As Wikipedia turns 20 it aims to reach more readers


Wales looking at a Wikipedia page in London. Wikipedia continues to be a volunteer-driven effort, with each language site built up independently from original contributions rather than translated articles. — AFP

PARIS: Wikipedia celebrates its 20th anniversary on Jan 15 and the collaborative, volunteer-produced Internet encyclopaedia aims to spend the next 20 years further expanding free access to information.

Founded on Jan 15, 2001 by the American-British entrepreneur Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia is now the seventh-most popular website in the world, with its more than 55 million articles being consulted 15 billion times every month.

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