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Today, January 15, is Wikipedia's birthday.
The domains Wikipedia.com and wikipedia.org were registered on January 2001, 12 and January 2001, 13, respectively.
🔹Wikipedia was founded on January 2001, 15 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, citizens of the United States of America.
Sanger coined the word "Wikipedia" by combining the English words "wiki" and "encyclopedia". The word "wiki" is actually a Hawaiian word meaning "quick" and is the name given to many collaborative web pages.
🔹Jimmy Wales' intention was to reach or exceed the quality of the Encyclopædia Britannica and distribute it in print.