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| owner = [[Wikimedia Foundation]]

| owner = [[Wikimedia Foundation]]

| author = [[Larry Sanger]] and [[Jimmy Wales]]

| author = [[Larry Sanger]] and to a lesser degree [[Jimmy Wales]]

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'''Wikipedia''' is a [[multilingual]], [[World Wide Web|Web]]-based [[free content]] [[encyclopedia]] project. The name ''Wikipedia'' is a [[Blend (linguistics)|blend]] of the words ''[[wiki]]'' and ''encyclopedia''. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by [[volunteer]]s, allowing most articles to be changed by almost anyone with access to the website. Wikipedia's main [[Server (computing)|servers]] are in [[Tampa, Florida]], with additional servers in [[Amsterdam]] and [[Seoul]].

'''Wikipedia''' is a [[multilingual]], [[World Wide Web|Web]]-based [[free content]] [[encyclopedia]]-like project. The name ''Wikipedia'' is a [[Blend (linguistics)|blend]] of the words ''[[wiki]]'' and ''encyclopedia''. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by [[volunteer]]s, allowing most articles to be changed by almost anyone with access to the website. Wikipedia's main [[Server (computing)|servers]] are in [[Tampa, Florida]], with additional servers in [[Amsterdam]] and [[Seoul]].

 

 

== General Info ==

== General Info ==

Truth isn't evolving, ideas are just being exchanged. Wikipedia is a place where an idea of truth is held, even if this idea is written by a Phd. [3]

Truth isn't evolving, ideas are just being exchanged. Wikipedia is a place where an idea of truth is held, even if this idea is written by a Phd. [3]

Of the top ten, Wikipedia is the only non-profit website. The growth of Wikipedia has been fueled by its dominant position in Google search results; about 50% of search engine traffic to Wikipedia comes from Google, a good portion of which is related to academic research. [2]

Of the top ten, Wikipedia is the only non-profit website. The growth of Wikipedia has been fueled by its dominant position in Google search results; about 50% of search engine traffic to Wikipedia comes from Google, a good portion of which is related to academic research. [2]

It's not some secret Wiki Cabal that is somehow misleading people into thinking that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It's the goddamn mission goddamn mission. [4]

It's not some secret Wiki Cabal that is somehow misleading people into thinking that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It's the goddamn mission. [4]

I agree with Larry Sanger that dealing with unreasonable people on Wikipedia is a tiresome process with an uncertain outcome. Traditional media also has its share of people who misuse the authority implicit in one-way communications to push a point of view that wouldn't fare so well in more egalitarian discourse. [3]

I agree with Larry Sanger that dealing with unreasonable people on Wikipedia is a tiresome process with an uncertain outcome. Traditional media also has its share of people who misuse the authority implicit in one-way communications to push a point of view that wouldn't fare so well in more egalitarian discourse. [3]

What annoys me about Wikipedia is the people's penchant for rewording other people's stuff. [5]

What annoys me about Wikipedia is the people's penchant for rewording other people's stuff. [5]

The English section of Wikipedia has over 2 million articles and is growing fast. It is edited by volunteers in wiki fashion, meaning articles are subject to change by nearly anyone. [7] Wikipedia is the most popular reference site on the internet, receiving tens of millions hits per day. [7] Debates about the merits of articles often drag on for weeks, draining energy and taking up far more space than the entries themselves. Such deliberations involve volleys of arcane internal acronyms and references to obscure policies and guidelines, such as WP:APT ("Avoid Peacock Terms"--terms that merely promote the subject, without giving real information) and WP:MOSMAC (a set of guidelines for "Wikipedia articles discussing the Republic of Macedonia and the Province of Macedonia, Greece"). [10] As things stand, decisions whether to keep or delete articles are made after deliberations by Wikipedia's most ardent editors and administrators (the 1,000 or so most active Wikipedia contributors). [10]

The English section of Wikipedia has over 2 million articles and is growing fast. It is edited by volunteers in wiki fashion, meaning articles are subject to change by nearly anyone. [7] Wikipedia is the most popular reference site on the internet, receiving tens of millions hits per day. [7] Debates about the merits of articles often drag on for weeks, draining energy and taking up far more space than the entries themselves. Such deliberations involve volleys of arcane internal acronyms and references to obscure policies and guidelines, such as WP:APT ("Avoid Peacock Terms"--terms that merely promote the subject, without giving real information) and WP:MOSMAC (a set of guidelines for "Wikipedia articles discussing the Republic of Macedonia and the Province of Macedonia, Greece"). [10] As things stand, decisions whether to keep or delete articles are made after deliberations by Wikipedia's most ardent editors and administrators (the 1,000 or so most active Wikipedia contributors). [10]

== IN-DEPTH ==

== In-Depth ==

Section Contents:

Section Contents:

    * Wikipedia disediakan gratis oleh sebuah organisasi nirlaba, Yayasan Wikimedia Yayasan Wikimedia, yang juga mengendalikan beberapa proyek multibahasa multibahasa yang lain.(More...)

* Wikipedia disediakan gratis oleh sebuah organisasi nirlaba, Yayasan Wikimedia Yayasan Wikimedia, yang juga mengendalikan beberapa proyek multibahasa multibahasa yang lain.(More...)

    * View and edit complete Wikipedia articles in any language without leaving your Dashboard.(More...)

* View and edit complete Wikipedia articles in any language without leaving your Dashboard.(More...)

    * Searching 34,417,493 wikipedia edits from February 7th, 2002 to August 4th, 2007 orginating from 187,529 different organizations.(More...)

* Searching 34,417,493 wikipedia edits from February 7th, 2002 to August 4th, 2007 orginating from 187,529 different organizations.(More...)

    * Wikipedia is further proof that life and indeed every "reliable" source of information has a liberal bias.(More...)

* Wikipedia is further proof that life and indeed every "reliable" source of information has a liberal bias.(More...)

    * Too bad you're full of it.(More...)

* Too bad you're full of it.(More...)

    * Wikipedia ejes af paraplyorganisationen Wikimedia Foundation Wikimedia Foundation, som driver flere flersproglige flersproglige og frie frie projekter hvor alle kan bidrage.(More...)

* Wikipedia ejes af paraplyorganisationen Wikimedia Foundation Wikimedia Foundation, som driver flere flersproglige flersproglige og frie frie projekter hvor alle kan bidrage.(More...)

    * Isto es Wikipedia, le encyclopedia encyclopedia libere in construction collaborative, in interlingua interlingua, le latino moderne international e simplificate.(More...)

* Isto es Wikipedia, le encyclopedia encyclopedia libere in construction collaborative, in interlingua interlingua, le latino moderne international e simplificate.(More...)

    * Perhaps Wikipedia simply gives people a certain surge of authoritative and administrative power and prestige over others.(More...)

* Perhaps Wikipedia simply gives people a certain surge of authoritative and administrative power and prestige over others.(More...)

    * Today Patricio and his friends from Wikimedia Argentina are researching ways to help underprivileged students and schools in Argentina with textbooks created with Wikipedia's free content.(More...)

* Today Patricio and his friends from Wikimedia Argentina are researching ways to help underprivileged students and schools in Argentina with textbooks created with Wikipedia's free content.(More...)

    * I decided I must not be a very good member so I doubled (by doing ten) my number of edits instead of voting.(More...)

* I decided I must not be a very good member so I doubled (by doing ten) my number of edits instead of voting.(More...)

    * @abhilash - many, probably most A-list bloggers and Wikipedia admins are not experts at anything. (Not even, necessarily, about Wikipedia or about blogging but maybe there.)(More...)

* @abhilash - many, probably most A-list bloggers and Wikipedia admins are not experts at anything. (Not even, necessarily, about Wikipedia or about blogging but maybe there.)(More...)

    * The password of my Chinese Wikipedia account has been lost by me,I can only login English Wikipedia.(More...)

* The password of my Chinese Wikipedia account has been lost by me,I can only login English Wikipedia.(More...)

A journalist used Wikipedia as a primary source, added something incorrect to an article. Now the same Wikipedia page is using that article as its primary source, which in the view of Wikipedia makes the incorrect fact true. [4]

A journalist used Wikipedia as a primary source, added something incorrect to an article. Now the same Wikipedia page is using that article as its primary source, which in the view of Wikipedia makes the incorrect fact true. [4]

== SELECTED SOURCES ==

== Selected Sources ==

1. The Charms of Wikipedia - The New York Review of Books

1. The Charms of Wikipedia - The New York Review of Books

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAHfaJ3-SnM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAHfaJ3-SnM

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