“Suppose that, as is perfectly possible, Wikipedia continues producing articles at a rate of 1,000 per month. In seven years, it would have 84,000 articles.”

— Larry Sanger

"Britannica or Nupedia? The Future of Free Encyclopedias" at kuro5hin (25 July 2001) https://web.archive.org/web/20010814102033/http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/7/25/103136/121

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