Wikipedia:Five million articles

The English Wikipedia has reached 5,000,000 articles with Persoonia terminalis (a type of shrub),created by Australian contributor Cas Liber on 1 November 2015 at 12:27 UTC.

Since then, it has grown to be the largest encyclopedia ever created, comprising more than five million articles in English, while still relying on the contributions of volunteers.

The English Wikipedia community thanks the millions of users whose edits over the past fourteen-plus years have made this remarkable accomplishment possible.

Wikipedia officially launched on 15 January 2001, with Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger as its leaders, on a single computer server as the successor to Nupedia.

According to Alexa, Wikipedia is currently the world's sixth most popular website, receiving approximately eight billion pageviews per month.

Don't be afraid or disillusioned if your first contributions are undone – Wikipedia is a collaborative project, which means that sometimes we disagree.

Below are some helpful links to get you started: If you want to find an article to improve, here are some pointers and areas to contribute: If you get stuck, a variety of resources are available to assist you.