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Kusukela ngomnyaka wee-2008, iWikiphidiya yaba nemitlolo edlula eengidini ezili-10 ngamalimi ama-253, khulukhulu nge-English. Imitlolo yeWikiphidiya le, itlolwa ngokusebenzisana kwabazinikeleko ephasini loke, begodu yoke imitlolo ihlelwa nangubani one-inthanethi. IWikiphidiya le ikhule inje, ngeyokuthoma begodu, ingekulu khulu, ejimeni lokusekela i-inthanethi.
