Involuntary settlements in the Soviet Union might not sound like the most thrilling read. But to the folks at Wikipedia, it’s about as exciting as it gets. That’s because the title marks the 500,000th English article on the site. Read the press release here. Having a total number of articles that far exceeds that of [...]

Involuntary settlements in the Soviet Union might not sound like the most thrilling read. But to the folks at Wikipedia, it’s about as exciting as it gets. That’s because the title marks the 500,000th English article on the site.

Read the press release here.

Having a total number of articles that far exceeds that of any other encyclopedia project is impressive enough, not to mention the fact that the site remains highly usable in spite of its weight and girth.

Wiki fans can celebrate by creating a story using the Random page feature, Philipp Lenssen tells you how.

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