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


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 {{Cambridge-Dictionary|objective}} is to have an officially '{{Wp|Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view}}' ([[:Category:NPOV|NPOV]]) of its content. Sadly, <u>many</u> articles suffer from {{Cambridge-Dictionary|systemic}} bias; Wikipedia is often justifiably {{Wp|Wikipedia:Conflict of interest|accused}} by people on one side of an issue of being {{Cambridge-Dictionary|biased}} toward the other side, and {{Cambridge-Dictionary|vice-versa|vice versa}}.  This is true across political {{Cambridge-Dictionary|spectrum}}s, 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 '{{Cambridge-Dictionary|encyclopedia}}', many [[:Category:Education|academic]] institutes and other [[:Category:Professions|professional]] organisations recommend that Wikipedia is <u>not</u> used as a {{Cambridge-Dictionary|primary-source|primary source}} of information, due to the fact that many articles are frequently incorrect, and can be routinely {{Cambridge-Dictionary|adverse}}ly biased.  Furthermore, many Wikipedia articles have a seemingly extremely low threshold of '{{Wp|Wikipedia: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 {{Cambridge-Dictionary|citation}}s, despite highly visible warning banners highlighting the lack of said citations (and threatening to delete said unreferenced articles); this even includes {{Cambridge-Dictionary|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 {{Cambridge-Dictionary|reliable}} {{Cambridge-Dictionary|source}} citations, editorial {{Cambridge-Dictionary|conjecture}}, and even {{Wp|Wikipedia:No original research|original research}}. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160205045501/http://Eng.Anarchopedia.org/Criticism_of_Wikipedia]
Wikipedia is the brainchild of the [[:Category:American|American]] internet entrepreneurs Larry Sanger and [[Jimmy Wales]], and it is the original '{{WMF.org|Our projects|project}}' of the subsequent {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF). [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia's]] stated {{Cambridge-Dictionary|objective}} is to have an officially '{{Wp|Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view}}' ([[:Category:NPOV|NPOV]]) of its content. However, <u>many</u> articles contain {{Cambridge-Dictionary|systemic}} bias; Wikipedia is often justifiably {{Wp|Wikipedia:Conflict of interest|accused}} by people on one side of an issue of being {{Cambridge-Dictionary|biased}} toward the other side, and {{Cambridge-Dictionary|vice-versa|vice versa}}.  This is true across political {{Cambridge-Dictionary|spectrum}}s, 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 '{{Cambridge-Dictionary|encyclopedia}}', many [[:Category:Education|academic]] institutes and other [[:Category:Professions|professional]] organisations recommend that Wikipedia is <u>not</u> used as a {{Cambridge-Dictionary|primary-source|primary source}} of information, due to the fact that many articles are frequently incorrect, and can be routinely {{Cambridge-Dictionary|adverse}}ly biased.  Furthermore, many Wikipedia articles have a seemingly extremely low threshold of '{{Wp|Wikipedia: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 {{Cambridge-Dictionary|citation}}s, despite highly visible warning banners highlighting the lack of said citations (and threatening to delete said unreferenced articles); this even includes {{Cambridge-Dictionary|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 {{Cambridge-Dictionary|reliable}} {{Cambridge-Dictionary|source}} citations, editorial {{Cambridge-Dictionary|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:Founded in 2001|2001]], Wikipedia was initially powered by [[:Category:UseMod Wiki|UseMod Wiki]], a wiki engine software package developed by [[Clifford Adams]] used to {{Cambridge-Dictionary|moderate#verb|moderate}} (''verb'') the quality of posts on [[:Category:Usenet|Usenet]] groups.  Wikipedia used this UseMod Wiki software during its first year of 2001, until 25 January [[:Category:Founded in 2002|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 {{Cambridge-Dictionary|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 {{Cambridge-Dictionary|extensively}} developed and {{Cambridge-Dictionary|expand}}ed, through continued collaborative {{Cambridge-Dictionary|evolution}}s.  As well as being used all 900-or-so wiki sites of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), MediaWiki is also used by many thousands of other [[:Category:Independent|independently]]-hosted wiki sites, and many [[:Category:Free MediaWiki wiki farm|free]] and commercial [[:Category:MediaWiki wiki farm|wiki farms]].
When launched in [[:Category:Founded in 2001|2001]], Wikipedia was initially powered by [[:Category:UseMod Wiki|UseMod Wiki]], a wiki engine software package developed by [[Clifford Adams]] used to {{Cambridge-Dictionary|moderate#verb|moderate}} (''verb'') the quality of posts on [[:Category:Usenet|Usenet]] groups.  Wikipedia used this UseMod Wiki software during its first year of 2001, until 25 January [[:Category:Founded in 2002|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 {{Cambridge-Dictionary|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 {{Cambridge-Dictionary|extensively}} developed and {{Cambridge-Dictionary|expand}}ed, through continued collaborative {{Cambridge-Dictionary|evolution}}s.  As well as being used all 900-or-so wiki sites of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), MediaWiki is also used by many thousands of other [[:Category:Independent|independently]]-hosted wiki sites, and many [[:Category:Free MediaWiki wiki farm|free]] and commercial [[:Category:MediaWiki wiki farm|wiki farms]].
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;<big><big>All [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] wiki sites available in these [[:Category:Wiki language|languages]]: </big><sup>([[Template:Wikipedia|view]] • [[edit:Template:Wikipedia|edit]] • [[Template talk:Wikipedia|talk]])</sup></big>
;<big><big>All [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] wiki sites available in these [[:Category:Wiki language|languages]]: </big><sup>([[Template:Wikipedia|view]] • [[edit:Template:Wikipedia|edit]] • [[Template talk:Wikipedia|talk]])</sup></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}}.
As of May 2024, [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]] indicates that there are {{WMF-Meta|List of Wikipedias|330 active Wikipedias}} of different languages, and also groups them {{WMF-Meta|List of Wikipedias#All Wikipedias ordered by number of articles|by size}}.  Nineteen language versions now have more than one-million article pages.
:''Notes:''  for items listed below:<sup>{{WMF-Meta|List of Wikipedias#Deprecated, moved and other|ref}}</sup>
:''Notes:''  for items listed below:<sup>{{WMF-Meta|List of Wikipedias#Deprecated, moved and other|ref}}</sup>
# items in ''italics'' are either valid Wikipedias, but set to [[:Category:Read-only|read-only]], or valid but [[:Category:Goal abandoned|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}}.
# items in ''italics'' are either valid Wikipedias, but set to [[:Category:Read-only|read-only]], or valid but [[:Category:Goal abandoned|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}}.
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[[English Wikipedia|English]]&nbsp;(en),
[[English Wikipedia|English]]&nbsp;(en),
[[Español Wikipedia|Español]]&nbsp;(es),
[[Español Wikipedia|Español]]&nbsp;(es),
[[Persian Wikipedia|فارسی]]&nbsp;(fa),
[[French Wikipedia|Français]]&nbsp;(fr),
[[French Wikipedia|Français]]&nbsp;(fr),
[[Italian Wikipedia|Italiano]]&nbsp;(it),
[[Italian Wikipedia|Italiano]]&nbsp;(it),
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[[Eesti Vikipeedia|Eesti]]&nbsp;(et),
[[Eesti Vikipeedia|Eesti]]&nbsp;(et),
[[Euskara Wikipedia|Euskara]]&nbsp;(eu),
[[Euskara Wikipedia|Euskara]]&nbsp;(eu),
[[Persian Wikipedia|فارسی]]&nbsp;(fa),
[[Suomenkielinen Wikipedia|Suomen&nbsp;kieli]]&nbsp;(fi),
[[Suomenkielinen Wikipedia|Suomen&nbsp;kieli]]&nbsp;(fi),
[[Galego Wikipedia|Galego]]&nbsp;(gl),
[[Galego Wikipedia|Galego]]&nbsp;(gl),
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[[Википедиа|Тоҷикӣ]]&nbsp;(tg),
[[Википедиа|Тоҷикӣ]]&nbsp;(tg),
[[ไทย วิกิพีเดีย|ไทย]]&nbsp;(th),
[[ไทย วิกิพีเดีย|ไทย]]&nbsp;(th),
[[Türkçe Vikipedi|Türkçe]]&nbsp;(tr),
[[Turkish Wikipedia|Türkçe]]&nbsp;(tr),
[[Tatarça Wikipediä|Tatarça]]&nbsp;(tt),
[[Tatarça Wikipediä|Tatarça]]&nbsp;(tt),
[[Urdu Wikipedia|اردو]]&nbsp;(ur),
[[Urdu Wikipedia|اردو]]&nbsp;(ur),
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<u>'''10+'''</u>:<sup>{{WMF-Meta|List of Wikipedias#10+ articles|ref}}</sup>
<u>'''10+'''</u>:<sup>{{WMF-Meta|List of Wikipedias#10+ articles|ref}}</sup>
''[[Ndonga Wikipedia|Ndonga]]&nbsp;(ng)''
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''[[Marshallese Wikipedia|Marshallese]]&nbsp;(mh)'',
''[[Marshallese Wikipedia|Marshallese]]&nbsp;(mh)'',
''[[Muscogee Wikipedia|Muscogee]]&nbsp;(mus)'',
''[[Muscogee Wikipedia|Muscogee]]&nbsp;(mus)'',
''[[Ndonga Wikipedia|Ndonga]]&nbsp;(ng)''
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