More than 50,000 Articles on Wikipedia

The Wikipedia project,

	http://www.wikipedia.org/

- an openly editable and freely distributable encyclopaedia, has
surpassed 50,000 articles today. I know there are quite a few
journalists on this list, so I encourage you to take a look at this very
interesting project and give it some publicity. Although many articles
are definitely not encyclopaedia-quality yet, many others are, and the
general tendency seems to be positive. Furthermore, on controversial
subjects you'll find a lot broader perspectives than in mainstream
publications, e.g.:

	http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Americanism
	http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Globalization_Movement
	http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO

The Wikipedia team has also done a great job in internationalizing the
project. Many non-English Wikipedias are very active and already have
thousands of articles (especially the German one and, fascinatingly, the
Esperanto "Vikipedia").

The project, formerly intended as a commercial endeavor, is now moving
into the non-profit direction (hence the .org). In my opinion, it's one
of the most exciting collaborative projects today.

Regards,

Erik
-- 
Scientific Reviewer, Freelancer, Humanist -- Berlin / Germany
Phone: +49 (0)30 45491008 -- Web: http://www.humanist.de/erik
Editor of: http://www.violence.de, http://www.infoanarchy.org

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts
the particular threat to society that aroused it.
  -- Denis Diderot

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