Editing History of Wikipedia (section)

====2021====
In January 2021, [[Wikipedia:20th anniversary|Wikipedia's 20th anniversary]] was noted in the media.<ref name="Kelly">{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Heather |date=15 January 2021 |title=Technology: On its 20th birthday, Wikipedia might be the safest place online |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/15/wikipedia-20-year-anniversary/ |quote=The world's largest online encyclopedia has learned lessons from fighting misinformation for two decades |access-date=16 January 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905012756/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/15/wikipedia-20-year-anniversary/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Kent">{{Cite web |last=Kent |first=German |date=15 January 2021 |title=In a post-truth world, we need Wikipedia more than ever |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/in-a-post-truth-world-we-need-wikipedia-more-than-ever/ |publisher=[[CNET]] |quote=Commentary: Wikipedia celebrated its 20th anniversary today. The free encyclopedia may not be exciting, but its neutral, volunteer-driven content is incredibly valuable. |access-date=16 January 2021 |archive-date=21 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221144855/https://www.cnet.com/news/in-a-post-truth-world-we-need-wikipedia-more-than-ever/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=World in Progress: 20 years of Wikipedia |url=https://www.dw.com/en/world-in-progress-20-years-of-wikipedia/av-56212410 |publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]] |format=Audio |quote=The year marks the 20th anniversary of Wikipedia. Every month, more than 1.7 billion people visit the open-source website in search of information about, well, just about anything! We speak with Dr. Bernie Hogan from the [[Oxford Internet Institute]] about Wikipedia's successes, where it fits into the discrimination crisis, and the website's future. |access-date=17 January 2021 |archive-date=5 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005082902/https://www.dw.com/en/world-in-progress-20-years-of-wikipedia/av-56212410 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Wales">{{Cite web |last=Wales |first=Jimmy |date=14 January 2021 |title=As Wikipedia turns 20 it aims to reach more readers |url=https://news.yahoo.com/wikipedia-turns-20-aims-reach-035212015.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHKHaTI72xUEUz_BdVPt8DFvi-uLdmApcbSckrJrAbM_GpTwHsHtNHRdxX-KYAS6xk81e_p_w46bfh10PJVV7cmUzE-pWR5gsID2T8Kd1k0u-2r78p4Y4V16CKTPFcWRJzV0LwQMJyuEeeR7Vv-_lfVBiCT30KvF47aGzyE3QP-a |via=[[Yahoo!]] |quote=Wikipedia is the web's seventh-most visited site |authorlink1=Jimmy Wales |access-date=17 January 2021 |archive-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923105157/https://news.yahoo.com/wikipedia-turns-20-aims-reach-035212015.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHKHaTI72xUEUz_BdVPt8DFvi-uLdmApcbSckrJrAbM_GpTwHsHtNHRdxX-KYAS6xk81e_p_w46bfh10PJVV7cmUzE-pWR5gsID2T8Kd1k0u-2r78p4Y4V16CKTPFcWRJzV0LwQMJyuEeeR7Vv-_lfVBiCT30KvF47aGzyE3QP-a |url-status=live }}</ref> On 13 January 2021, the English Wikipedia reached one billion edits, where the billionth edit was made by [[Steven Pruitt]].<ref name="vice.com">{{Cite web |date=15 January 2021 |title=The English Language Wikipedia Just Had Its Billionth Edit |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-english-language-wikipedia-just-had-its-billionth-edit/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115145145/https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7appn/the-english-language-wikipedia-just-had-its-billionth-edit |archive-date=15 January 2021 |access-date=26 February 2021 |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |language=en}}</ref> [[MIT Press]] published an [[open access]] book of essays ''[[Wikipedia @ 20]]: Stories of an Unfinished Revolution'', edited by [[Joseph M. Reagle Jr.|Joseph Reagle]] and Jackie Koerner with contributions from prominent Wikipedians, Wikimedians, researchers, journalists, librarians and other experts reflecting on particular histories and themes.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/wikipedia-20 |title=Wikipedia @ 20: Stories of an Incomplete Revolution |date=2020 |publisher=MIT Press |isbn=978-0262538176 |editor-last=Reagle |editor-first=Joseph |location=Cambridge, MA |language=en |editor-last2=Koerner |editor-first2=Jackie |access-date=12 November 2021 |archive-date=16 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716055539/https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/wikipedia-20 |url-status=live }}</ref> By November 2021, Wikipedia had fallen to the thirteenth-placed website in the world for global internet engagement.<ref name="alexa.com" />