What interests the world? Wikipedia’s most-viewed articles in 2012 by language

A look at the most viewed articles on Wikipedia in 2012, broken down by language.

China’s online encyclopedia Hudong.com raising $50M round

Referred to as China’s Wikipedia, Hudong.com is a Chinese-language online encyclopedia. The company is reportedly raising a $50 million third round of funding, sources told Fortune.

Created in 2005, Hudong.com calls itself the world’s largest Chinese-language wiki with 6.4 million …

Encyclopaedia Britannica wiped out by Wikipedia, selling final print edition

Encyclopaedia Britannica, mortally wounded by the Web and Wikipedia, is ending the production of its print edition in favor of a strictly digital strategy, the company announced Tuesday.

“It’s a rite of passage in this new era,” Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. …

Now anyone can make a Wall-E style narrated encyclopedia with Qwiki

Qwiki, an online Wikipedia-esque service that displays information and computer-generated voices, images and video, launched an online presentation creation tool for publishers today, at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 conference in San Francisco.

The Qwiki editor takes content such as text, …