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'''Wikipedia''' ([[IPA chart for English|pronounced]] as {{IPA|/ˌwikiˈpiːdi.ə/}} or {{IPA|/ˌwɪki-/}}) is a multilingual [[World Wide Web|Web]]-based [[Free content|free-content]] [[encyclopedia]].  Wikipedia is written collaboratively by [[volunteer]]s, allowing articles to be changed by anyone with access to a [[web browser]]. The project began on [[January 15]] [[2001]] as a complement to the expert-written [[Nupedia]] and is now operated by the [[Non-profit organization|non-profit]] [[Wikimedia|Wikimedia Foundation]].  Wikipedia has more than 3,100,000 articles, including more than 918,000 in the English-language version; and as of [[January]] [[2006]] it has more than 789,000 registered users. <!-- using {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} would make things difficult for mirrors and doesn't work right with respect to article history! -->Since its inception, Wikipedia has steadily risen in popularity,{{ref|Popularity}} and its success has spawned several [[#Sister projects|sister projects]]. There has, however, been much controversy over its reliability.

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Wikipedia is regularly cited in the [[mass media]] and [[academia]], sometimes critically, and sometimes to praise it for its free distribution, frequent editing, and diverse coverage.  It is often cited not as a subject but as source on other subjects.  Editors are encouraged to uphold a policy of "[[neutral point of view]]" under which notable perspectives are summarized without an attempt to determine an [[objectivity (journalism)|objective]] truth.  Wikipedia's status as a [[reference]] work has been controversial since its open nature allows [[vandalism]], inaccuracy, inconsistency, uneven quality, and unsubstantiated opinions.  It has also been [[Criticism of Wikipedia|criticised]] for [[systemic bias]], preference of [[consensus]] to [[credentials]], and a perceived lack of accountability and authority when compared with traditional encyclopedias. But the scope and detail of its articles, as well as its constant updates, have made it a useful reference source for millions.

There are over 200 [[language]] editions of Wikipedia, around 100 of which are active. Twelve editions have more than 50,000 articles each: [[English Wikipedia|English]], [[German Wikipedia|German]], [[French Wikipedia|French]], [[Japanese Wikipedia|Japanese]], [[Polish Wikipedia|Polish]], [[Italian Wikipedia|Italian]], [[Swedish Wikipedia|Swedish]], [[Dutch Wikipedia|Dutch]], [[Portuguese Wikipedia|Portuguese]], [[Spanish Wikipedia|Spanish]], [[Chinese Wikipedia|Chinese]] and [[Russian Wikipedia|Russian]].  Its German-language edition has been distributed on [[DVD-ROM]], and many of its other editions are [[Mirror (computing)|mirrored]] or have been [[Fork (software development)|forked]] by [[website]]s.

==Characteristics==
[[Image:Www.wikipedia.org screenshot.png|250px|thumb|right|Detail of Wikipedia's multilingual portal at http://www.wikipedia.org. Here, the project's largest language editions are shown.]]

Wikipedia's slogan is "The Free Encyclopedia that anyone can edit", and the project is described by its founder [[Jimmy Wales]] 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."{{ref|WalesGoal}} It is developed on the wikipedia.org website using a type of [[computer software|software]] called a "[[wiki]]", a term originally used for the [[Portland Pattern Repository|WikiWikiWeb]] and derived from the [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] ''Wiki Wiki'', which means "quick". Wales intends that Wikipedia should achieve a "''[[Encyclopædia Britannica|Britannica]]'' or better" quality and be published in print.

Several other [[Internet encyclopedia project|encyclopedia projects]] exist or have existed on the [[Internet]]. Traditional editorial policies and article ownership are used in some, such as the expert-written ''[[Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]]'' and the now-defunct ''[[Nupedia]]''. More casual websites such as [[H2G2|h2g2]] or [[Everything2]] serve as general guides, the articles of which are written and controlled by individuals. Projects such as Wikipedia, [[Susning.nu]], and the ''[[Enciclopedia Libre]]'' are wikis in which articles are developed by numerous authors, and there is no formal process of review. Wikipedia has become the largest such encyclopedic wiki by article and word-count. Unlike many encyclopedias, it has licensed its content under the [[GNU Free Documentation License]].

Wikipedia has a set of policies identifying types of information appropriate for inclusion. These policies are often cited in disputes over whether particular content should be added, revised, transferred to a sister project, or removed.


===Free content===
The [[GNU Free Documentation License]] (GFDL), the license through which Wikipedia's articles are made available, is one of many "[[copyleft]]" [[copyright]] licenses that permit the redistribution, creation of [[derivative work]]s, and commercial use of content provided its authors are attributed and this content remains available under the GFDL. When an author contributes original material to the project, the [[copyright]] over it is retained with them, but they agree to make the work available under the GFDL. Material on Wikipedia may thus be distributed to, or incorporated from, resources which also use this license. Wikipedia's content has been mirrored or forked by hundreds of resources from database dumps. Although all text is available under the GFDL, a significant percentage of Wikipedia's images and sounds are non-free. Items such as [[corporate logo]]s, song samples, or copyrighted news photos are used with a claim of [[fair use]]. Material has also been given to Wikipedia under no-[[Derivative work|derivative]] or for-Wikipedia-only conditions.{{ref|NonFreeImg}} However, some editions only accept free media.
News organizations have referred to Wikipedia articles as sources or in sidebars containing related information on the Web, some regularly.{{ref|Lih}} According to lists maintained by Wikipedia's editors, its articles have been cited most frequently in the [[news media]].{{ref|UsePress}} Less frequently, it has been used in academic studies, books, conferences, and court cases. For instance, the [[Parliament of Canada]] website refers to Wikipedia's article on [[same-sex marriage]] in the "further reading" list of [[Bill C-38]].{{ref|C38}} Noncomprehensive lists of such uses are maintained by ''Wikipedians''. {{ref|Wikipedia_as_a_source}}

===Language editions===
[[Image:Wikipedia growth.png|thumb|300px|Wikipedia's article count has grown approximately [[Exponential_growth|exponentially]] in several of the major language editions.]]

Wikipedia encompasses 119 "active" language editions as of March 2005.{{ref|LangCount}} Its five largest editions are, in descending order, [[English Wikipedia|English]], [[German Wikipedia|German]], [[French Wikipedia|French]], [[Japanese Wikipedia|Japanese]], and [[Polish Wikipedia|Polish]]. In total, Wikipedia contains 205 language editions of varying states with a combined 2.6 million articles.{{ref|AllLangArticles}}

Language editions operate independently of one another. Editions are not bound to the content of other language editions, and are only held to global policies such as "neutral point of view". Articles and images are nonetheless shared between Wikipedia editions, the former through pages to request translations organized on many of the larger language editions, and the latter through the [[Wikimedia Commons]] repository. Translated articles represent only a small portion of articles in any edition.{{ref|LangTrans}}

The following is a list of the larger editions, sorted by number of articles as of [[18 December]] [[2005]]. (The article count, however, is a very limited metric for comparing the editions. For instance, in some Wikipedia versions nearly half of the articles are [[Wikipedia:Stub|stubs]] which were created automatically by [[Wikipedia:Bot|robots]].) {{ref|ListOfLangEditions}}
[[Image:He-Wikipedia.png|right|thumb|330px|An example of Wikipedia's range in language editions; Wikipedia in Hebrew.]]

#[[English Wikipedia|English]] ({{NUMBEROFARTICLES}})
#[[German Wikipedia|German]] (335,093)
#[[French Wikipedia|French]] (215,944)
#[[Japanese Wikipedia|Japanese]] (169,374)
#[[Polish Wikipedia|Polish]] (156,769)
#[[Italian Wikipedia|Italian]] (129,669)
#[[Swedish Wikipedia|Swedish]] (125,537)
#[[Dutch Wikipedia|Dutch]] (119,067)
#[[Portuguese Wikipedia|Portuguese]] (93,580)
#[[Spanish Wikipedia|Spanish]] (84,601)
#[[Chinese Wikipedia|Chinese]] (51,974)
#[[Russian Wikipedia|Russian]] (51,089)
#[[Norwegian Wikipedia|Norwegian Bokmål]] (44,576)
#[[Finnish Wikipedia|Finnish]] (43,598)
#[[Danish Wikipedia|Danish]] (36,491)

==Editing==
[[Image:History comparison example.png|thumb|400px|right|Editors keep track of changes to articles by checking the difference between two revisions of a page, displayed here in red.]]

Almost all visitors may edit Wikipedia's articles, and registered users can create new ones and have their changes instantly displayed. Wikipedia is built on the expectation that collaboration among users will improve articles over time, in much the same way that [[Open source|open-source software]] develops. Further, this real-time, collaborative model allows rapid updating of existing topics and introduction of new topics.  The authors need not have any expertise or formal qualifications in the subjects which they edit, and users are warned that their contributions may be "edited mercilessly and redistributed at will" by anyone who so wishes. Its articles are not controlled by any particular user or editorial group. Decision-making on the content and editorial policies of Wikipedia is instead done by [[Consensus decision-making|consensus]] and occasionally by vote. [[Jimmy Wales]] retains final judgement on Wikipedia policies and user guidelines.{{ref|Structure}}

By the nature of its [[openness]], "edit wars" and prolonged disputes often occur when editors do not agree.{{ref|EditWar}} A few members of its community have explained its editing process as a collaborative work, a "[[Social Darwinism|socially Darwinian]] [[Evolution|evolutionary]] process"{{ref|WikiExp}}, but this is not generally considered by the community to be an accurate self-description. Articles are always subject to editing, unless the article is protected for a short time due to vandalism or revert wars; therefore, Wikipedia does not declare any article finished. Some users attempt to enter malicious or amusing but irrelevant information, but changes of this sort are normally removed quickly.

Regular users often maintain a 'watchlist' of articles of interest to them, so that they are immediately shown which of these articles have changed since their last log in. This allows monitoring of daily editing to prevent false information and spam, and also to keep up with other editors' views, or updates, of the subjects on the watchlist.

Because of the Wiki-principle, all edits of a Wikipedia article are kept in an edit history which can be looked at by everyone. Therefore, Wikipedia is also the first major encyclopedia ever, where everybody can see how an article evolved over time and if, or how and where the content of an article was controversial. All controversial standpoints which were once voiced and afterwards deleted and even plain page vandalism remain visible for everyone and provide additional information about the article's topic and its degree of controversy and add the dimension of time to every article.

==History==
{{main|History of Wikipedia}}

[[Image:NupediaLogo.jpg|thumb||250px|Wikipedia "originated" from ''[[Nupedia]]''.]]

Wikipedia began as a complementary project for ''[[Nupedia]]'', a free online encyclopedia project whose articles were written by experts through a formal process. Nupedia was founded on [[9 March]] [[2000]] under the ownership of [[Bomis|Bomis, Inc]], a Web portal company. Its principal figures were [[Jimmy Wales]], Bomis [[CEO]], and [[Larry Sanger]], [[editor-in-chief]] for Nupedia and later Wikipedia. Nupedia was described by Sanger as differing from existing encyclopedias in being [[open content]]; not having size limitations, as it was on the [[Internet]]; and being free of bias, due to its public nature and potentially broad base of contributors.{{ref|SangerNupediaPurpose}} Nupedia had a seven-step review process by appointed subject-area experts, but was later came to be viewed as too slow for producing a limited number of articles. Funded by Bomis, there were initial plans to recoup its investment by the use of advertisements.{{ref|NupediaAds}} It was licensed under its own Nupedia Open Content License initially, switching to the GNU Free Documentation License prior to Wikipedia's founding at the urging of [[Richard Stallman]].

[[Image:WikipediaHomePage30March200.png|thumb|300px|right|Wikipedia's English edition on [[March 20]], [[2001]], two and a half months after its founding.]]

On January 10, 2001, Larry Sanger proposed on the Nupedia mailing list to create a wiki alongside Nupedia. Under the subject "Let's make a wiki", he wrote:

<blockquote> ''"No, this is not an indecent proposal. It's an idea to add a little feature to Nupedia.  [[Jimmy Wales]] thinks that many people might find the idea objectionable, but I think not. (...) As to Nupedia's use of a wiki, this is the ULTIMATE "open" and simple format for developing content.  We have occasionally bandied about ideas for simpler, more open projects to either replace or supplement Nupedia. It seems to me wikis can be implemented practically instantly, need very little maintenance, and in general are very low-risk.  They're also a potentially great source for content.  So there's little downside, as far as I can see."''{{ref|proposal}} </blockquote> 

Wikipedia was formally launched on [[15 January]] [[2001]], as a single English-language edition at wikipedia.com, and announced by Sanger on the Nupedia mailing list.{{ref|announce}} It had been, from [[10 January]], a feature of Nupedia.com in which the public could write articles that could be incorporated into Nupedia after review. It was relaunched off-site after Nupedia's Advisory Board of subject experts disapproved of its production model.{{ref|SangerAB}} Wikipedia thereafter operated as a standalone project without control from Nupedia. Its policy of "neutral point-of-view" was codified in its initial months, though it is similar to Nupedia's earlier "nonbias" policy. There were otherwise few rules initially. Wikipedia gained early contributors from Nupedia, [[Slashdot]] postings, and [[search engine]] indexing. It grew to approximately 20,000 articles among 18 language editions by the end of its first year. It had 26 language editions by the end of 2002, 46 by the end of 2003, and 161 by the end of 2004.{{ref|HistLangCount}} Nupedia and Wikipedia coexisted until the former's servers went down, permanently, in 2003, and its text was incorporated into Wikipedia.

Wales and Sanger attribute the concept of using a wiki to [[Ward Cunningham]]'s WikiWikiWeb or [[Portland Pattern Repository]]. Wales mentioned that he heard the concept first from Jeremy Rosenfeld, an employee of Bomis who showed him the same wiki, in December 2000,{{ref|WalesRosenfeld}} but it was after Sanger heard of its  existence from Ben Kovitz, a regular at this wiki, in January 2001,{{ref|SangerKovitz}} and proposed a creation of a wiki for Nupedia to Wales that Wikipedia's history started. Under a similar concept of free content, though not wiki production, the [[GNUPedia]] project existed alongside Nupedia early in its history. It subsequently became inactive and its creator, [[free software|free-software]] figure [[Richard Stallman]], lent his support to Wikipedia.{{ref|Stallman}}

Citing fear of commercial advertising and lack of control in a perceived English-centric Wikipedia, users of the [[Spanish Wikipedia|Spanish Wikipedia]] forked from Wikipedia to create the ''[[Enciclopedia Libre]]'' in February 2002. Later that year, Wales announced that Wikipedia would not display [[Advertising|advertisements]], and moved its website to wikipedia.org. Projects have since forked from Wikipedia's content for editorial reasons, such as [[Wikinfo]], which abandoned "neutral point-of-view" in favor of multiple complementary articles written from a "sympathetic point-of-view."

From Wikipedia and Nupedia, the Wikimedia Foundation was created on [[June 20]], [[2003]].{{ref|Wikimedia}} Wikipedia and its sister projects thereafter operated under this [[non-profit organization]]. Wikipedia's first sister project, "In Memoriam:  September 11<!--DO NOT REFORMAT THIS DATE, IT IS IN QUOTATIONS--> Wiki" had been created in October 2002 to detail the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]; [[Wiktionary]], a dictionary project, was launched in December 2002; [[Wikiquote]], a collection of quotes, a week after Wikimedia launched; and [[Wikibooks]], a collection of collaboratively-written free books, the next month. Wikimedia has since started a number of other projects, detailed below.
 
Wikipedia has traditionally measured its status by article count. In its first two years, it grew at a few hundred or fewer new articles per day. The English Wikipedia reached a 100,000 article milestone on [[January 22]], [[2003]]. In 2004, its article growth rate was approximately 1,000 to 3,000 per day in all editions. In the English edition it reached 500,000 articles on [[February 25]], [[2004]].{{ref|HalfMillion}} Wikipedia reached its one millionth article among 105 language editions on [[September 20]], [[2004]].{{ref|WikimediaMillion}}

The Wikimedia Foundation applied to the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]] to [[trademark]] ''Wikipedia&reg;'' on [[September 17]] [[2004]]. The mark was granted registration status on [[January 10]], [[2006]]. Trademark protection was accorded by [[Japan]] on [[December 16]] [[2004]] and in the [[European Union]] on [[January 20]] [[2005]]. Technically a [[servicemark]], the scope of the mark is for: "Provision of [[information]] in the field of general encyclopedic knowledge via the [[Internet]]".

There are currently plans to license the usage of the Wikipedia trademark for some products like [[book]]s or [[DVD]]s.{{ref|license}}

===Software and hardware===
[[Image:Floridaserversfront1.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wikipedia receives over 1000 page views per second. Around 100 servers have been set up to handle the traffic.]]
[[Image:Wikimedia-servers.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Picture of the Wikimedia servers on the first day of installation.]]	 

Wikipedia is run by [[MediaWiki]]<!--for version see [[Special:Version]]--> [[free software]] on a cluster of dedicated servers located in [[Florida]] and three other locations around the world. MediaWiki is Phase III of the program's software. Originally, Wikipedia ran on [[UseModWiki]] by [[Clifford Adams]] (Phase I). At first it required [[CamelCase]] for links; later it was also possible to use double brackets. Wikipedia began running on a [[PHP]] [[wiki software|wiki engine]] with a [[MySQL]] [[database]] in January 2002. This software, Phase II, was written specifically for the Wikipedia project by Magnus Manske. Several rounds of modifications were made to improve performance in response to increased demand. Ultimately, the software was rewritten again, this time by Lee Daniel Crocker. Instituted in July 2002, this Phase III software was called MediaWiki. It was licensed under the [[GNU General Public License]] and used by all Wikimedia projects.	 
		 
Wikipedia was served from a single server until 2003, when the server setup was expanded into an [[n-tier]] distributed architecture. In January 2005, the project ran on 39 dedicated servers located in [[Florida]]. This configuration included a single master database server running [[MySQL]], multiple slave database servers, 21 web servers running the [[Apache HTTP Server|Apache]] software, and seven [[Squid cache]] servers. By September 2005, its server cluster had grown to around 100 servers in four locations around the world.	 
		 
Page requests are processed by first passing to a front-end layer of [[Squid cache|Squid caching]] servers. Requests that cannot be served from the Squid cache are sent to two load-balancing servers running the [[Perlbal]] software, which then pass the request to one of the Apache web servers for page-rendering from the database. The web servers serve pages as requested, performing page rendering for all the Wikipedias. To increase speed further, rendered pages for anonymous users are cached in a filesystem until invalidated, allowing page rendering to be skipped entirely for most common page accesses. Wikimedia has begun building a global network of [[Squid cache|caching servers]] with the addition of three such servers in [[France]]. A new Dutch cluster is also online now. In spite of all this, Wikipedia page load times remain quite variable. The ongoing status of Wikipedia's website is posted by users at a [http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=Wikipedia_Status status page] on [[OpenFacts]].	 

[[Image:Wikimedia.png|thumb|right|130px|Wikimedia's Logo]]

==Sister projects==
Wikipedia has sister projects that fulfill non-encyclopedic roles. All of them are [[multilingual]], [[free content]] [[wiki|wikis]] administered by the [[Wikimedia|Wikimedia Foundation]].  These include:
*[[Wikibooks|Wikibooks]], for free [[textbook|textbooks]];
*[[Wikinews|Wikinews]], for free [[news]];
*[[Wikiquote|Wikiquote]], a free anthology of [[quotations|quotations]];
*[[Wikisource|Wikisource]], a free [[library]];
*[[Wikispecies|Wikispecies]], a free directory of life;
*and [[Wiktionary|Wiktionary]], a free [[dictionary]].

In addition, two special projects serve ''all'' of the sister projects (including Wikipedia) in all of their languages at once.  These are:
#the [[Wikimedia Commons]], which is a shared media repository (images, sound, video) that can be utilized by all [[Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia]] wikis;
#and the [[Meta-Wiki|Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]] for coordination and planning across all projects.

==Alternative spellings==
Here is a list of alternate spellings for Wikipedia according to the language editions:
*Bichipedia - [[:sc:|Sardinian]]
*Biquipedia - [[:an:|Aragonese]]
*Uichipedia - [[:roa-rup:|Aromanian]]
*Uiquipedia - [[:ast:|Asturian]]
*Vicipéid - [[:ga:|Irish]]
*Vikipedio - [[:eo:|Esperanto]]
*Vikipedi - [[:tr:|Turkish]]
*Vikipedija - [[:lt:|Lithuanian]]
*Vikipeedia - [[:et:|Estonian]]
*Viquip&egrave;dia - [[:ca:|Catalan]]
*Vicipaedia - [[:la:|Latin]]
*Wicipedia - [[:cy:|Welsh]]
*Wikipédia - [[:fr:|French]], [[:pt:|Portuguese]], [[:hu:|Hungarian]]
*Wikipedia - English, [[:br:|Breton]], [[:da:|Danish]], [[:nl:|Dutch]], [[:fi:|Finnish]], [[:so:|Somali]], [[:de:|German]], [[:it:|Italian]], [[:na:|Nauruan]], [[:no:|Norwegian]], [[:pl:|Polish]], [[:ro:|Romanian]], [[:scn:|Sicilian]], [[:es:|Spanish]], [[:sv:|Swedish]], [[:tl:|Tagalog]], [[:co:|Corsican]], [[:is:|Icelandic]]
*Wikipedio - [[:io:|Ido]]
*ويكيبيديا - [[:ar:|Arabic]]
*วิกิพีเดีย - [[:th:|Thai]]
*ウィキペディア - [[:ja:|Japanese]]
*Wéijībǎikē 维基百科 - [[:zh:|Chinese]]
*Βικιπαίδεια - [[:el:|Greek]]
*Уикипедия - [[:bg:|Bulgarian]]
*ויקיפדיה - [[:he:|Hebrew]]
*ויקיפעדיע - [[:yi:|Yiddish]]
*Википедия - [[:ru:|Russian]]
*Вікіпедія - [[:uk:|Ukrainian]]
*Wikipedija - [[:bs:|Bosnian]], [[:hr:|Croatian]], [[:sh:|Serbo-Croatian]], [[:sl:|Slovenian]]
*ویکیپدیا - [[:fa:|Persian]]
*Википедиja - [[:mk:|Macedonian]], [[:sh:|Serbo-Croatian]], [[:sr:|Serbian]]
*ვიკიპედია - [[:ka:|Georgian]]
*ویـکـیـپـیـڈ یـا - [[:ur:|Urdu]]
*uikiPEdi,as - [[:jbo:|Lojban]]
*위키백과 - [[:ko:|Korean]]
*ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ - [[:kn:|Kannada]]
*Oiquipedià - [[:oc:|Occitan]]
*விக்கிபீடியா - [[:ta:|Tamil]]
*Википеди - [[:os:|Ossetic]]
*विकिपीडिया - [[:hi:|Hindi]], [[:mr:|Marathi]], [[:sa:|Sanskrit]]
*Wîkîpediya - [[:ku:|Kurdish]]
*Википеди - [[:cv:|Chuvash]]
*Wikipedy - [[:fy:|Western Frisian]]
*వికిపీడియా - [[:te:|Telugu]]
*Wîkîpedîä - [[:tt:|Tatar]]

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==See also==
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*[[Internet encyclopedia project]]
*[[Uncyclopedia]], [[parody]] of Wikipedia
*[[Criticism of Wikipedia]]

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#{{note|AllLangArticles}}"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wikistats/EN/TablesWikipediaZZ.htm All languages]", Wikipedia statistics, [[21 March]] [[2005]].
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#{{note|Structure}}"[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Power_structure Power structure]", Meta-Wiki, 10:55 [[4 April]] [[2005]].
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#{{note|WikiExp}}"[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_sociology Wikipedia sociology]", Meta-Wiki, 23:30 [[24 March]] [[2005]].
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  |title=Wikipedia is up!
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#{{note|SangerAB}} {{Citenewsauthor | surname=Sanger | given=Larry | title=The Early History of Nupedia and Wikipedia: A Memoir | date=18 April 2005 | org=Slashdot | url=http://features.slashdot.org/features/05/04/18/164213.shtml}}
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#{{note|WalesRosenfeld}}Jimmy Wales, "[http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2005-April/039093.html Re: Sanger's memoirs]", [[20 April]] [[2005]],<[email protected]>.
#{{note|SangerKovitz}} {{Citenewsauthor | surname=Sanger | given=Larry | title=The Early History of Nupedia and Wikipedia: A Memoir | date=18 April 2005 | org=Slashdot | url=http://features.slashdot.org/features/05/04/18/164213.shtml}}
#{{note|Stallman}} {{Citenewsauthor | surname=Stallman | given=Richard | title=The Free Encyclopedia Project | date=1999 | org=Free Software Foundation | url=http://www.gnu.org/encyclopedia/encyclopedia.html}}
#{{note|Wikimedia}} Jimmy Wales: "[http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2003-June/010690.html Announcing Wikimedia Foundation]", [[20 June]] [[2003]], <[email protected]>.
#{{note|HalfMillion}}"[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_press_releases/500%2C000_Wikipedia_articles 500,000 Wikipedia articles]", Wikimedia Foundation, [[25 February]] [[2004]].
#{{note|WikimediaMillion}}See "[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_press_releases/One_million_Wikipedia_articles_(US) Wikipedia Reaches One Million Articles]", Wikimedia Foundation, [[20 September]] [[2004]].
#{{note|license}} {{news reference
  |firstname=Vipin
  |lastname=Nair
  |title=Growing on volunteer power
  |date=December 5, 2005
  |org=Business Line
  |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2005/12/05/stories/2005120500070100.htm
}}
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==Further reading==
{{sisterlinks|Wikipedia}}

*Fernanda B. Viegas, Martin Wattenberg, and Kushal Dave, "[http://web.media.mit.edu/~fviegas/papers/history_flow.pdf Studying Cooperation and Conflict between Authors with ''history flow'' Visualizations]", CHI 2004 [[April 24]] - [[April 29]] [[2004]]. Preliminary report "[http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/history/ History Flow]" available on the IBM website.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_in_academic_studies Wikipedia:Wikipedia in academic studies]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction Wikipedia:Introduction]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ Wikipedia:FAQ]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Press_releases Wikipedia:Press releases]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Press_coverage Wikipedia:Press coverage]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_Wikipedia_is_not_so_great Wikipedia:Why Wikipedia is not so great]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Replies_to_common_objections Wikipedia:Replies to common objections]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wikistats/EN/Sitemap.htm Statistics]
*[[Open Directory Project]]: [http://dmoz.org/Computers/Open_Source/Open_Content/Encyclopedias/Wikipedia/ Wikipedia]
*[[OpenFacts]]: [http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=Copies_of_Wikipedia_content Copies of Wikipedia content]
*[[SourceWatch]]: [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wikipedia Wikipedia]

==External links==
{{Spoken Wikipedia|Wikipedia.ogg|2005-06-25}}

*[http://www.wikipedia.org wikipedia.org], multi-lingual portal
*[http://en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org], [[English language]] edition
*[http://meta.wikipedia.org/ Meta-Wiki], policy-related and technical discussions regarding [[Wikimedia]]
*[http://www.wikimediafoundation.org Wikimedia Foundation], parent organization of Wikipedia
*[http://www.memorywiki.org/en/The_Origins_of_Wikipedia%2C_2001%2C_by_Larry_Sanger Larry Sanger on the origins of Wikipedia from MemoryWiki.org]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4502846.stm BBC article showing flaws in wikipedia]
*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1546162,00.html Guardian UK article]
* "[http://www.npost.com/interview.jsp?intID=INT00126 Interview with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales]," nPost, [[November 1]] [[2005]].
*[http://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/ Good example of making use of Wiki on a Pink Floyd website]
*[http://www.asciiartfarts.com/wikipedia.html Wikipedia ASCII Art Collection], with rss-feed and XML serialization
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost Wikipedia Signpost], newspaper about the English Wikipedia
*[http://www.newsxs.com/en/search/?search=quick_search&word=Wikipedia&lang=any&qs=Go Wikipedia in the news]. Aggregated news and rss-feed.(Multilingual)
*[http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-5983234.html?part=rss&tag=5983234&subj=news Why Wikipedia will survive the storm], from News.com
*[http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wiki.htm How Stuff Works-Wikipedia], A brief guide about how Wikipedia works
*[http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/online-encyclopedias-put-to-the-test/2005/12/14/1134500913345.html ''Nature'' comparison between Wikipedia and Britannica]
*[http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,69880,00.html Wikipedia Founder Edits Own Bio], Wired article on Jimbo vs Sanger
*[http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion\editorials/2005-11-29-wikipedia-edit_x.htm A false Wikipedia 'biography'], the USA Today editorial which sparked the late 2005 controversy. 
*[http://www.wikipediaclassaction.org/ Wikipedia Class Action], a planned lawsuit against Wikimedia.
*[http://www.wikipedia-watch.org/ Wikipedia Watch], an unfavorable website
*[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Uncyclopedia]: wikipedia parody
*[http://www.aetherometry.com/antiwikipedia/awp_index.html Wikipedia: A Techno-Cult of Ignorance], A memoir on Wikipedia.
*[http://www.kapitalism.net/thoughts/wikipedia.htm Criticism of the Wikipedia], An opinion of the downside of Wikipedia.
*[http://wikipediareview.proboards78.com/index.cgi The Wikipedia Review], A forum for discussing wikipedia problems.

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