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*Wikiside — a short-lived independent website (2005-2006) at <tt>Wikiside.com</tt>, which provided brief statistics about Wikipedia
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(*Wikiside — a short-lived independent website (2005-2006) at <tt>Wikiside.com</tt>, which provided brief statistics about Wikipedia)
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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 [[editor]]s are able to control various articles, 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/]
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 [[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 source by millions of [[:Category:People|people]] around the [[:Category:Earth|world]].
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://Pageviews.Toolforge.org/topviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org English Wikipedia Topviews Analysis] — Pageviews.Toolforge.org at [[Wikimedia Toolforge]]
*[https://pageviews.toolforge.org/siteviews/?sites=en.wikipedia.org English Wikipedia Siteviews Analysis] — Pageviews.Toolforge.org at Wikimedia Toolforge
*[https://Stats.Wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm English Wikipedia Statistics] — Stats.Wikimedia.org at [[Wikimedia 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://Tools.WMFLabs.org/wikitrends/english-uptrends-this-week.html Wikitrends – uptrends on English Wikipedia this week] — © Johan Gunnarsson at [[Wikimedia Labs]]
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*[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]]
*[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
*[[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