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The '''{{tag|Wiki English|English}} [[:Category:Wiki Language|language]] {{tag|Wikipedia}}''' – the free wiki {{tag|encyclopedia}} that {{tag|OpenEdit|anyone can edit}} officially neutral point of view ({{tag|NPOV}}).  Despite this, a frequent complaint is that certain groups of editors are able to control various articles, and their own biased point of view comes to dominate those articles.
The '''{{tag|Wiki English|English}}-language {{tag|Wikipedia}}''' – the free wiki {{tag|encyclopedia}} that {{tag|OpenEdit|anyone can edit}}; officially neutral point of view ({{tag|NPOV}}).  Despite this, a frequent complaint is that certain groups of [[editor]]s are able to control various [[article]]s, and their own biased point of view comes to dominate those articles, frequently affecting not only the quality, but also the accuracy of said articles.[https://www.CBSnews.com/news/wikipropaganda-on-global-warming/]


Also known as 'The Big Wiki' or 'The Other Wiki' (TOW), Wikipedia has been called the 800&nbsp;pound gorilla of [[wiki]]s, and it is used as a informative encyclopedic source by millions around the [[:Category:Earth|world]].
{{tag|Founded in 2001}}, also known as 'The Big Wiki' or 'The Other Wiki' (TOW), Wikipedia has been called the 800&nbsp;pound gorilla of [[wiki]]s; it is used as an informative source by millions of [[:Category:People|people]] around the [[:Category:Earth|world]].


Until late 2013, [[Archive.org:20130708085512/https://Wikirage.com|Wikirage]] used to track the pages in the English Wikipedia which were receiving the most edits over various periods of time.  In a similar vein, obtaining its raw data from [https://Dumps.Wikimedia.org/other/pagecounts-raw/ here], [[Archive.org:20170721102933/https://stats.Grok.se|stats.Grok.se]] used to track popular pages on a per-month and per-day basis (sadly no longer), for most major [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]], and Wikimedia Foundation itself provides a [https://Stats.Wikimedia.org plethora of other statistics].
Until late 2013, [[Archive.org:20130708085512/https://Wikirage.com|Wikirage]] used to track the pages in the English Wikipedia which were receiving the most [[edit]]s over various periods of time.  In a similar vein, obtaining its raw data from [https://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/pagecounts-raw/ here], [[Archive.org:20170721102933/https://stats.Grok.se|stats.Grok.se]] used to track popular pages on a per-month and per-day basis (sadly no longer), for most major [[:Category:Wiki language|languages]], and Wikimedia Foundation itself provides a [https://stats.wikimedia.org plethora of other statistics].
*[https://Stats.Wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm English Wikipedia Statistics] — Stats.Wikimedia.org at [[Wikimedia Statistics]]
*[https://Tools.WMFLabs.org/wikitrends/english-uptrends-this-week.html Wikitrends – uptrends on English Wikipedia this week] — © Johan Gunnarsson at [[Wikimedia Labs]]
*[https://En.Wikiscan.org Wikiscan English Wikipedia wiki statistics] — independent statistics site on Wikipedia and other wikis hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, at [[Wikiscan.org]]
**[https://En.Wikiscan.org/users Wikiscan English Wikipedia wiki user statistics] — at Wikiscan.org
*[http://WikiTrends.net WikiTrends.net] — most viewed English Wikipedia article pages in the last hour together with the article preview
**[http://WikiTrends.net/categories/ WikiTrends.net categories] — most viewed English Wikipedia [[wp:Special:Categories|categories]]
*[[Archive.org:20160503131335/http://Wikitop.AlwaysData.net/wikitop_en_portal.html|Wikitop – most viewed articles on the English Wikipedia by categories]] — via [[Archive.org]]
*[https://www.Wikistatistics.net/wiki/en/articles/365 English Wikipedia Interactive Statistics] — from [[Wikistatistics.net]]
*[http://archive.wikiStics.org/long/wikipedia/en/ Yearly wiki page hits for English Wikipedia] — archive of wikiStics.Falsikon.de
*[http://en.Wikademia.org/User:JWSchmidt/Wikipedia_BLP Independent observation of failing policies for BLP (biographies of living people) articles] — user [http://en.Wikademia.org/User:JWSchmidt JWSchmidt, Ph.D.] at [[Wikademia]]


;See also
;''See also
*[[Veropedia]] — a failed effort to create a commercial fork of 'high quality' verified articles from the English Wikipedia
*[[Wikiside]] — a short-lived independent website (2005-2006) at <tt>Wikiside.com</tt>, which provided brief statistics about Wikipedia
*[[Nostalgia Wikipedia]] — a frozen snapshot of the English Wikipedia from 20 December 2001
*[[Nostalgia Wikipedia]] — a frozen snapshot of the English Wikipedia from 20 December 2001
*[[Deletionpedia]] — saves articles deleted from English Wikipedia
*[[Deletionpedia]] — saves articles deleted from English Wikipedia
*[[Speedy deletion]] — saves articles 'Speedly deleted' from English Wikipedia
*[[Speedy deletion Wiki]] (dead since late 2018) saved articles 'Speedly deleted' from English Wikipedia
*[[BJAODN]] — 'Bad Jokes And Other Deleted Nonsense' wiki is the final resting place for all of the said which have been removed from the English Wikipedia
*[[Veropedia]] — a failed effort to create a commercial fork of 'high quality' verified articles from the English Wikipedia
*[[WIKI 2]] — a blatant mirror copy of the English Wikipedia, with added advertising
*[[WIKI 2]] — a blatant mirror copy of the English Wikipedia, with added advertising
;''External links
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{{Pageviews-topviews|en.wikipedia.org|English Wikipedia}}
{{Pageviews-siteviews|en.wikipedia.org|English Wikipedia}}
{{Wikistats v2.2-wiki|wp|2|English Wikipedia|Wikipedias}}
{{Wikistats v2|en.wikipedia.org|English Wikipedia}}
{{Wikistats v1 Summary-Wikipedia-only|EN|English Wikipedia}}
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{{Wikistats v1-charts-Wikipedia-only|EN|English Wikipedia}}
{{Wikiscan.org-wiki|en.wikipedia|English Wikipedia}}
{{Wikiscan.org-wiki-users|en.wikipedia|English Wikipedia}}
{{Wikiscan.org-wiki-tables|en.wikipedia|English Wikipedia}}
{{Wikiscan.org-wiki-calendar|en.wikipedia|English Wikipedia}}
{{XTools AdminStats|en.wikipedia.org|English Wikipedia}}
{{Wikitrends|english|English}}
*[http://wikitrends.net WikiTrends.net] — most viewed English Wikipedia article pages in the last hour together with the article preview
**[http://wikitrends.net/categories/ WikiTrends.net categories] — most viewed English Wikipedia {{Wp|Special:Categories|categories}}
*[[Archive.org:20160503131335/http://Wikitop.AlwaysData.net/wikitop_en_portal.html|Wikitop – most viewed articles on the English Wikipedia by categories]] — via [[Archive.org]]
*[http://listen.hatnote.com Listen to Wikipedia] — visual ''and'' audio illustration of live editing activity on Wikipedia, from Hatnote.com
*[http://archive.wikistics.org/long/wikipedia/en/ Yearly wiki page hits for English Wikipedia] — archive of wikiStics.Falsikon.de
*[http://en.wikademia.org/User:JWSchmidt/Wikipedia_BLP Independent observation of failing policies for BLP (biographies of living people) articles] — user [http://en.wikademia.org/User:JWSchmidt JWSchmidt, Ph.D.] at [[Wikademia]]


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