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维基百科发表第500,000英文条目[edit]
圣彼得堡, 佛罗里达, 美国, 2005年3月18日
维基媒体基金会今天宣告：英文版维基百科已经创建500,000条目。维基百科计划是一个自由免费、多语言的在线百科全书。第500,000条目是"Involuntary settlements in the Soviet Union。" 维基百科作为一个全面的在线参考资源，由于它对于新闻事件和流行文化的详细阐述，它的可用性，以及它的贡献者社群而赢得了称赞和奖励。每天它都有数百万次的访问。
最近增加到英文版的还有数百首全长歌曲， 将近1GB的新图像，以及主题首页。
丹尼尔·品克，作家和《连线》杂志的专栏作家，最近这样描述维基百科“自我组织，自我修复，超级上瘾的未来图书馆。” 英国广播公司（BBC）新闻称其是“在线或离线的最可靠的有用的信息来源之一”，万维网之父伯纳斯·李则称其为“所有知识的源泉”。
维基百科是维基媒体基金会第一个也是最广为人知的项目。 它产生了一些姐妹项目，包括字典，教科书，语录和新闻站点。这些项目都运行在开元软件MediaWiki平台上。
维基百科可以免费并无广告地从其网站浏览，zh.wikipedia.org。感兴趣的贡献者可以访问http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:欢迎，新来者来学习如何为百科全书做贡献。英文出版了维基百科的DVD， 德国和法国也计划在今年的晚些时候出版DVD。
关于维基百科[edit]
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关于维基媒体[edit]
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The Foundation recently concluded a fund drive which raised over US$90,000 (£55,000 or €80,000), primarily through individual donations of US$50 or less. It has national chapters in Germany and France.
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联系[edit]
有任何问题和访谈，请联系(只用英语)：
Jimmy Wales，维基媒体基金会理事会主席
电话: +1-310-474-3223
Email: jwales@wikia.com
Angela Beesley，维基媒体基金会理事会执行秘书
电话: (+44)-7796-305-786
Email: angela@wikimedia.org