Wikipedia turns 24, and fans hilariously react: "One year left before Leonardo DiCaprio stops using it!"

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The largest free online encyclopedia in the world, Wikipedia, marks its 24th anniversary. It changed the way that knowledge is accessed, shared, and contributed worldwide when it was first introduced on January 15, 2001. The fact that it has more than 60 million articles in hundreds of languages is evidence of collaborative learning. Millions of people are still empowered by Wikipedia because it puts information at their fingertips.

On its 24th birthday, Wikipedia continues to be the internet's unrelenting librarian, never taking a vacation but always prepared with answers. If it could talk, it may ask for a well-earned rest after enduring decades of fact-checking, disputes, and revisions. Someone is most likely maintaining a page about birthday cakes, even on its birthday!

It certainly knows how to balance the weight of digital curiosity with style, especially for a site that is founded on knowledge.

However, one netizen cannot help but imagine Wikipedia anxiously side-eyeing the calendar as it commemorates its 24th anniversary. After all, Leonardo DiCaprio may consider it "too old" when it turns 25 next year.

Imagine Wikipedia being ghosted with the words, "You're great, but I'm not into you." Wikipedia, meanwhile, simply modifies its own page to reflect the split and continues on smarter and with even more citations.

DiCaprio may favor new faces or age groups, but the internet's cherished information base is here to stay - it's eternal, valuable, and most definitely not going back in time.

Now, let me explain how the internet celebrated Wikipedia's 24th birthday. After all, a simple party transformed into a circus. It seems as though the birthday itself was designed to make us wonder if Wikipedia is becoming too old for its own good and whether age itself is a term that should be questioned.


Here is how fans reacted as Wikipedia turned 24

Someone (@impxrfectforyou/X) wrote:

"one year till leonardo dicaprio stops using it"

Another user (@Sara_JPhillips/X) commented with a picture that says:

A user (@yolungi/X) expressed:

"Incoming 'younger than Nicki' comments"

A user (@BRODYSVERSION/X), close enough to the earlier comment, reacted:

"nicki is older"

Someone (@heypierreking/X) commented:

"How? They've been asking for $1 for 84 years."

A user (@Clips_ETH/X) expressed:

"I always thought Wikipedia was a lot older"

Another one (@xBlitz007/X) quipped:

"Close it. NOW"

Another user (@Trendingtrendsz/X) commented:

"24 years of letting random people edit information like experts, No wonder half the internet doesn’t know what’s real anymore."

A netizen (@PingingLive/X) commented:

"Now you should be mature and independent Wikipedia, stop asking for donations"

Someone (@chicknlegz2day/X) wrote:

"in one year they will be legally required to remove leonardo dicaprio’s wiki"

A user (@Antarktischer/X) quipped:

"still brain not fully developed yet."

As Wikipedia celebrates its 24th anniversary, the internet couldn't help but lend a humorous touch to the occasion. It is now older than certain pop icons, while others made jokes that it would soon be too old for DiCaprio.

The online community provided birthday greetings laced with lighthearted humor, as well as insightful criticism and astute analogies. The encyclopedia, silently updating itself to maintain the facts, stood as an unconcerned witness to the mayhem, whether it was laughing at its age or relishing its extensive knowledge.

Can you think of a straightforward birthday celebration becoming a comedic special? One minute, it's a laid-back celebration, and the next, it's a spectacle driven by memes, thanks to the internet.

It's cutting cake one minute, then avoiding jokes about age restrictions and retirement plans the next.

Imagine Wikipedia making the following update to its own article in the middle of the celebration: "Relevant. I'm not taking a break. Yes, you still have to give credit to your sources." As it balances facts, edits, and all of humanity's curiosity with a digital smile, it remains the busiest know-it-all on the internet, quietly wondering if it will ever get a vacation.

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Edited by Anshika Jain