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Wikipedia started as an [[English language]] project on [[January 15]], [[2001]]. Later projects were begun to build Wikipedia in other languages. More statistics and executive summaries may be found in the archive of [[Wikipedia:Press_releases|Wikipedia press releases]].

Wikipedia has been in semi-continuous operation since [[January 10]], [[2001]]. There are frequent outages. Downtimes are usually short, but no [[full text search]] has been available for many months - another way that '''Wikipedia''' falls short as an [[encyclopedia]]. See [[History of Wikipedia]] for more.

See [[History of Wikipedia]] for more.

==Antecedents==

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*[http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/7/25/103136/121 Britannica or Nupedia? The Future of Free Encyclopedias] - [[Larry Sanger]]'s response to [[Britannica]]'s decision to charge fee (July 2001).

~~'''~~See [[Wikipedia (from 142 perspective)]] for another perspective, possibly more directly applicable to [[Consumerium]], and why this project can't just "merge with" or always cooperate with that one.

See [[Wikipedia (from 142 perspective)]] for another perspective, possibly more directly applicable to [[Consumerium]], and why this project can't just "merge with" or always cooperate with that one.

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 Wikipedia started as an [[English language]] project on [[January 15]], [[2001]]. Later projects were begun to build Wikipedia in other languages.  More statistics and executive summaries may be found in the archive of [[Wikipedia:Press_releases|Wikipedia press releases]].
-Wikipedia has been in semi-continuous operation since [[January 10]], [[2001]].   There are frequent outages.  Downtimes are usually short, but no [[full text search]] has been available for many months - another way that '''Wikipedia''' falls short as an [[encyclopedia]].  See [[History of Wikipedia]] for more.
+See [[History of Wikipedia]] for more.
 ==Antecedents==
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 *[http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/7/25/103136/121 Britannica or Nupedia? The Future of Free Encyclopedias] - [[Larry Sanger]]'s response to [[Britannica]]'s decision to charge fee (July 2001).
-'''See [[Wikipedia (from 142 perspective)]] for another perspective, possibly more directly applicable to [[Consumerium]], and why this project can't just "merge with" or always cooperate with that one.
+See [[Wikipedia (from 142 perspective)]] for another perspective, possibly more directly applicable to [[Consumerium]], and why this project can't just "merge with" or always cooperate with that one.
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