Wikipedia Turns 20

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Wikipedia turns 20 on January 15, and Wikimedia Australia are celebrating with [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Australia_20_years.webm this great video].

Around the world Wikipedians are counting down for [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_20_Countdown Wiki Week] and [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Day Wikipedia Day] and Wikimedia Australia will be hosting a special online event on January 15. See our [[Wikipedia 20]] event page for details. 

You can read more about Wikipedia's first 20 years at the [https://wikimediafoundation.org/wikipedia20/ Wikimedia Foundation's page], with lots of fun facts and animated gifs to get you into the festive fun.

Thank you to everyone at Wikimedia Australia, and all of the contributors to Wikipedia.

Here's to another 20 years!

==== Related ====
In March 2021 Wikimedia Australia's Caddie Brain spoke to ABC Radio National about Wikipedia turning 20. You can listen [https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/wikipedia-turns-20/13238608 here].

The interview also features University of Technology Sydney's Heather Ford who contributed ‘Rise of the Underdog’ to [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/wikipedia-20 Wikipedia@20], and journalist Richard Cook who wrote [https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-online-encyclopedia-best-place-internet/ this] piece about Wikipedia for Wired.