Encouraging Update: Good News in History, January 15 | A Sign of Progress

Encouraging Update: Good News in History, January 15 | A Sign of Progress
Why this story matters: Not all news is bad news. This story highlights the kind of progress that often goes unnoticed. Quick summary: This story highlights recent developments related to on this day, showing how constructive action can lead to meaningful results. 25 years ago today, Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched Wikipedia . The collaborative online encyclopedia created and maintained by a community of volunteer editors, Wikipedia is one of the most-visited websites on the internet. The nonprofit funded primarily through donations has 6.2 million articles in English—and also features articles in 250 languages, altogether attracting 1.7 billion unique visitors monthly. Pages, particularly in English, get updated with remarkable speed to include deaths, sports results, and political events. READ a bit more… (2001) In 2006, TIME Magazine said the open-door policy of allowing anyone to edit had made Wikipedia the biggest and possibly the best encyclopedia in the world, and was a testa…