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Wikipedia is one of the most important website on the Internet today

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But you might be surprised to learn

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that it began as a side project

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of another online encyclopedia.

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That was called Nupedia

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to be a traditional encyclopedia written by experts,

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free and online.

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But only one person had final publishing authority

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and it wasn't quit taking off.

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As a founder of Nupedia,

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I've led the group to established a farm team of source

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for futur Nupedia articles.

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We used a new software platform to make collaboration easy.

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The wiki.

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Wikipedia.

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It appeared to be the perfect way

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to write mini-pages very quickly.

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Soon enough, Nupedia couldn't keep up

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and Wikipedia took a center stage.

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We are creating not just a free content encyclopedia,

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but a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

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Other language edition appeared quickly,

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over 270 at last count.

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And it was soon followed by sisters projects

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like Wikisource, Wikinews and Wiktionary.

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In 2003, I created the Wikimedia Foundation

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to ensure that Wikipedia can keep up with its own grow.

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Wikipedia get almost 400 Million visitors

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every month.

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And the list of sites visited the more often is very short

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and very famous.

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Wkipedia celebrates its tenth anniversary on january 2011

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And it needs ten years

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as become one of the most popular website in the world.

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I still lead the community, and the Wikimedia Foundation

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helps us to make Wikipedia what it is today.

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Who does edit Wikipedia ?

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Over time as many as 1,2 Million people

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have contributed to Wikipedia.

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As of 2010 there are more than 11 Million

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According to one survey

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we have about twice the proportion of PhDs

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compared to the general public.

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On the english Wikipedia, almost 50% have no religion.

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And 14,6 % claim to believe in Pastafarianism.

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It would be fare to say

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that most wikipedians are not average.

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One reason, maybe

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is that editing a single page is easy