2011: 10th anniversary of Wikipedia's launch

Wikipedia is an online, open source encyclopedia. It can be edited by anyone and has 9.1 million articles in 252 languages (according to the History of Wikipedia article in Wikipedia on 12/11/07). In 2007 it was named the tenth most visited site on the internet. It was founded in 2001 and has since changed the way that people around the world search for up-to-date information. It is also a prime example of increasing global interconnectedness. For Wikipedia's full history, click here.