Wikipedia Attracts more than 380 million people each month

Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder

United States - Agencies Celebrates the site "Wikipedia" encyclopedia of electronic network over 10 years of its foundation amid a severe financial crisis afflicting the site, observers say it was "difficult to imagine life without him." Does not aim at the location that is free of ads, according to the profit for the owners, it attracts more than 380 million people every month about a third of callers to the Internet makes it the fifth most popular website in the world. The origins of the site to January 2001, when baptized by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger to establish the location that frees users and they called the "Wikipedia", a name derived from two words the first "wiki," which means quick in Polynesian, and the other word for the suffix "Pedja" which Encyclopedia of means. In November last launched the site's founder, Jimmy Wales appeal for users to donate to the site, which has no financial resources because of his refusal to ads calling for donations limited amounts ranging between 20 and $ 50. Wells explains at the outset as having been "mocked" when started talking about the idea of Wikipedia, saying that people were "skeptical of the principle of the volunteers from all over the world to meet together to create an impressive collection of human knowledge just for the simple purpose of sharing. Reports indicated that Wells had made a similar campaign last year, he succeeded in collecting the amount arrived at eight million dollars, but this year he needs to double the amount to continue to work