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'''Wikipedia – ''The Free Encyclopedia''''' — is 'the free wiki [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedia]] that [[:Category:OpenEdit|anyone can edit]]'.

The brainchild of [[:Category:American|American]] internet entrepreneur [[Jimmy Wales]], among others, and the original '{{WMF.org|Our projects|project}}' of the subsequent {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF), [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia's]] stated objective is to have an officially '{{Wp|Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view}}' ([[:Category:NPOV|NPOV]]). Sadly, <u>many</u> articles suffer from systemic bias; Wikipedia is often justifiably {{Wp|Wikipedia:Conflict of interest|accused}} by people on one side of an issue of being biased toward the other side, and vice-versa.  This is true across the political spectrum, as well as for many other issues and [[:Category:Wiki Topic|subjects]] covered.  Wikipedia is the biggest fish in the global [[:Category:All|wiki]] pond, and receives far more traffic, ''and'' [[:Category:Wiki Edit Mode|editing]] activity, than any other [[WhatIsWiki|wiki site]].  However, despite Wikipedias' claim to being an 'encyclopedia', many [[:Category:Education|academic]] institutes and other [[:Category:Professions|professional]] organisations recommend that Wikipedia is <u>not</u> used as a primary source of information, due to the fact that many articles are frequently incorrect, and can be routinely adversely biased.  Furthermore, many Wikipedia articles have a seemingly extremely low threshold of '{{Wp|Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources|reliable source}}' references and {{Wp|Wikipedia:Citing sources|citations}}.  Indeed, <u>many</u> Wikipedia articles fail their own {{Wp|Wikipedia:Verifiability|verifiability}} criteria, and can remain for many years without any citations, despite highly visible warning banners highlighting the lack of said citations (and threatening to delete said unreferenced articles); this even includes biographical articles for {{Wp|Category:Living people|living people}}.  Also, the [[English Wikipedia]] allows articles to be 'promoted' to a {{Wp|Wikipedia:Good articles|good article}} (GA) status; despite failing their own {{Wp|Wikipedia:Good article criteria|criteria}} on having adequate reliable source citations, editorial conjecture, and even {{Wp|Wikipedia:No original research|original research}}. [https://web.Archive.org/web/20160205045501/http://Eng.Anarchopedia.org/Criticism_of_Wikipedia]

When launched in [[:Category:FoundedIn2001|2001]], Wikipedia was initially powered by [[:Category:UseMod Wiki|UseMod Wiki]], a wiki engine software package developed by [[CliffordAdams|Clifford Adams]] used to moderate the quality of posts on [[:Category:Usenet|Usenet]].  Wikipedia used this UseMod Wiki software during its first year of 2001, until 25 January [[:Category:FoundedIn2002|2002]], when it started to use the '{{Wp|Wikipedia:Phase II software|Phase II software}}' as developed by [[Magnus Manske]].  On 20 July 2002, 'Phase III software' (a complete rewrite of Manskes' Phase II by [[Lee Daniel Crocker]]) was released and used on the [[English Wikipedia]], and at the same time, was renamed [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]]. [http://UseMod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Comparison_Of_Usemod_With_Mediawiki]  The MediaWiki [[:Category:Wiki Engine|wiki engine]] has subsequently been extensively developed and expanded, through continued collaborative evolutions.  As well as being used all 900-or-so wikis of the Wikimedia Foundation, MediaWiki is also used by many thousands of other independently hosted wiki sites, and many [[:Category:Free MediaWiki wiki farm|free]] and commercial [[:Category:MediaWiki wiki farm|wiki farms]].

In respect of content [[:Category:Wiki License|licensing]], historically, when Wikipedia was founded, it released all textual [[wiki]] content under the 'copyleft' [[:Category:Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License]] (GNU Free Doc License, or GFDL).  However, during [[:Category:FoundedIn2009|2009]], all existing Wikipedia wikis migrated to a new license: the [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 unported license]] (CC-BY-SA 3.0); and all content published until that migration date could be retro-released under either or [[:Category:Wiki MultiLicense|both licenses]].  All content published ''after'' the migration date is released under only the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license, as are any newly created Wikipedia language versions. [https://news.Slashdot.org/story/09/05/21/2317253/wikipedia-moving-from-gfdl-to-creative-commons-license]

*[https://www.Wikipedia.org www.Wikipedia.org] — Wikipedia [[:Category:Portal|portal]] to all language versions

*[https://Stats.Wikimedia.org/EN/Sitemap.htm Wikipedia Statistics] — Wikistats v1 ([[:Category:Wiki Public Domain (generic)|public domain]]) (final release, 31 January 2019) from [[Erik Zachte]], Stats.Wikimedia.org at [[Wikimedia Statistics]]

{{Wikistats v2|all-wikipedia-projects|All Wikipedias}}

{{Wikistats 2.2-project|wp|Wikipedias|Wikipedia}}

*[https://Wikiscan.org/?menu=allsites&group=wikipedia Wikiscan Wikipedia statistics] — independent statistics site on Wikipedia and other wikis hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation ([[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0]]), at [[Wikiscan.org]]

*[https://S23.org/wikistats/wikipedias_html.php List of Wikipedias] — from WikiStats by [[S23-Wiki|S23.org]] (outdated, but still very useful info)

*[https://NOC.Wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=dblists/wikipedia.dblist Wikipedia database list] — from [[Wikimedia NOC]] at NOC.Wikimedia.org

*[http://GetWiki.net/-Pseudopedia Pseudopedia] — a detailed observation and criticism of Wikipedia failings, at [[:Category:GetWiki|GetWiki.net]]

*[[Wikipediocracy]] — an extensive highly detailed [https://Wikipediocracy.com WordPress blog] and [https://Wikipediocracy.com/forum/ internet forum] exposing the light of scrutiny into the dark crevices of Wikipedia and its related Wikimedia projects

*[https://TheWikiGame.com The Wiki Game] — explore and race through Wikipedia articles

*[https://archive.is/CsyKa Wikipedia-Watch.org] — an interesting site exposing some core Wikipedia policies (via [[archive.is]])

*[http://WikipediaReview.com WikipediaReview.com] — [[Wikipedia Review]] is an internet forum critiquing Wikipedia policies, [[editor]]s, and [[administrator]]s

*[[Everything2:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] — at Everything2.com, a personal commentary by AxelBoldt on Wikipedia policies and issues

*{{Wv|Wiki studies/Wiki disease}} — a personal essay published on the [[English Wikiversity]] by [[user:Abd]], detailing Wikipedian administrator abuse, bias, community breakdown, dissent, hostility, etc

*[[Deletionpedia]] — ''Deleted from Wikipedia'' — is an archive of pages which have been [http://Deletionpedia.DBatley.com/w/index.php?title=Deletionpedia:Archive deleted] from the [[English Wikipedia]]

*[[Speedy Deletion Wiki]] — a Wikia lifestyle wiki, consisting of wiki pages deleted from the [[English Wikipedia]] under their {{Wp|Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|'Speedy Deletion' criteria}}

*Arto Lanamäki, Chitu Okoli, Finn Å Nielsen, Mostafa Mashhadi, Mohamad Mehdi, Mostafa Mesgari (2000); [https://www.Academia.edu/18555342/The_People_s_Encyclopedia_Under_the_Gaze_of_the_Sages_A_Systematic_Review_of_Scholarly_Research_on_Wikipedia The people's encyclopedia under the gaze of the sages: A systematic review of scholarly research on Wikipedia]; ''www.Academia.edu''; SSRN Electronic Journal.

*Nicolas Jullien (2000); [https://www.Academia.edu/31423583/What_We_Know_About_Wikipedia_A_Review_of_the_Literature_Analyzing_the_Project_s_ What we know about Wikipedia: a review of the literature analyzing the project(s)]; ''www.Academia.edu''; SSRN Electronic Journal.

*Camille Roth (October 2007); [https://www.Academia.edu/2734893/Viable_wikis_struggle_for_life_in_the_wikisphere  Viable wikis: struggle for life in the wikisphere]; ''www.Academia.edu''; CRESS / Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, [[:Category:United Kingdom|UK]].

*Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz (eds) (2011); [https://NetworkCultures.org/blog/publication/critical-point-of-view-a-wikipedia-reader/ Critical Point of View: A Wikpedia Reader]; ''NetworkCultures.org''; Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures; ISBN 978-90-78146-13-1; paperback; 385 pages.

*Adrian Chen (August 2011); [https://www.Gawker.com/5827835/wikipedia-is-slowly-dying Wikipedia is slowly dying]; ''www.Gawker.com''; BDG Media Inc.; 315 Park Ave S, 11th Floor New York, [[:Category:New York State|NY]] 10010, [[:Category:United States of America|USA]].

*Hélène Bourdeloie, Michaël Vicente (2014); [https://www.Academia.edu/37661498/Bourdeloie_H_et_Vicente_M_2014_Contributing_to_Wikipedia_A_Question_of_Gender_in_Fichman_P_et_Hara_N_dir_Global_Wikipedia_International_and_cross_cultural_issues_in_online_collaboration_Lanham_Rowman_and_Littlefield_p_147_160 Contributing to Wikipedia : A Question of Gender]; ''www.Academia.edu''; Global Wikipedia : International and cross-cultural issues in online collaboration; Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield; p. 147-160.

*Ryan Safner (February 2015); [https://www.Academia.edu/10743010/Wiki_nomics_Bringing_Institutions_Back_into_the_Analysis_of_Copyright_with_a_Case_Study_of_Wikipedia Wiki-nomics: bringing institutions back into the analysis of copyright with a case study of Wikipedia]; ''www.Academia.edu''; George Mason University, Fairfax, [[:Category:Virginia|VA]], USA.

;<big><big>All [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] wiki sites available in these [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]]: </big>^{([[Template:Wikipedia|view]] / [[edit:Template:Wikipedia|edit]])}</big>

As of March 2021, [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]] indicates that there are {{WMF-Meta|List of Wikipedias|319 active Wikipedias}} of different languages, and also groups them {{WMF-Meta|List of Wikipedias#All Wikipedias ordered by number of articles|by size}}.

# items in ''italics'' are either valid Wikipedias, but set to [[:Category:ReadOnly|read-only]], or valid but [[:Category:GoalAbandoned|closed]] Wikipedia wikis.  These actions are usually taken as a result of a 'community vote', or other {{WMF-Meta|Proposals for closing projects|discussion procedure on Meta-Wiki}}.

[[Wikipedia Masry|مصرى]]&nbsp;(arz),

[[Deutsche Wikipedia|Deutsch]]&nbsp;(de),

[[Wikipedia tiếng Việt|Tiếng Việt]]&nbsp;(vi),

[[Català Viquipèdia|Català]]&nbsp;(ca),

[[Türkçe Vikipedi|Türkçe]]&nbsp;(tr),

[[Central Bicolano Wikipidya|Central&nbsp;Bicolano]]&nbsp;(bcl),

[[文言維基大典|古文&nbsp;/&nbsp;文言文]]&nbsp;(zh-classical)

[[ᐅᐃᑭᐱᑎᐊ|ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ]]&nbsp;(iu),

[[Wïkïpêdïyäa|Sängö]]&nbsp;(sg),

[[Swati Wikipedia|SiSwati]]&nbsp;(ss),

<s>[[Wikipesija toki pona|Toki&nbsp;Pona]]</s>&nbsp;(tokipona),

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