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'''[[: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 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]

In respect of [[:Category:Wiki License|licensing]], historically, when Wikipedia was founded, it released all textual [[wiki]] content under the [[:Category:Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License]] (GNU Free Doc License, or GFDL).  However, during 2009, all existing Wikipedia wikis migrated to a new 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. [https://news.Slashdot.org/story/09/05/21/2317253/wikipedia-moving-from-gfdl-to-creative-commons-license]

*[https://S23.org/wikistats/wikipedias_html.php List of Wikipedias] — from WikiStats by [[s23-Wiki|S23.org]] (outdated, but still very useful info)

*One of the many mashups stemming from Wikipedia, [[Archive.org:20130114222044/http://www.placeopedia.com|PlaceOpedia]], linking wiki articles with their physical place

*[https://TheWikiGame.com The Wiki Game] — explore & race through Wikipedia articles

*[http://WikipediaReview.com the wikipedia review] — an internet forum critiquing Wikipedia policies, editors, and [[Sysop|administrators]]

*[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

*[[Wikiversity:Wiki studies/Wiki disease|Wiki studies/Wiki disease]] — an essay by [[user:Abd]] detailing Wikipedian administrator abuse, bias, community breakdown, dissent, hostility, etc

# items in ''italics'' are either valid Wikipedias, but set to [[:Category:ReadOnly|read-only]], or valid but closed Wikipedia wikis.  These actions are usually taken as a result of a 'community vote' or other [[Meta-Wiki:Proposals for closing projects|discussion procedure on Meta-Wiki]].

<big><big><big><u>1 000 000+</u>:<small>^{[[Meta-Wiki:List of Wikipedias#1 000 000+ articles|ref]]}</small>

<u>100 000+</u>:<small>^{[[Meta-Wiki:List of Wikipedias#100 000+ articles|ref]]}</small>

<u>10 000+</u>:<small>^{[[Meta-Wiki:List of Wikipedias#10 000+ articles|ref]]}</small>

<u>1 000+</u>:^{[[Meta-Wiki:List of Wikipedias#1 000+ articles|ref]]}

<small><u>100+</u>:^{[[Meta-Wiki:List of Wikipedias#100+ articles|ref]]}

<u>10+</u>:^{[[Meta-Wiki:List of Wikipedias#10+ articles|ref]]}

<u>1+</u>:^{[[Meta-Wiki:List of Wikipedias#1+ articles|ref]]}

<u>0 articles in language (other than main page)</u>:^{[[Meta-Wiki:List of Wikipedias#0 articles in language (other than main page)|ref]]}

<u>Redirect</u>:^{[[Meta-Wiki:List of Wikipedias#Deprecated, moved and other|ref]]}

<u>Depreciated</u>:^{[[Meta-Wiki:List of Wikipedias#Deprecated, moved and other|ref]]}

<u>Other</u>: [[Wikipedia 10]]&nbsp;(ten), [[Wikipedia Test Wiki]]&nbsp;(test), [[test2.Wikipedia]]&nbsp;(test2), ''[[Nostalgia Wikipedia]]&nbsp;(nostalgia)'', <s>[[In Memoriam]]&nbsp;(sep11)</s>

Try to keep this on track; have a look at [[Meta-Wiki:List of Wikipedias#All Wikipedias ordered by number of articles|list of Wikipedias on Meta-Wiki]]</noinclude><includeonly>

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