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Grade C6 sourcesHIS-01114

Wikipedia’s first-year contributor community

App & software · 2001 · Niche

10Editable slideCertificate

An editable encyclopedia drew contributors from existing communities and new languages.

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Numbers

Articles across language editions
~20K
By end of 2001 · Retrospective total · Open web · Self-reported · Wikimedia Foundation
Milestone date
By end of 2001
Jan 15 ’01 to By end of 2001
Platforms
1
Started on Open web
Origin
Seeded
Education

Mechanics

  • Platform jumpPrimary
  • Press loop

How it spread

Trace the origin

Wikipedia began with contributors from Nupedia and a permissive editing model. Founder promotion reached Slashdot, while volunteers expanded to additional languages. Article output grew, although the recovered figures do not count individual contributors.

Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak. Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.

Feb ’01MarAprJunAugOctDecOpen web
Open web

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Timeline (6)

  1. January 2001

    Wikipedia organisers seed · Jan 15 ’01

    Wikipedia opened as a volunteer-written encyclopedia.[1][3]

  2. Wikipedia contributors platform jump · By end of Jan 2001

    Sanger later recalled approximately 600 articles by the end of January.[3]

  3. March 2001

    Jimmy Wales platform jump · Mar 5 ’01

    A Slashdot interview about Nupedia also introduced Wikipedia to readers.[5]

Origin
Seeded
Sector
Education
Region
US
Articles across language editions
~20K
By end of 2001 · Retrospective total · Open web · Self-reported · Wikimedia Foundation
Evidence
Grade C

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Feb ’01MarAprJunAugOctDecOpen web
Open web

3 more events on this chart

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  1. January 2001

    Wikipedia organisers seed · Jan 15 ’01

    Wikipedia opened as a volunteer-written encyclopedia.[1][3]

  2. Wikipedia contributors platform jump · By end of Jan 2001

    Sanger later recalled approximately 600 articles by the end of January.[3]

  3. March 2001

    Jimmy Wales platform jump · Mar 5 ’01

    A Slashdot interview about Nupedia also introduced Wikipedia to readers.[5]

  1. owner response · Mar 16 ’01

  2. platform jump · Jul 26 ’01

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