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[[Image:Wikipedia.png|thumb|left|130px|An earlier version of the generic Wikipedia 'globe']] | [[Image:Wikipedia.png|thumb|left|130px|An earlier version of the generic Wikipedia 'globe']] | ||
'''[[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]''' – ''The Free Encyclopedia'' | '''[[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]''' – ''The Free Encyclopedia'' — is "the free wiki [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedia]] that [[:Category:OpenEdit|anyone can edit]]". Brainchild of [[Jimmy Wales]] (and others); and the original project of the subsequent [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF), Wikipedia <s>strives</s> ''claims'' to have an officially '[[wp:Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]]' ([[:Category:NPOV|NPOV]]); but is often [[wp:Wikipedia:Conflict of interest|accused]] by [[:Category:People|people]] on each side of the political or other spectrums of being [[:Category:PointOfView|biased]] towards the other side. Wikipedia is the biggest fish in the global [[:Category:Wiki|wiki]] pond, and receives far more traffic, ''and'' [[:Category:Wiki Edit Mode|editing]] activity, than any other [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]]. 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 many articles have a seemingly extremely low threshold of '[[wp:Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources|reliable source]]' references and [[wp:Wikipedia:Citing sources|citations]]! Indeed, many Wikipedia articles fail their own [[wp:Wikipedia:Verifiability|verifiability]] criteria, and can remain for many years without any citations, dispite warning banners highlighting the lack of said citations (and threatening to delete said unreferenced articles), and this even includes biographical articles for [[wp:Category:Living people|living people]] . . . and 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]]! [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/Criticism_of_Wikipedia] | ||
Historically, when Wikipedia was founded, it released all textual [[wiki]] content under the [[:Category:Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License]] (GFDL). However, during 2009, existing Wikipedia wikis migrated to a new [[:Category:Wiki License|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. [http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/05/21/2317253/wikipedia-moving-from-gfdl-to-creative-commons-license] | Historically, when Wikipedia was founded, it released all textual [[wiki]] content under the [[:Category:Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License]] (GFDL). However, during 2009, existing Wikipedia wikis migrated to a new [[:Category:Wiki License|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. [http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/05/21/2317253/wikipedia-moving-from-gfdl-to-creative-commons-license] | ||
*[[Meta-Wiki:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]] | *[[Meta-Wiki:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] — at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]] | ||
*[http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/Sitemap.htm Wikipedia Statistics] — stats.Wikimedia.org at [[Wikimedia Statistics]] | *[http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/Sitemap.htm Wikipedia Statistics] — stats.Wikimedia.org at [[Wikimedia Statistics]] | ||
*[http://www.wikistatistics.net/wikimedia#Wikipedia Wikipedia Interactive Statistics] | *[http://www.wikistatistics.net/wikimedia#Wikipedia Wikipedia Interactive Statistics] — from Wikistatistics.net | ||
*[http://s23.org/wikistats/wikipedias_html.php List of Wikipedias] | *[http://s23.org/wikistats/wikipedias_html.php List of Wikipedias] — from WikiStats by [[s23-Wiki|S23.org]] | ||
*[https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/wikipedia.dblist Wikipedia database list] at noc.Wikimedia.org | *[https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/wikipedia.dblist Wikipedia database list] — at noc.Wikimedia.org | ||
*[http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikipedia.org Wikipedia.org site info] | *[http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikipedia.org Wikipedia.org site info] — from Alexa.com | ||
*One of the many mashups stemming from Wikipedia, [http://www.PlaceOpedia.com PlaceOpedia], linking wiki articles with their physical place | *One of the many mashups stemming from Wikipedia, [http://www.PlaceOpedia.com PlaceOpedia], linking wiki articles with their physical place | ||
*[http://TheWikiGame.com The Wiki Game] | *[http://TheWikiGame.com The Wiki Game] — explore & race through Wikipedia articles | ||
*[http://Wikipedia-Watch.org Wikipedia-Watch.org] | *[http://Wikipedia-Watch.org Wikipedia-Watch.org] — an interesting site exposing some core Wikipedia policies | ||
*[http://wikipediareview.com the wikipedia review] | *[http://wikipediareview.com the wikipedia review] — an internet forum critiquing Wikipedia policies, editors and [[Sysop|administrators]] | ||
*[http://everything2.com/?node=Wikipedia Wikipedia at Everything2] | *[http://everything2.com/?node=Wikipedia Wikipedia at Everything2] — a personal commentary by AxelBoldt on Wikipedia policies and issues | ||
*[http://encyc.org/ReasonsNotToContributeToWikipedia Reasons not to contribute to Wikipedia] | *[http://encyc.org/ReasonsNotToContributeToWikipedia Reasons not to contribute to Wikipedia] — Encyc.org | ||
;See also | ;See also | ||
*[[Deletionpedia]] – ''Deleted from Wikipedia'' | *[[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]] | ||
*[[MARJORIE-WIKI]] | *[[MARJORIE-WIKI]] — encyclopedia of deleted [[German Wikipedia]] articles | ||
*[[PlusPedia]] | *[[PlusPedia]] — saves deleted article pages from the [[German Wikipedia]] encyclopedia, and is a German equivalent of Deletionpedia | ||
*[[Speedy deletion]] Wiki | *[[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]]. | ||
;<big><big>All [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedias]] in these [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]]: </big><sup>([[edit:Template:Wikipedia|edit]])</sup></big> | ;<big><big>All [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedias]] in these [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]]: </big><sup>([[edit:Template:Wikipedia|edit]])</sup></big> | ||
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[[Deutsche Wikipedia|Deutsch]] (de), | [[Deutsche Wikipedia|Deutsch]] (de), | ||
[[English Wikipedia|English]] (en), | [[English Wikipedia|English]] (en), | ||
[[ | [[French Wikipedia|Français]] (fr), | ||
[[Italian Wikipedia|Italiano]] (it), | [[Italian Wikipedia|Italiano]] (it), | ||
[[Nederlandse Wikipedia|Nederlands]] (nl) | [[Nederlandse Wikipedia|Nederlands]] (nl) | ||
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| | [[Category:Wikipedia]] |#default=[[Category:Wikipedia]] | | | [[Category:Wikipedia]] |#default=[[Category:Wikipedia]] | ||
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[[Category:Encyclopedia]] | [[Category:Encyclopedia]] | ||
[[Category:NPOV]] | [[Category:NPOV]] | ||