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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia Wikipedia]:Wikipedia is a multilingual, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web Web]-based, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_content free-content] encyclopedia project. The name is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau portmanteau] of the words ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki]'' and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia encyclopedia]''. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteer volunteers], allowing most of its articles to be edited by nearly anyone with access to the Web site. Its primary [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_(computing) servers] are in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa%2C_Florida Tampa], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida Florida], with additional servers in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam Amsterdam] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul Seoul].<br><!-- |
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--><br>Wikipedia was launched as an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language English language] project on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_15 January 15], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001 2001], as a complement to the expert-written and now defunct [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nupedia Nupedia], and is now operated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-profit_organization non-profit] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation Wikimedia Foundation]. It was created by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Sanger Larry Sanger] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales Jimmy Wales]; Sanger resigned from both [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nupedia Nupedia] and Wikipedia on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1 March 1], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002 2002]. Wales has described Wikipedia as "an effort to create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language".[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia#_note-0 1]]<br><!-- |
--><br>Wikipedia was launched as an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language English language] project on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_15 January 15], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001 2001], as a complement to the expert-written and now defunct [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nupedia Nupedia], and is now operated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-profit_organization non-profit] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation Wikimedia Foundation]. It was created by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Sanger Larry Sanger] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales Jimmy Wales]; Sanger resigned from both [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nupedia Nupedia] and Wikipedia on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1 March 1], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002 2002]. Wales has described Wikipedia as "an effort to create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language".[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia#_note-0 1]]<br><!-- |
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--><br>There has been controversy over Wikipedia's reliability and accuracy, with the site receiving criticism for its susceptibility to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism vandalism], uneven quality and inconsistency, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemic_bias systemic bias], and preference for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus consensus] or popularity over [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credential credentials]. Information is sometimes unconfirmed and questionable, lacking the proper sources that, in the eyes of most "Wikipedians" (as Wikipedia's contributors call themselves), are necessary for an article to be considered "high quality". However, a [http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051212/full/438900a.html 2005 comparison] performed by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_journal science journal] ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_(journal) Nature]'' of sections of Wikipedia and the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica Encyclopædia Britannica]'' found that the two were close in terms of the accuracy of their articles on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_sciences natural sciences]. This investigation was challenged by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., who described it as "fatally flawed".[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia#_note-2 3]] Concerns have been raised by academics and teachers who claim that half truths have been reproduced from Wikipedia without reference in work submitted by students. |
--><br>There has been controversy over Wikipedia's reliability and accuracy, with the site receiving criticism for its susceptibility to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism vandalism], uneven quality and inconsistency, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemic_bias systemic bias], and preference for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus consensus] or popularity over [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credential credentials]. Information is sometimes unconfirmed and questionable, lacking the proper sources that, in the eyes of most "Wikipedians" (as Wikipedia's contributors call themselves), are necessary for an article to be considered "high quality". However, a [http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051212/full/438900a.html 2005 comparison] performed by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_journal science journal] ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_(journal) Nature]'' of sections of Wikipedia and the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica Encyclopædia Britannica]'' found that the two were close in terms of the accuracy of their articles on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_sciences natural sciences]. This investigation was challenged by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., who described it as "fatally flawed".[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia#_note-2 3]] Concerns have been raised by academics and teachers who claim that half truths have been reproduced from Wikipedia without reference in work submitted by students. |
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Revision as of 22:55, 11 July 2007
Description
Wikipedia:Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based, free-content encyclopedia project. The name is a portmanteau of the words wiki and encyclopedia. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers, allowing most of its articles to be edited by nearly anyone with access to the Web site. Its primary servers are in Tampa, Florida, with additional servers in Amsterdam and Seoul.
Wikipedia was launched as an English language project on January 15, 2001, as a complement to the expert-written and now defunct Nupedia, and is now operated by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. It was created by Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales; Sanger resigned from both Nupedia and Wikipedia on March 1, 2002. Wales has described Wikipedia as "an effort to create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language".[1]
Wikipedia has more than six million articles in many languages, including more than 1.5 million in the English-language version and more than half a million articles in the German-language version. There are 250 language editions of Wikipedia, and 21 of them have more than 50,000 articles. The German-language edition has been distributed on DVD-ROM, and there have been proposals for an English DVD or print edition. Since its inception, Wikipedia has steadily risen in popularity,[2] and has spawned several sister projects. According to Alexa, Wikipedia ranks among the top fifteen most visited sites, and many of its pages have been mirrored or forked by other sites, such as Answers.com.
There has been controversy over Wikipedia's reliability and accuracy, with the site receiving criticism for its susceptibility to vandalism, uneven quality and inconsistency, systemic bias, and preference for consensus or popularity over credentials. Information is sometimes unconfirmed and questionable, lacking the proper sources that, in the eyes of most "Wikipedians" (as Wikipedia's contributors call themselves), are necessary for an article to be considered "high quality". However, a 2005 comparison performed by the science journal Nature of sections of Wikipedia and the Encyclopædia Britannica found that the two were close in terms of the accuracy of their articles on the natural sciences. This investigation was challenged by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., who described it as "fatally flawed".[3] Concerns have been raised by academics and teachers who claim that half truths have been reproduced from Wikipedia without reference in work submitted by students.
This article contains content from a Wikipedia article which is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Links
Wikipedia's success and ongoing efforts has produced a series of specialized sister projects:
- Wiktionary
- Dictionary and thesaurus
- Wikibooks
- Free textbooks and manuals
- Wikiversity
- Free learning materials and activities
- Wikinews
- Free-content news
- Wikispecies
- Directory of species
- Commons
- Shared media repository
- Wikiquote
- Collection of quotations
- Wikisource
- Free-content library
- Meta-Wiki
- Wikimedia project coordination
- Languages
- Size
Formats
- Formats materials are currently in
- Scripting (any scripting needed to convert it from curent packaging)
Curator Info
Group: Reference
Group coordinator: Encyclopedias, Martin, Andy Sission
Contributing groups and their curators
Allottable size
Assessment
Scope (subjects, ages, other)
Completeness (comprehensiveness for given topic and audience)
Multilingualism (specifically es, pt, en, ar)
Quality (incl. suitability for audience)
Freeness (license and format)
Comments, Tags, and Ratings
XO
School library