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[[File:Wikipedia.png|thumb|left|135px|An earlier version of the generic [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] 'globe']] | [[File:Wikipedia.png|thumb|left|135px|An earlier version of the generic [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] 'globe'|alt=]] | ||
'''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}}. [https://web.Archive.org/web/20160205045501/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 '{{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}}. [https://web.Archive.org/web/20160205045501/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 '{{Wp|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 farm|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 '{{Wp|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 many thousands of other independent wiki sites and many [[:Category:Free MediaWiki wiki farm|free]] and commercial [[:Category:MediaWiki wiki farm|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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*Ryan Safner (February 2015); [https://www.Academia.edu/10743010/Wiki_nomics_Bringing_Institutions_Back_into_the_Analysis_of_Copyright_with_a_Case_Study_of_Wikipedia Wiki-nomics: bringing institutions back into the analysis of copyright with a case study of Wikipedia]; ''www.Academia.edu''; George Mason University, Fairfax, [[:Category:Virginia|VA]], USA. | *Ryan Safner (February 2015); [https://www.Academia.edu/10743010/Wiki_nomics_Bringing_Institutions_Back_into_the_Analysis_of_Copyright_with_a_Case_Study_of_Wikipedia Wiki-nomics: bringing institutions back into the analysis of copyright with a case study of Wikipedia]; ''www.Academia.edu''; George Mason University, Fairfax, [[:Category:Virginia|VA]], USA. | ||
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;<big><big>All [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] | ;<big><big>All [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] wiki sites available in these [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]]: </big><sup>([[Template:Wikipedia|view]] / [[edit:Template:Wikipedia|edit]])</sup></big> | ||
As of March 2021, [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]] indicates that there are {{WMF-Meta|List of Wikipedias|319 active Wikipedias}} of different languages, and also groups them {{WMF-Meta|List of Wikipedias#All Wikipedias ordered by number of articles|by size}}. | As of March 2021, [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]] indicates that there are {{WMF-Meta|List of Wikipedias|319 active Wikipedias}} of different languages, and also groups them {{WMF-Meta|List of Wikipedias#All Wikipedias ordered by number of articles|by size}}. | ||
:''Notes:'' for items listed below:<sup>{{WMF-Meta|List of Wikipedias#Deprecated, moved and other|ref}}</sup> | :''Notes:'' for items listed below:<sup>{{WMF-Meta|List of Wikipedias#Deprecated, moved and other|ref}}</sup> | ||
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Try to keep this on track; have a look at {{WMF-Meta|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 {{WMF-Meta|List of Wikipedias#All Wikipedias ordered by number of articles|list of Wikipedias on Meta-Wiki}} | ||
To '''<u>not</u>''' include articles which use this template in the [[:category: Wikipedia]], type (or copy and paste) <code>{{Wikipedia<u>|cat=no</u>}}</code> as a parameter before <code>}}</code></noinclude><includeonly> | To '''<u>not</u>''' include articles which use this template in the [[:category: Wikipedia]], type (or copy and paste) <code>{{Wikipedia<u>|cat=no</u>}}</code> as a parameter before <code>}}</code> | ||
;''Related templates | |||
*[[Template:Wp]] — a template which creates an interwiki link to any article on any Wikipedia wiki site | |||
*[[Template:SeeWp]] — a template which creates an indented 'see also' message to any article on any Wikipedia wiki site</noinclude><includeonly> | |||
[[Category:Wikimedia Foundation]]{{#switch:{{{cat}}} | [[Category:Wikimedia Foundation]]{{#switch:{{{cat}}} | ||
|yes=[[Category:Wikipedia]] | |yes=[[Category:Wikipedia]] | ||