Wikipedia hits 10 million total articles

This is the 10 millionth article created on Wikipedia. It is an article about a 16th century goldsmith named Nicholas Hilliard, and was created in the Hungarian version.

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Ten million articles.

That's how many Wikipedia has now, if you count all the articles in the 250-plus languages the encyclopedia is available in.

According to a release from the Wikimedia Foundation, the 10 millionth article was created at 5:07 p.m. PDT on Wednesday. It is a "short biography of 16th century English goldsmith and painter Nicholas Hilliard" and was created in Hungarian by a user called Pataki Marta.

The largest version of Wikipedia, the English version, has 2.3 million articles. But when counting all the others, the number swells quickly to the more than 10 million now found in the entire database.

[allstar919]

Love Wikipedia

I would like to ask my old college professors what they think of Wikipedia. I
do know that many bristle at its concept, but we can all agree it has improved.

Personally, I think it is the best invention since the Internet itself. There is so
much more information in there than any ink and paper encyclopedia and it is
designed to whet your appetite for knowledge. To me, that seems like the
Internet's highest calling.

[thekohser]

"Damaged views" increasing, not decreasing

WRONG! Wikipedia is not getting better. It's getting worse as it grows. The probability of encountering a "damaged view" of a page on Wikipedia is increasing arithmetically. This is according to an academic study by the Univ. of Minnesota:

http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~reid/papers/group282-priedhorsky.pdf

[Bob_Katopolis]

Helpful, but flawed.

Wikipedia is often helpful...but the design of the site is fundamentally flawed. One or more persistent amateurs will overrule an expert the subject of an article. Experts don't want to waste their time when they are shouted down by persistent amateurs (who are not experts, but think they are). Articles are therefore driven by those with time on their hands, and some motivation to edit the articles, rather than by the people most qualified to contribute. Wikipedia is a great start to the concept of user contributed content, but I hope that better designed web encyclopedias will render wikipedia obsolete in the coming years.

[imambarghqasarehussain]

A message of the representative of God

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MOST BENEFICIENT AND THE MOST MERCIFUL

Allah/ God/ Bhagwan/ Buddha bless you,

I am a representative of God, giving you a clarion call that everything including human being belongs to God or Almighty Allah or Bhagwan or Buddha etc. All good activities are accounted for God and bad activities are accounted for the Satan, Devil, Rakshas, etc. Now being representative of God, Almighty Allah, Bhagwan etc. I have caught the Devil, Satan, Rakshas, etc. Kindly you are requested to contact me immediately so that I can deliver you the same.

The Momineens, the believers of Hazrat Imam Hussain (A.S.) of the world have decided to build gigantic and grandiose city presenting an edifice of humanity and tranquility, peace and love, supplication and consummation for the All-Forgiver and All-Merciful showering upon the people His bounties and blessings since the creation of first man on earth Adam (A.S.) and this Adam (A.S.), the first father of human being was firstly challenged by the Satan mardood that this creature of God shall be spoiling, devastating and rummaging through the planet earth.

But, the Almighty Allah, the All-knower challenged the Satan mardood that he is not that kind of wise as Allah is so shall he be expelled from his court of blessing and forgiveness after having been defeated from the court of Allah. The Satan mardood decided to challenge the human being by making him/her more adaptable towards the bad deeds including the first murder on the planet earth to the developing of mass destruction weapons. So the man, so fragile and subtle becomes the escape-goat of the Satan mardood. Since the first murder of Adam?s son by his own brother and the continuity of the same is still on and on in the shape of making man enemy to man with no fear of God and disturb the whole peace and the tranquility on this planet earth by inventing fighter jets and B-2 bombers, suicide bombers and all other inhuman activities stretching from theft to murder.

Now Almighty Allah/ God has decided to present Himself on planet earth by putting the ground breaking ceremony of the projected city of Qasar-e-Hussain located in Lahore, Pakistan, Earth Planet; which shall be the standing Exaltation of Allah in the form of Imam Hussain (A.S.) preaching place entailing hospitals, colleges, universities, airports, sky-scrappers, motorways, subways, seven star hotels and what not. All presenting the grandiosity, magnanimity and magnificence of Almighty Allah for his poors, dejected, desperate, destitute, forlorn and poverty stricken humans on the earth planet first time in the history of human beings and in this great cause The Design Constructions has joined hands with us to give this grand project a practical shape.

Thus by throwing lights on the certain characteristics and the parameters of the new city on the earth planet shall be the embodiment of Allah?s Greatness and Vanity. Now by putting the pinnacle of Allah on the planet earth shall be the final nail in the coffin of Satan or Devil or Rakshas etc. From onwards no Satan or Devil shall ever be daring to disturb the echo system of God.

Look at the concept, you all shall cooperate with us to build this magnificent piece of Allah?s Architect on the Planet Earth. Undoubtedly Allah is the best Architect in the universe. Now we say that the Satan or Devil is doing his level best to finish this grand project of Allah as soon as possible so all the people, the figure is 5 billion plus, are once again challenged by the Devil, so we request all of the human beings irrespective of their religions, beliefs, sects, tribes, colors, sex and creeds to come forward and marshel together as an army of loveable and adorable people of Earth Planet to give a blowing defeat to the army of the Satan or Devil. This exemplary innihilation of the Satan mardood shall be another living example like Pharaoh, who also challenged God one times through his sky-high pyramids, so this is the Wrath and Exuberance of Almighty Allah on the inhabitants of the Earth Planet.

After having this brief introduction every peace loving human is invited to contribute his/her means of resources of whatever nature for the preservation and restoration of the poverty stricken, socially and economically crippled, highly unsecured, and also in the presence of human bombs, nuclear bombs and heavy armaments of any kind with no fear of Wrath of God. Initially this project is being started with thousands of kanals (1 Marla=225 sq. yards, 1 kanal=20 marlas), and shall be extended to millions of kanals because every thing belongs to Allah including Earth Planet

So if we say this projected grand city is a peaceful shelter/ home for all the peace loving human beings on the Earth Planet shall not be a wrong concept by the representative of Allah. So come on it?s a clarion call to all NGO?s, Governments and all other institutions which are preaching and practicing for the peace and tranquility of this Planet Earth are once again called upon to join hand to hand with this representative of Allah to make this Planet Earth more peaceful and beautiful by harnessing and clogging the Satan or Devil.

Now we let you know the people of earth planet that deweaponization is desatanization, denuclearization is de-devilization, antitheftism is antisatanism, likewise entailing the success of good qualities and failure of all the Satanic/ Devilish characteristics from the Planet Earth, also save from the volleys of terrorism, deglobalization, hunger, poverty, injustice and inequality to make this earth more peaceful and tranquil to live on this planet. So we conclude that the emancipation of all the human beings is based upon the harnessing and catching of the Satan or Devil.

Thanking you,

Representative of Allah

SYED ALI ABID BOKHARI
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