Wikipedia has Launched about 15 years ago, in these years Wikipedia has made a
special place on the Internet today.
If you also use “Wikipedia” to get some information, then you must read these
interesting facts about it.Interesting facts about Wikipedia | Wikipedia amazing facts file
- Wikipedia was started by Jimmy Wales (born in1966) Larry Sanger (born in 1968) in 2001.
- No one knows that which was the first article of Wikipedia but the founder of Wikipedia Jimmi Wells said
that their first article on the website was lost somewhere on the site.The article was about Hello World and
article was self-edited by him.
- In Wikipedia, the word wiki refers to “quick”. The word has been taken from “Hawaii language”.
- The are more than 46 million articles in Wikipedia.
- About 7,000 new article are published on Wikipedia daily.
- Wikipedia is the most famous seventh website in India, which is used more than Twitter.
- Wikipedia’s first logo was made by 17-year user Paul Stansifer. This logo was selected in 2003.
- “Sex” is the most famous article on Wikipedia, which is present in every language.
- More than 50 million users use Wikipedia every month. And every month it can be read more than 2 billion times.
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- The most widely read page on Wikipedia is of Apple founder Steve Jobs.
- 50 percent traffic comes on Wikipedia from “Google”.
- Former US president George W. Bush’s Wikipedia page is most edited on Wikipedia and it was edited 46 thousand times.
- No ads are shown on Wikipedia for making money.
- Wikipedia is run on the basis of “No Loss No Profit” but they take the donation for the
operation of the website.
- In Wikipedia articles are available in every language on this website, and it is widely appreciated in every country.
There are also some languages available on this website that are also not available on the Internet.
- One more special thing is that Wikipedia’s competition is with Wikipedia itself, it is difficult to find out which
ones are the most recent articles.
So, these are some Interesting facts about Wikipedia | Wikipedia amazing facts file
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