Wikipedia

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 13:15:55 -0800
From: Dan Gillmor <dgillmor () mercurynews com>
Subject: Fyi
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>

http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/001709.shtml

Sometime in the next few days or weeks, one of the world's most
comprehensive online reference sites will publish its 200,000th article.
More accurately, one of the site's contributors will publish the article.

Wikipedia, an encyclopedia created and operated by volunteers, is one of the
most fascinating developments of the Digital Age. In just over three years
of existence, it has become a valuable resource and an example of how the
grass roots in today's interconnected world can do extraordinary things.

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