African Wiki geeks, where are you? Wikipedia wants to fill a knowledge hole

Now 20 years old, the online encyclopedia wants to expand in emerging nations and focus on diverse languages

14 January 2021 - 19:31 By Douglas Scott

On this day 20 years ago Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, was founded. The fact that it gave its readers the ability to review, modify and add content was revolutionary, leading many commentators to declare that it could never work and that the quality of its content would be untrustworthy and unreliable. ..

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