Wikipedia Hits 300,000 Articles

July 7, 2004 | Source: Slashdot

Wikipedia reached the 300,000 article mark today. The Wikipedia.org project goal is to create a “complete and accurate free content encyclopedia.”

The English Wikipedia has 90.1 million words across 300,000 articles, compared to Britannica’s 55 million words across 85,000 articles. All the languages combined together reach 790,000 articles.