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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Wikipedia

We search information of all types in Wikipedia, but don't you want to know about the website?

  • Wikipedia is a multilingual encyclopedia supported by the non-profit organisation "Wikimedia Foundation"
  • It is free, web-based and collaborative.
  • it was formally launched on January 15, 2001, with its single English edition.
  • The articles are written mainly by volunteers around the world.
  • Currently, it has 19.8 million articles. (3.7 million English articles)
  • The website has about 90,000 regular contributors.
  • Anyone can edit the pages. So, you can never say that all the information is correct. But, you can greatly rely on it.
  • It has been ranked 7th globally among other websites.
  • As of July 2011, it has editions in 282 languages.
  • English Wikipedia passed the 2 million mark in September 2007.
  • Wikipedia "makes no guarantee on validity" of its content.
  • it is the most widely used encyclopedia.

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