42244 0 3 econsultancy_xml <p>The <a href="http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home" title="Wikipedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>, the non profit organisation that operates Wikipedia's sites, says its English language site now has around 3.4m contributors. </p> <p>It is the sixth <a href="http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=1370">most visited web property</a> after Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Time Warner and eBay.</p> <p>Recent surveys suggest that the site is the web's top <a href="/blog/1469-wikipedia-is-the-internet-s-top-source-for-news">destination for news and information</a>, and that <a href="/blog/1093-36-of-americans-regularly-consult-wikipedia">36% of US internet users</a> use the site on a regular basis. </p> <p> <strong>Related stories:</strong> <br /> <a href="/blog/1644-firms-found-editing-their-wikipedia-entries">Firms found editing their Wikipedia entries</a> </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>The <Link URL="http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home" Title="Wikipedia Foundation" Window="New">Wikimedia Foundation</Link>, the non profit organisation that operates Wikipedia's sites, says its English language site now has around 3.4m contributors. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>It is the sixth <Link URL="http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=1370" Window="Self">most visited web property</Link> after Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Time Warner and eBay.</Paragraph> <Paragraph>Recent surveys suggest that the site is the web's top <Link URL="/blog/1469-wikipedia-is-the-internet-s-top-source-for-news" Window="Self">destination for news and information</Link>, and that <Link URL="/blog/1093-36-of-americans-regularly-consult-wikipedia" Window="Self">36% of US internet users</Link> use the site on a regular basis. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Related stories:</Emphasis> <LineBreak /> <Link URL="/blog/1644-firms-found-editing-their-wikipedia-entries" Window="Self">Firms found editing their Wikipedia entries</Link> </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2007-09-13T13:52:00+01:00 0 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Wikipedia has passed another milestone after the two millionth article was added to the site on September 9.</strong> </p> <p>The article - on the subject of 'El Hormiguero', a Spanish TV show - was the two millionth English language entry in the online enclyclopedia. Wikipedia has 8m articles altogether in 250 different languages.</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Wikipedia has passed another milestone after the two millionth article was added to the site on September 9.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>The article - on the subject of 'El Hormiguero', a Spanish TV show - was the two millionth English language entry in the online enclyclopedia. Wikipedia has 8m articles altogether in 250 different languages.</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 1737 <p>For background on online PR and social media more generally, It's worth reading our (free to registered users) <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-pr-and-social-media-trends-briefing">Social Media Trends Briefing</a></strong> (June 2009). Econsultancy has also published <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/social-media-and-online-pr-digital-marketing-template-files">Social Media and Online PR Template Files</a></strong>, which you can adapt and use for your own projects. For innovation in this space, download our <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/innovation-report">Innovation Report</a></strong>.</p> <p>For background on online PR and social media more generally, It's worth reading our (free to registered users) <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-pr-and-social-media-trends-briefing">Social Media Trends Briefing</a></strong> (June 2009). Econsultancy has also published <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/social-media-and-online-pr-digital-marketing-template-files">Social Media and Online PR Template Files</a></strong>, which you can adapt and use for your own projects. For innovation in this space, download our <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/innovation-report">Innovation Report</a></strong>.</p> 364212 Wikipedia articles reach the 2m mark false 2007-09-14T08:32:00+01:00 wikipedia-articles-reach-the-2m-mark 2009-04-28T22:58:03+01:00 2009-10-13T09:18:55+01:00 219