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Wikipedia is 15 years old
The largest online encyclopedia Wikipedia celebrates its 15th anniversary.
This encyclopedic project on the Wiki-engine was founded by Jimmy Wayls and Larry Sanger on January 15, 2001. In December 2013, in a UNESCO statement on the occasion of the awarding of Jimmy Wayls, the founder of Wikipedia, Niels Bor’s gold medal about Wikipedia, it was said that it is a “symbol of the era of the interaction that we live in, and this is not just a tool, this is the embodiment of a dream, as ancient as human intelligence and a meeting of the Alexandrian library”.
Wikipedia is created by volunteers from around the world in 277 world languages and is one of the most visited sites in the world - only in December 2015 more than 2.5 billion people entered the portal of this encyclopedia!
The Russian-language section of Wikipedia is included in the top 5 of the largest sections of the online encyclopedia, the total number of articles at the moment is 1 million 273 thousand.
And Google included Wikipedia in his top applications for countries such as Russia, India, Mexico, Japan and Indonesia
“It is important to recognize the significant impact of Wikipedia on the online research environment: Wikipedia has become the starting point by default for any type of researcher, both professional and amateur. Over 15 years, more than 35 million articles have appeared on Wikipedia in hundreds of languages, most of which have links to external authoritative sources devoted to studies on the topics of articles. Without a doubt, Wikipedia makes one of the most important research tools in the world. This is the largest user bibliography in the world, and this is one of the largest bases of references to scientific publications. Wikipedia works to preserve cultural heritage, starting from the regional, local level. ”
The Wikimedia Foundation also published an interesting selection of the most popular articles on the entire Wikipedia existence.
In Russia, the celebration of the 15th anniversary of Wikipedia will be held on January 15 in Moscow , St. Petersburg , Ufa and Yakutsk , all involved are invited to these meetings.
We congratulate the Wikipedists on this important date and express gratitude for their great contribution to the popularization of all knowledge open to all!