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A knowledge revolution.

Ten years ago, Wikipedia and its sister sites hadn't quite launched. It was a crazy idea.

And yet, with that first article came a knowledge revolution.

16 million articles. 270 languages.
In some languages, Wikipedia is the only encyclopedia ever written.

Please donate to help continue the work.

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