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


The brainchild of [[Jimmy Wales]], among others, and the original project of the subsequent [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF), Wikipedia's stated objective is 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 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.  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, can be adversely biased, 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, despite 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]].  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]]. [http://eng.Anarchopedia.org/Criticism_of_Wikipedia]
The brainchild of [[Jimmy Wales]], among others, and the original project of the subsequent [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF), Wikipedia's stated objective is 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 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 subjects.  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, can be adversely biased, 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, 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]]. [http://eng.Anarchopedia.org/Criticism_of_Wikipedia]


When launched, Wikipedia initially used [[:Category:UseModWiki|UseMod Wiki]], a wiki engine software developed by [[CliffordAdams|Clifford Adams]] to moderate [[:Category:Usenet|Usenet]].  Wikipedia used this UseMod Wiki software during its first year of [[:Category:FoundedIn2001|2001]], until 25 January [[:Category:FoundedIn2002|2002]], when it started to use the '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] [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Phase_II_software]
When launched, Wikipedia initially used [[:Category:UseModWiki|UseMod Wiki]], a wiki engine software developed by [[CliffordAdams|Clifford Adams]] to moderate [[:Category:Usenet|Usenet]].  Wikipedia used this UseMod Wiki software during its first year of [[:Category:FoundedIn2001|2001]], until 25 January [[:Category:FoundedIn2002|2002]], when it started to use the '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] [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Phase_II_software]
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*[http://Everything2.com/?node=Wikipedia Wikipedia at Everything2] — a personal commentary by AxelBoldt on Wikipedia policies and issues
*[http://Everything2.com/?node=Wikipedia Wikipedia at Everything2] — a personal commentary by AxelBoldt on Wikipedia policies and issues
*[[Archive.org:20120730142451/http://encyc.org/ReasonsNotToContributeToWikipedia|Reasons not to contribute to Wikipedia]] — [[Encyc (PmWiki)|Encyc.org]] – at Archive.org
*[[Archive.org:20120730142451/http://encyc.org/ReasonsNotToContributeToWikipedia|Reasons not to contribute to Wikipedia]] — [[Encyc (PmWiki)|Encyc.org]] – at Archive.org
*[[Wikiversity:Wiki studies/Wiki disease|Wiki studies/Wiki disease]] — an essay by [[user:Abd]] detailing Wikipedian administrator abuse, bias, community breakdown, dissent, hostility, etc
;See also
;See also
*[[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]]
*[[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]]
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