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<big>'''Wikipedia – ''The Free Encyclopedia''''' — is 'the free wiki [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedia]] that [[:Category:OpenEdit|anyone can edit]]'.</big> | <big>'''Wikipedia – ''The Free Encyclopedia''''' — is 'the free wiki [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedia]] that [[:Category:OpenEdit|anyone can edit]]'.</big> | ||
Wikipedia is the brainchild of the [[:Category:American|American]] internet entrepreneurs Larry Sanger and [[Jimmy Wales]], and it is the original '{{WMF.org|Our projects|project}}' of the subsequent {{tag|Wikimedia Foundation}} (WMF). [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia's]] stated {{Cambridge-Dictionary|objective}} is to have an officially '{{Wp|Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view}}' ([[:Category:NPOV|NPOV]]) of its content. However, <u>many</u> articles contain {{Cambridge-Dictionary|systemic}} bias; Wikipedia is often justifiably {{Wp|Wikipedia:Conflict of interest|accused}} by people on one side of an issue of being {{Cambridge-Dictionary|biased}} toward the other side, and {{Cambridge-Dictionary|vice-versa|vice versa}}. This is true across political {{Cambridge-Dictionary|spectrum}}s, 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 site]]. However, despite Wikipedias' claim to being an '{{Cambridge-Dictionary|encyclopedia}}', many [[:Category:Education|academic]] institutes and other [[:Category:Professions|professional]] organisations recommend that Wikipedia is <u>not</u> used as a {{Cambridge-Dictionary|primary-source|primary source}} of information, due to the fact that many articles are frequently incorrect, and can be routinely {{Cambridge-Dictionary|adverse}}ly biased. Furthermore, many Wikipedia articles have a seemingly extremely low threshold of '{{Wp|Wikipedia: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 {{Cambridge-Dictionary|citation}}s, despite highly visible warning banners highlighting the lack of said citations (and threatening to delete said unreferenced articles); this even includes {{Cambridge-Dictionary|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 {{Cambridge-Dictionary|reliable}} {{Cambridge-Dictionary|source}} citations, editorial {{Cambridge-Dictionary|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:Founded in 2001|2001]], Wikipedia was initially powered by [[:Category:UseMod Wiki|UseMod Wiki]], a wiki engine software package developed by [[Clifford Adams]] used to {{Cambridge-Dictionary|moderate#verb|moderate}} (''verb'') the quality of posts on [[:Category:Usenet|Usenet]] groups. Wikipedia used this UseMod Wiki software during its first year of 2001, until 25 January [[:Category:Founded in 2002|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 {{Cambridge-Dictionary|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] The MediaWiki [[:Category:Wiki engine|wiki engine]] has subsequently been {{Cambridge-Dictionary|extensively}} developed and {{Cambridge-Dictionary|expand}}ed, through continued collaborative {{Cambridge-Dictionary|evolution}}s. As well as being used all 900-or-so wiki sites of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), MediaWiki is also used by many thousands of other [[:Category:Independent|independently]]-hosted wiki sites, and many [[:Category:Free MediaWiki wiki farm|free]] and commercial [[:Category:MediaWiki wiki farm|wiki farms]]. | When launched in [[:Category:Founded in 2001|2001]], Wikipedia was initially powered by [[:Category:UseMod Wiki|UseMod Wiki]], a wiki engine software package developed by [[Clifford Adams]] used to {{Cambridge-Dictionary|moderate#verb|moderate}} (''verb'') the quality of posts on [[:Category:Usenet|Usenet]] groups. Wikipedia used this UseMod Wiki software during its first year of 2001, until 25 January [[:Category:Founded in 2002|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 {{Cambridge-Dictionary|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] The MediaWiki [[:Category:Wiki engine|wiki engine]] has subsequently been {{Cambridge-Dictionary|extensively}} developed and {{Cambridge-Dictionary|expand}}ed, through continued collaborative {{Cambridge-Dictionary|evolution}}s. As well as being used all 900-or-so wiki sites of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), MediaWiki is also used by many thousands of other [[:Category:Independent|independently]]-hosted wiki sites, and many [[:Category:Free MediaWiki wiki farm|free]] and commercial [[:Category:MediaWiki wiki farm|wiki farms]]. | ||