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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_encyclopediasHistory of encyclopedias - Wikipedia

    The English Wikipedia, which was started in 2001, became the world's largest encyclopedia in 2004 at the 300,000 article stage. By late 2005, Wikipedia had produced over two million articles in more than 80 languages with content licensed under the copyleft GNU Free Documentation License .

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_WikipediaHistory of Wikipedia - Wikipedia

    In mid-2015, Wikipedia was the world's seventh-most-popular website according to Alexa Internet, down one place from the position it held in November 2012. At the start of 2015, Wikipedia remained the largest general-knowledge encyclopedia online, with a combined total of over 36 million mainspace articles across all 291 language editions.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Internet_Encyclopedia_ofInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Wikipedia

    2161-0002. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy ( IEP) is a scholarly online encyclopedia, dealing with philosophy, philosophers, and related topics. [1] The IEP publishes only peer-reviewed and blind-refereed original papers. Contribution is generally by invitation, and contributors are recognized as leading international specialists within ...

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  5. www.thenationalnews.com › world › europeHow Wikipedia became the world's largest encyclopedia

    Jan 15, 2021 · That's what we're doing," co-founder Jimmy Wales said in 2004, when asked by a user what Wikipedia's mission was. It seemed a long shot at the time. Little did he know that Wikipedia would become precisely that: the world's largest repository of human knowledge, offering more than 55 million articles in 309 languages.

  6. www.historyhit.com › all-the-knowledge-in-theAll the Knowledge in the World: A Short History of the ...

    Sep 30, 2022 · In 2004, Wikipedia became the world’s largest encyclopedia as it reached the 300,000 article stage, and by 2005 it had produced over 2 million articles in more than 80 languages. As of 2022 it holds 6.5 million articles, complete with images, videos, voice clips and more, allowing for an extraordinary and unprecedented amount of knowledge to ...

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  7. www.theatlantic.com › technology › archiveEncyclopedias Are Time Capsules - The Atlantic

    Dec 9, 2015 · For 600 years it was the world’s largest, but the only two copies were owned by the emperor. Medieval encyclopedias were not for the common people; they were for priests and kings.

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    An encyclopedia of philosophy articles written by professional philosophers. About; Editors; Desired Articles; Submissions; Volunteer; Stay Connected