Wikipedia turns 20 years old today — the free encyclopedia gets more traffic than Netflix
Market Watch· 1 day agoWikipedia was launched on Jan. 15, 2001, by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger as an English-language ...
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CNET· 1 day agoThe site is Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that celebrates its 20th anniversary today. Its users...
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The Economist· 2 days agoWe ask Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, ahead of the website’s 20th anniversary