Thursday, October 31, 2013

Wikipedia

Wikipedia


Wikipedia


Wikipedia


Wikipedia


Wikipedia


Wikipedia


Wikipedia

 

 

 

Wikipedia

 

Wikipedia (Listeni/ˌwɪkɨˈpdiə/ or Listeni/ˌwɪkiˈpdiə/ WIK-i-PEE-dee-ə) is a collaboratively edited, multilingual, free Internet encyclopedia supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Wikipedia's 30 million articles in 287 languages, including over 4.3 million in the English Wikipedia, are written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone having access to the site.[4] It is the largest and most popular general reference work on the Internet,[5][6][7][8][9] ranking sixth globally among all websites on Alexa, and having an estimated 365 million readers worldwide.[5][10]
Wikipedia was launched on January 15, 2001, by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger.[11] Sanger coined the name Wikipedia,[12] which is a portmanteau of wiki (a type of collaborative website, from the Hawaiian word wiki, meaning "quick")[13] and encyclopedia.
Wikipedia's departure from the expert-driven style of encyclopedia-building and the presence of a large body of unacademic content have received extensive attention in print media. In 2006, Time magazine recognized Wikipedia's participation in the rapid growth of online collaboration and interaction by millions of people around the world, in addition to YouTube, Reddit, MySpace, and Facebook.[14] Wikipedia has also been praised as a news source due to the rapid update of articles related to breaking news.[15][16][17]
The open nature of Wikipedia has led to concerns about the quality of writing,[18][19] the amount of vandalism,[20][21] and the accuracy of information. Some articles contain unverified or inconsistent information,[22] though a 2005 investigation in Nature showed that the science articles they compared came close to the level of accuracy of Encyclopædia Britannica.[23]





A white sphere made of large jigsaw pieces. Letters from several alphabets are shown on the pieces
Wikipedia wordmark
The logo of Wikipedia, a globe featuring glyphs from several writing systems
Web address Wikipedia.org
Slogan The Free Encyclopedia that anyone can edit
Commercial? No
Type of site Internet encyclopedia
Registration Optional, but is required for certain tasks such as editing protected pages, creating pages in English Wikipedia and uploading files
Available language(s) 276 active editions (286 in total)
Users Over 71,000 active editors[1]
Content license CC Attribution / Share-Alike 3.0
Most text also dual-licensed under GFDL, media licensing varies.
Owner Wikimedia Foundation
Created by Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger[2]
Launched January 15, 2001 (12 years ago)
Alexa rank positive decrease 6 (October 2013)[3]
Current status Active

 

 


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