The English version of Wikipedia now contains more than 1 million articles, according to the Wikimedia Foundation, the group behind the free online encyclopedia.
Wikipedia is comprised of articles largely written by a community of users. However, any visitor can contribute an article or modify an existing one on the Web site. There are currently versions of Wikipedia in 125 languages, containing a total of 3.3 million articles, the Wikimedia Foundation said.
The English version of Wikipedia's 1 millionth article, which is about the Jordanhill railway station in Scotland, was created on March 1 by Ewan Macdonald, a Wikipedia contributor who also goes by the name Nach0king.
"While I am, of course, delighted at being the one to hit this milestone, I must confess, along with many others I timed my contributions tonight to give me a chance at being the lucky one," Macdonald wrote on his Wikipedia homepage.
After crossing the million-article mark, the English version of Wikipedia continues to grow, adding an estimated 1,700 new articles every day, according to the Wikimedia Foundation.
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