Wikipedia (Eng) with more than 3 million pages
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Launched in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, the online collaborative encyclopaedia comprises more than 13 million articles in 271 languages. This week, more precisely on Monday, August 17, 2009, the encyclopaedia experienced an important event as its English version, the most complete version of all, has just passed the mark of 3 million articles. Then follow the German and French editions, with a bit less than 1 million and 840 000 articles respectively.
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The 3 millionth page of Wikipedia – English edition
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Wikipedia advocates a collaborative system and lets each Internet user create or correct an article for free if they are members. The 3 millionth page published on Monday, about the Norwegian actress and producer Beate Marie Eriksen, can be read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beate_Marie_Eriksen.
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