Editing History of Wikipedia (section)

====2011====
[[File:Armwikicake.png|thumb|upright|One of [[Commons:Wikipedia 10 Photo gallery#Wikipedia 10 Cakes|several cakes]] made to celebrate Wikipedia's 10th anniversary in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wikipedia 10 |url=https://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231212611/http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page |archive-date=31 December 2013 |access-date=26 February 2014 |publisher=Ten.wikipedia.org}}</ref>]]

Wikipedia and its users held many celebrations worldwide to commemorate the site's 10th anniversary on 15 January.<ref>Wikipedia celebrates a decade of edit wars, controversy, and Internet dominance [http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/011111-wikipedia-decade.html?hpg1=bn networkworld.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315204326/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/011111-wikipedia-decade.html?hpg1=bn |date=15 March 2012 }}</ref> The site began efforts to expand its growth in India, holding its first Indian conference in [[Mumbai]] in November 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 November 2011 |title=Wikipedia hosts India conference amid expansion push |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-15803308 |access-date=16 March 2023 |archive-date=16 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316055525/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-15803308 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=12 January 2011 |title=Wikipedia, 10 years old, targets India |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1116765620110112 |url-status=live |access-date=13 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114211053/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1116765620110112 |archive-date=14 January 2011}}</ref> The [[English Wikipedia]] passed the 3.6-million-article mark on 2 April, and reached 3.8 million articles on 18 November. On 7 November 2011, the [[German Wikipedia]] exceeded 100 million page edits, becoming the second language edition to do so after the English edition, which attained 500 million page edits on 24 November 2011. The [[Dutch Wikipedia]] exceeded 1 million articles on 17 December 2011, becoming the fourth Wikipedia edition to do so.

On 3 March 2011, Wikipedia Version 0.8 article selection release was published.<ref>{{Citation |title=Wikipedia:Version 0.8 |date=2021-01-07 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Version_0.8&oldid=998970578 |work=Wikipedia |language=en |access-date=2022-06-25 |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705013507/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Version_0.8&oldid=998970578 |url-status=live }}</ref> The "Wikimania 2011 – Haifa, Israel" stamp was issued by Israel Post on 2 August 2011. This was the first-ever stamp dedicated to a Wikimedia-related project. Between 4 and 6 October 2011, the [[Italian Wikipedia]] became intentionally inaccessible in protest against the [[Italian Parliament]]'s proposed [[DDL intercettazioni]] law, which, if approved, would allow any person to force websites to remove information that is perceived as untrue or offensive, without the need to provide evidence.<ref name="PCmagDDL">{{Cite web |title=Italian Wikipedia Hidden To Protest WireTap Law |url=https://www.pcmag.com/archive/italian-wikipedia-hidden-to-protest-wiretap-law-288689 |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=PC Magazine |language=en |archive-date=16 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316055529/https://www.pcmag.com/archive/italian-wikipedia-hidden-to-protest-wiretap-law-288689 |url-status=live }}</ref> Also in October 2011, Wikimedia announced the launch of [[Wikipedia Zero]], an initiative to enable free mobile access to Wikipedia in developing countries through partnerships with mobile operators.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kapoor |first=Amit |date=26 October 2011 |title=Wikipedia seeks global operator partners to enable free access |work=Wikimedia blog |url=http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/10/26/wikipedia-seeks-global-operator-partners-to-enable-free-access/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717070411/http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/10/26/wikipedia-seeks-global-operator-partners-to-enable-free-access/ |archive-date=17 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wikipedia Zero |url=http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529101704/http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero |archive-date=29 May 2012 |access-date=27 May 2012 |publisher=MediaWiki}}</ref>