Wikipedia Hits 10 Million Articles Worldwide

Wikipedia has announced today that at "Thursday, March 27, at 00:07 UTC" the worldwide article count for all Wikipedias hit 10 million. The 10 millionth article was posted on the Hungarian Wikipedia and is about Nicholas Hilliard, a 16th century English goldsmith and painter. Check out the Hilliard article in Hungarian and in English.

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Place your bets for the 100 millionth article. Maybe it will be about how we live on Mars.