Wikipedia was nine years old in 2010 and by far the largest reference work ever assembled, with the English edition approaching 3.5 million articles. In May the site switched its default look from the old MonoBook skin to the cleaner Vector skin and refreshed the puzzle-globe logo.
- Domain in 2010
- wikipedia.org
- Launched
- 15 January 2001
- Founders
- Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger
- Owner in 2010
- Wikimedia Foundation
- Status today
- Still active
What people used it for
- Looking things up for homework and arguments
- Editing articles as an anonymous IP
- Reading the featured article of the day
Interface characteristics
- Vector skin: white page, blue links, tabs for Article and Discussion
- Red links to articles that did not yet exist
- [citation needed] tags
- Fundraising banners featuring Jimmy Wales
Notable features
- Vector skin made default (May 2010)
- Refreshed globe logo (May 2010)
- Personal appeal fundraising banners (late 2010)
What happened later
Wikipedia passed six million English articles in 2020 and remains among the most-visited sites in the world.
Archived on the Wayback Machine
Archived pages open on web.archive.org (Internet Archive). They are historical captures, not part of this exhibit.
