Editing History of Wikipedia (section)

====2012====
[[File:Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia Blackout SOPA January 18, 2012.theora.ogv|thumb|thumbtime=13|200px|The staff at the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] the moment the SOPA blackout happened]]
On 16 January, Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] announced that the English Wikipedia would [[2012 Wikipedia blackout|shut down]] for 24 hours on 18 January as part of a protest meant to call public attention to the proposed [[Stop Online Piracy Act]] and [[PROTECT IP Act]], two anti-[[Copyright infringement|piracy]] laws under debate in the [[United States Congress]]. Calling the blackout a "community decision", Wales and other opponents of the laws believed that they would endanger free speech and online innovation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ortenzi |first=T. J. |date=17 January 2012 |title=Wikipedia blackout coming Wednesday, says co-founder Jimmy Wales |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/wikipedia-blackout-coming-jan-18-says-co-founder-jimmy-wales/2012/01/16/gIQAh2Ke3P_blog.html |access-date=16 March 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306052240/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/wikipedia-blackout-coming-jan-18-says-co-founder-jimmy-wales/2012/01/16/gIQAh2Ke3P_blog.html |url-status=live }}</ref> A similar blackout was staged on 10 July by the [[Russian Wikipedia]], in protest against a proposed Russian internet regulation law.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 July 2012 |title=Russian Wikipedia shuts in protest |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/332016/Russian-Wikipedia-shuts-in-protest |publisher=UKPA via Google}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

In late March 2012, the [[Meta:Wikimedia Deutschland|Wikimedia Deutschland]] announced [[Wikidata]], a universal platform for sharing data between all Wikipedia language editions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wikidata announcement on Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/158388724283345 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101031943/https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/158388724283345 |archive-date=1 January 2016 |access-date=28 October 2015 |publisher=Wikimedia Deutschland}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Chalabi|first=Mona|date=April 26, 2013|title=Welcome to Wikidata! Now what?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/apr/26/wikidata-launch|access-date=October 2, 2021|archive-date=2 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002152920/https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/apr/26/wikidata-launch|url-status=live}}</ref> The US$1.7-million Wikidata project was partly funded by Google, the [[Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation]], and the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Terdiman |first=Daniel |title=Wikidata to provide structured data for all Wikipedia versions |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/wikidata-to-provide-structured-data-for-all-wikipedia-versions/ |access-date=16 March 2023 |publisher=CNET |language=en |archive-date=16 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316055527/https://www.cnet.com/culture/wikidata-to-provide-structured-data-for-all-wikipedia-versions/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Wikimedia Deutschland assumed responsibility for the first phase of Wikidata, and initially planned to make the platform available to editors by December 2012. Wikidata's first phase became fully operational in March 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Perez |first=Sarah |date=30 March 2012 |title=Wikipedia's Next Big Thing: Wikidata, A Machine-Readable, User-Editable Database Funded By Google, Paul Allen And Others |work=TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/03/30/wikipedias-next-big-thing-wikidata-a-machine-readable-user-editable-database-funded-by-google-paul-allen-and-others/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817042610/http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/30/wikipedias-next-big-thing-wikidata-a-machine-readable-user-editable-database-funded-by-google-paul-allen-and-others/ |archive-date=17 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="WikidataLiveNow">{{Cite web |last=Pintscher, Lydia |date=13 February 2013 |title=Wikidata live on the English Wikipedia |url=http://blog.wikimedia.de/2013/02/13/wikidata-live-on-the-english-wikipedia/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130219054033/http://blog.wikimedia.de/2013/02/13/wikidata-live-on-the-english-wikipedia/ |archive-date=19 February 2013 |access-date=15 February 2013 |publisher=Wikimedia Deutschland}}</ref>

[[File:Justin Anthony Knapp (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Justin Knapp]]
In April 2012, [[Justin Knapp]] became the first single contributor to make over one million edits to Wikipedia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=First man to make 1 million Wikipedia edits |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9215151/First-man-to-make-1-million-Wikipedia-edits.html |first=James |last=Titcomb |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=The Daily Telegraph |date=20 April 2012 |archive-date=19 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119233646/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9215151/First-man-to-make-1-million-Wikipedia-edits.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Skelton |first=Alissa |date=24 April 2012 |title=Wikipedia Volunteer Editor Reaches 1 Million Edits |url=https://mashable.com/archive/wikipedia-volunteer-editor |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=Mashable |language=en |archive-date=16 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316055529/https://mashable.com/archive/wikipedia-volunteer-editor |url-status=live }}</ref> Jimmy Wales congratulated Knapp for his work and presented him with the site's ''Special Barnstar'' medal and the ''Golden Wiki'' award for his achievement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hardest working man on the internet passes one million Wikipedia edits |url=https://www.engadget.com/2012/04/20/one-million-wikipedia-edits/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820003926/http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/20/one-million-wikipedia-edits |archive-date=20 August 2012 |access-date=3 September 2012 |website=Engadget|date=20 April 2012 }}</ref> Wales also declared that 20 April would be "Justin Knapp Day".<ref name="declared">{{Cite news |last=Skelton |first=Alissa |date=23 April 2012 |title=Wikipedia Volunteer Editor Reaches 1 Million Edits |work=Mashable |url=http://mashable.com/2012/04/23/wikipedia-volunteer-editor/ |url-status=live |access-date=24 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119235227/http://mashable.com/2012/04/23/wikipedia-volunteer-editor/ |archive-date=19 November 2015}}</ref>

On 13 July 2012, the English Wikipedia gained its 4-millionth article, [[Ezbet El Borg|Izbat al-Burj]].<ref name="4Million2012">{{Cite web |date=13 July 2012 |title=English language Wikipedia hits 4 million articles! |url=http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/07/english-language-wikipedia-hits-4-million-articles/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222030833/http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/07/english-language-wikipedia-hits-4-million-articles/ |archive-date=22 December 2012 |access-date=13 July 2012 |website=Wikimedia UK Blog |publisher=[[Wikimedia UK]]}}</ref> In October 2012, historian and Wikipedia editor [[Richard J. Jensen]] opined that the English Wikipedia was "nearing completion", noting that the number of regularly active editors had fallen significantly since 2007, despite Wikipedia's rapid growth in article count and readership.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosen |first=Rebecca J. |date=25 October 2012 |title=Surmounting the Insurmountable: Wikipedia Is Nearing Completion, in a Sense |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/surmounting-the-insurmountable-wikipedia-is-nearing-completion-in-a-sense/264111/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028064456/http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/surmounting-the-insurmountable-wikipedia-is-nearing-completion-in-a-sense/264111/ |archive-date=28 October 2012 |access-date=27 October 2012 |website=The Atlantic}}</ref> According to [[Alexa Internet]], Wikipedia was the world's sixth-most-popular website as of November 2012.<ref name="AlexaSiteInfoNov12">{{Cite web |title=Amazon Alexa |url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikipedia.org |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=alexa.com |archive-date=25 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825070245/https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikipedia.org |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[AllThingsD|Dow Jones]] ranked Wikipedia fifth worldwide as of December 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Fifth-Biggest Site in the World Operated on a Budget of $27M Last Year |url=http://allthingsd.com/20121220/the-fifth-biggest-site-in-the-world-operated-on-a-budget-of-27m-last-year |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206225138/http://allthingsd.com/20121220/the-fifth-biggest-site-in-the-world-operated-on-a-budget-of-27m-last-year/ |archive-date=6 December 2013 |access-date=3 December 2013}}, by Liz Gannes; AllThingsD became a subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company Inc in 2005 and was absorbed into [[The Wall Street Journal|WSJ.com]] during 2013.</ref>