-26%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-Shirky_12-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-Shirky_12-0 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" href="#cite_note-Shirky-12"><span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>13<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> Various other projects have since forked from Wikipedia for editorial reasons. <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Wikinfo%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Wikinfo%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWikinfo%5D%5D%22%7D" 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data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%5C%2F2%5C%2Fhi%5C%2Ftechnology%5C%2F7144970.stm%20BBC%20News%5D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-13" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-13 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" href="#cite_note-13"><span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>14<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span><span data-rte-entity="nbsp"> </span>— have been started to address perceived limitations of Wikipedia, such as its policies on <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22peer%20review%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22peer%20review%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bpeer%20review%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Peer review (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUGVlcl9yZXZpZXc/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">peer review</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22original%20research%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22original%20research%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Boriginal%20research%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Original research (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvT3JpZ2luYWxfcmVzZWFyY2g/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">original research</a>, and commercial <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22advertising%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22advertising%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Badvertising%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Advertising (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQWR2ZXJ0aXNpbmc/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">advertising</a>. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Though the English Wikipedia reached 3 million articles in August 2009, the growth of the edition, in terms of the numbers of articles and of contributors, appeared to have abruptly flattened around Spring 2007.<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bcite%20news%20%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%5C%2Ftechnology%5C%2F2009%5C%2Faug%5C%2F12%5C%2Fwikipedia-deletionist-inclusionist%20%7Ctitle%3DWikipedia%20approaches%20its%20limits%20%7Cauthor%3DBobbie%20Johnson%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-14" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-14 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" href="#cite_note-14"><span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>15<span data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> In July 2007, about 2,200 articles were added daily to the encyclopedia; <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Basof%7C2009%7C8%7Clc%3Don%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22asof%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Template%3AAsof%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Template%3AAsof%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Afalse%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Template:Asof (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVGVtcGxhdGU6QXNvZj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Template:Asof</a>​</span>, that average is 1,300. A team led by Ed H Chi at the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Palo%20Alto%20Research%20Center%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Palo%20Alto%20Research%20Center%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPalo%20Alto%20Research%20Center%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="54600-4233228505df432f0ba92a" class="new" title="Palo Alto Research Center (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUGFsb19BbHRvX1Jlc2VhcmNoX0NlbnRlcj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Palo Alto Research Center</a> speculated that this is due to the increasing exclusiveness of the project. New or occasional editors have significantly higher rates of their edits reverted (removed) than an "elite" group of regular editors. This could make it more difficult for the project to recruit and retain new contributors, over the long term resulting in stagnation in article creation. </p> <br /><strong data-rte-washtml="1" class="error" data-rte-attribs=" class=error">Cite error: <code data-rte-washtml="1"><ref></code> tags exist, but no <code data-rte-washtml="1"><references/></code> tag was found</strong><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key encyclopedian:rte-parser-cache:2022 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. 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