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


The brainchild of American internet entrepreneur [[Jimmy Wales]], among others, and the original 'project' of the subsequent {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF), [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia's]] stated objective is to have an officially '[[wp:Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]]' ([[:Category:NPOV|NPOV]]).  Sadly, many articles suffer from systemic bias; Wikipedia is often justifiably [[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 [[:Category:Wiki Topic|subjects]] covered.  Wikipedia is the biggest fish in the global [[:Category:All|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 can be routinely adversely biased.  Furthermore, many Wikipedia articles have a seemingly extremely low threshold of '[[wp:Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources|reliable source]]' references and [[wp:Wikipedia:Citing sources|citations]].  Indeed, <u>many</u> 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]
The brainchild of American internet entrepreneur [[Jimmy Wales]], among others, and the original 'project' of the subsequent {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF), [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia's]] stated objective is to have an officially '{{W|Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view}}' ([[:Category:NPOV|NPOV]]).  Sadly, many articles suffer from systemic bias; Wikipedia is often justifiably {{W|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 [[:Category:Wiki Topic|subjects]] covered.  Wikipedia is the biggest fish in the global [[:Category:All|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 can be routinely adversely biased.  Furthermore, many Wikipedia articles have a seemingly extremely low threshold of '{{W|Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources|reliable source}}' references and {{W|Wikipedia:Citing sources|citations}}.  Indeed, <u>many</u> Wikipedia articles fail their own {{W|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 {{W|Category:Living people|living people}}.  Also, the [[English Wikipedia]] allows articles to be 'promoted' to a {{W|Wikipedia:Good articles|good article}} (GA) status; despite failing their own {{W|Wikipedia:Good article criteria|criteria}} on having adequate reliable source citations, editorial conjecture, and even {{W|Wikipedia:No original research|original research}}. [http://Eng.Anarchopedia.org/Criticism_of_Wikipedia]


When launched in [[:Category:FoundedIn2001|2001]], Wikipedia was initially powered by [[:Category:UseMod Wiki|UseMod Wiki]], a wiki engine software package developed by [[CliffordAdams|Clifford Adams]] used to moderate the quality of posts on [[:Category:Usenet|Usenet]].  Wikipedia used this UseMod Wiki software during its first year of 2001, until 25 January [[:Category:FoundedIn2002|2002]], when it started to use the '[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Phase II software|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]  MediaWiki has subsequently been extensively developed through continued collaborative evolutions, and as well as being used all 900-or-so wikis of the Wikimedia Foundation, MediaWiki is now used by thousands of other independent wiki sites and many commercial [[:Category:WikiFarm|wiki farms]].
When launched in [[:Category:FoundedIn2001|2001]], Wikipedia was initially powered by [[:Category:UseMod Wiki|UseMod Wiki]], a wiki engine software package developed by [[CliffordAdams|Clifford Adams]] used to moderate the quality of posts on [[:Category:Usenet|Usenet]].  Wikipedia used this UseMod Wiki software during its first year of 2001, until 25 January [[:Category:FoundedIn2002|2002]], when it started to use the '{{W|Wikipedia:Phase II software|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]  MediaWiki has subsequently been extensively developed through continued collaborative evolutions, and as well as being used all 900-or-so wikis of the Wikimedia Foundation, MediaWiki is now used by thousands of other independent wiki sites and many [[:Category:Free MediaWiki wiki farm|free]] and commercial [[:Category:MediaWiki wiki farms|wiki farms]].


In respect of content [[:Category:Wiki License|licensing]], historically, when Wikipedia was founded, it released all textual [[wiki]] content under the 'copyleft' [[:Category:Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License]] (GNU Free Doc License, or GFDL).  However, during [[:Category:FoundedIn2009|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]
In respect of content [[:Category:Wiki License|licensing]], historically, when Wikipedia was founded, it released all textual [[wiki]] content under the 'copyleft' [[:Category:Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License]] (GNU Free Doc License, or GFDL).  However, during [[:Category:FoundedIn2009|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]
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*[[Archive.org:20120730142451/http://Encyc.org/ReasonsNotToContributeToWikipedia|Reasons not to contribute to Wikipedia]] — [[Encyc (PmWiki)|Encyc.org]], via Archive.org
*[[Archive.org:20120730142451/http://Encyc.org/ReasonsNotToContributeToWikipedia|Reasons not to contribute to Wikipedia]] — [[Encyc (PmWiki)|Encyc.org]], via Archive.org
*[[Wikiversity:Wiki studies/Wiki disease|Wiki studies/Wiki disease]] — a personal essay published on [[Wikiversity]] by [[user:Abd]], detailing Wikipedian administrator abuse, bias, community breakdown, dissent, hostility, etc
*[[Wikiversity:Wiki studies/Wiki disease|Wiki studies/Wiki disease]] — a personal essay published on [[Wikiversity]] 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]]
*[[Encycla]] - a Git-based encyclopedia and knowledge-sharing platform
*[[Encycla]] - a Git-based encyclopedia and knowledge-sharing platform
*[[MARJORIE-WIKI]] — encyclopedia of deleted [[German Wikipedia]] articles
*[[MARJORIE-WIKI]] — encyclopedia of deleted [[German Wikipedia]] articles
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*[[Everipedia]] — the 'everything' 'encyclopedia', started as a [[fork]] from the English Wikipedia
*[[Everipedia]] — the 'everything' 'encyclopedia', started as a [[fork]] from the English Wikipedia
*[[Template:Wikipedia / Wikinfo / Wikia / WikiKnowledge — comparison table]].
*[[Template:Wikipedia / Wikinfo / Wikia / WikiKnowledge — comparison table]].
;''Further reading<!--Academic published articles ONLY. Oldest first.-->
*Arto Lanamäki, Chitu Okoli, Finn Å Nielsen, Mostafa Mashhadi, Mohamad Mehdi, Mostafa Mesgari (2000), [https://www.Academia.edu/18555342/The_People_s_Encyclopedia_Under_the_Gaze_of_the_Sages_A_Systematic_Review_of_Scholarly_Research_on_Wikipedia The people's encyclopedia under the gaze of the sages: A systematic review of scholarly research on Wikipedia], ''www.Academia.edu'', SSRN Electronic Journal.
*Nicolas Jullien (2000), [https://www.Academia.edu/31423583/What_We_Know_About_Wikipedia_A_Review_of_the_Literature_Analyzing_the_Project_s_ What we know about Wikipedia: a review of the literature analyzing the project(s)], ''www.Academia.edu'', SSRN Electronic Journal.
*Camille Roth (October 2007), [https://www.Academia.edu/2734893/Viable_wikis_struggle_for_life_in_the_wikisphere  Viable wikis: struggle for life in the wikisphere], ''www.Academia.edu'', CRESS / Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK.
*Hélène Bourdeloie, Michaël Vicente (2014), [https://www.Academia.edu/37661498/Bourdeloie_H_et_Vicente_M_2014_Contributing_to_Wikipedia_A_Question_of_Gender_in_Fichman_P_et_Hara_N_dir_Global_Wikipedia_International_and_cross_cultural_issues_in_online_collaboration_Lanham_Rowman_and_Littlefield_p_147_160 Contributing to Wikipedia : A Question of Gender], ''www.Academia.edu'', Global Wikipedia : International and cross-cultural issues in online collaboration, Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, p. 147-160.
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;<big><big>All [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedias]] available in these [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]]: </big><sup>([[Template:Wikipedia|view]] / [[edit:Template:Wikipedia|edit]])</sup></big>
;<big><big>All [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedias]] available in these [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]]: </big><sup>([[Template:Wikipedia|view]] / [[edit:Template:Wikipedia|edit]])</sup></big>
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<u>'''other'''</u>: ''[[Wikipedia 10]]&nbsp;(ten)'', [[Wikipedia Test Wiki]]&nbsp;(test), [[test2.Wikipedia]]&nbsp;(test2), ''[[Nostalgia Wikipedia]]&nbsp;(nostalgia)'', <s>[[In Memoriam]]</s>&nbsp;(sep11)
<u>'''other'''</u>: ''[[Wikipedia 10]]&nbsp;(ten)'', [[Wikipedia Test Wiki]]&nbsp;(test), [[test2.Wikipedia]]&nbsp;(test2), ''[[Nostalgia Wikipedia]]&nbsp;(nostalgia)'', <s>[[In Memoriam]]</s>&nbsp;(sep11)
:<small>''The [[red link]]s above need the {{template|Wiki}} infobox template, their Wikipedia URLs, the {{template|Wikimedia-stub}} template, and the {{template|Wikipedia}} template added.''</small><noinclude>
:<small>''The [[red link]]s above need the {{template|Wiki}} infobox template, their Wikipedia URLs, the {{template|Wikimedia-stub}} template, and the {{template|Wikipedia}} navigation template added.''</small><noinclude>
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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]]
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]]
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