Founded on 16 March 2001 and reaching 200,000 articles by September 2009, it was created just a few minutes after the first non-English Wikipedia, the German version.
Founded on 16 March 2001 and reaching 200,000 articles by September 2009, it now boasts over 248,000 articles (as of June 2010). It was created just a few minutes after the first non-English Wikipedia, the German version.