Editing History of Wikipedia (section)

====2013====
On 22 January 2013, the [[Italian Wikipedia]] became the fifth language edition of Wikipedia to exceed 1 million articles, while the [[Russian Wikipedia|Russian]] and [[Spanish Wikipedia]]s gained their millionth articles on 11 and 16 May respectively. On 15 July the [[Swedish Wikipedia|Swedish]] and on 24 September the [[Polish Wikipedia]]s gained their millionth articles, becoming the eighth and ninth Wikipedia editions to do so. On 27 January, the [[main belt asteroid]] [[274301 Wikipedia|274301]] was officially renamed "Wikipedia" by the [[Committee for Small Body Nomenclature#Minor planets|Committee for Small Body Nomenclature]].<ref name="TND-20130205">{{Cite web |last=Workman |first=Robert |date=5 February 2013 |title=Asteroid Re-Named 'Wikipedia' |url=http://www.technewsdaily.com/16749-asteroid-named-wikipedia.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206105134/http://www.technewsdaily.com/16749-asteroid-named-wikipedia.html |archive-date=6 February 2013 |access-date=7 February 2013 |publisher=[[TechMediaNetwork, Inc.|TechNewsDaily]]}}</ref>

The first phase of the [[Wikidata]] database, automatically providing interlanguage links and other data, became available for all language editions in March 2013.<ref name=WikidataLiveNow/> In April 2013, the [[Direction centrale du renseignement intérieur|French secret service]] was accused of attempting to censor Wikipedia by threatening a Wikipedia volunteer with arrest unless "classified information" about [[Pierre-sur-Haute military radio station|a military radio station]] was deleted.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Willsher |first=Kim |date=7 April 2013 |title=French secret service accused of censorship over Wikipedia page |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/07/french-secret-service-wikipedia-page |url-status=live |access-date=9 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930145033/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/07/french-secret-service-wikipedia-page |archive-date=30 September 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Wikimania 2013 - VisualEditor - The present and future of editing our wikis.webm|thumb|right|200px|Presentation about the Wikipedia [[VisualEditor]]]]
In July, the [[VisualEditor]] editing system was launched, forming the first stage of an effort to allow articles to be edited with a [[word processor]]-like interface instead of using [[wiki markup]].<ref name=VisualEd2013/> An editor specifically designed for [[smartphone]]s and other mobile devices was also launched.<ref name="MobileWiki2013">{{Cite web |last=Gonera |first=Juliusz |date=25 July 2013 |title=Edit Wikipedia on the go |url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2013/07/25/edit-wikipedia-on-the-go/ |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=Diff |language=en-US |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325104612/https://diff.wikimedia.org/2013/07/25/edit-wikipedia-on-the-go/ |url-status=live }}</ref>