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Wikipedia (IPA: , or , else ) is an international Web-based free-content encyclopedia project. It exists as a wiki, a website that allows visitors to edit its content; the word Wikipedia is a portmanteau of the words wiki and encyclopedia. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers, allowing articles to be changed by anyone with access to the website. Wikipedia's main servers are located in Tampa, Florida, with additional servers in Amsterdam and Seoul.
The project began on January 29, 2001 as a complement to the expert-written (and now defunct) Nupedia, and is now operated by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation.
Midway through 2006, Wikipedia had more than 4,600,000 articles in many languages, including more than 1,200,000 in the English-language version. There were more than 200 language editions of Wikipedia, fifteen of which had more than 50,000 articles each. The German-language edition has been distributed on DVD-ROM, and there were also proposals for an English DVD or paper edition. Since its inception, Wikipedia has steadily risen in popularity,See plots at "Visits per day", Wikipedia Statistics, January 1, 2005 and has spawned several sister projects. According to Alexa, Wikipedia ranked in the top 20 most visited websites, and many of its pages had been mirrored or forked by other sites, such as Answers.com.
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Neu: "Bernard Schriek" (von 80.140.121.229): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Schriek
wp_de (Artikelgeburten WP) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:48:45 -0000
Neu: "Bernard Schriek" (von 80.140.121.229): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Schriek
Oh my God. You can now purchase Season 1 of the Racoons on itunes!!! Merry Christmas!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raccoons
Sarahloi (Sarah Stoodley) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:41:43 -0000
Oh my God. You can now purchase Season 1 of the Racoons on itunes!!! Merry Christmas!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raccoons
@SkySh wikiã£ããã¡ã¨éã£ãï½ã1ã¨2ããèªã¿åããæ å ±éãéããããã http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%81%8B%E8%BB%A2%E5%85%8D%E8%A8%B1%E8%A8%BC
relaytsubame (Relayã¤ã°ã) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:16:13 -0000
@SkySh wikiったらちと違ったｗ 1と2じゃ読み取れる情報量が違うらしい。 http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%81%8B%E8%BB%A2%E5%85%8D%E8%A8%B1%E8%A8%BC
Neu: "ALADIN-Climate" (von 80.142.54.194): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALADIN-Climate
wp_de (Artikelgeburten WP) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:08:05 -0000
Neu: "ALADIN-Climate" (von 80.142.54.194): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALADIN-Climate
@FranziskaAuth hast ja recht. Hab das gestern auf der Busfahrt gefragt, aber dann auch in der Wikipedia nachgelesen. Trotzdem danke @Prokey
tomtrede (Thomas Trede) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:29:53 -0000
@FranziskaAuth hast ja recht. Hab das gestern auf der Busfahrt gefragt, aber dann auch in der Wikipedia nachgelesen. Trotzdem danke @Prokey
ça n'arrive pas qu'aux peoples, Talend viré de wikipedia, par qui? http://bit.ly/733y4F
Tedesign (Marc Brandsma) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:31:00 -0000
ça n'arrive pas qu'aux peoples, Talend viré de wikipedia, par qui? http://bit.ly/733y4F
Wikipedia - A free encyclopedia built collaboratively using Wiki software. (GNU Free Documentation License).
CNN.com - Wikipedia: The know-it-all Web site - Short article describing one individual's experiences.
Meta Description: [ Are you well versed in Russian history? Or familiar with the finer points of roller hockey? ]
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First Monday - Phantom authority, self–selective recruitment and retention of members in virtual communities: The case of Wikipedia - Journal article by Andrea Ciffolilli. Explains the success of Wikipedia thanks to a solution to the problem of the submission of undesirable pieces of information.
Meta Description: [ This paper employs team and club good theory as well as transaction cost economics to analyse the Wikipedia online community, which is devoted to the creation of a free encyclopaedia. ]
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Free-Definition: Wikipedia - Offers brief overview, similar projects, and issues with vandalism.
Frozen North: How Authoritative is Wikipedia? - Blog entry. Describes the author's process of putting errors into Wikipedia and watching for corrections to them. Suggests how fact-checking needs to be improved at Wikipedia, and gives ideas for further experiments.
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Guardian Unlimited - Wikipedia's success - Summary primarily of the positive aspects and milestones of the online encyclopedia.
Infodisiac - Offers Wikipedia in several languages in TomeRaider format, for Palm OS, Pocket PC, and EPOC Smart Phones.
ITworld.com - Chinese censors block access to Wikipedia - Chinese censors have blocked access to Chinese Wikipedia that was created as a free and open source of information.
Meta Description: [ Chinese censors have blocked access to an online encyclopedia called Chinese Wikipedia that was created as a free and open source of information for Chinese Internet users, according to several contributors to the site. ]
kuro5hin.org - Can an Open Content Encyclopedia Thrive? - Early concerns about Wikipedia's concept.
kuro5hin.org - Why Wikipedia Must Jettison Its Anti-Elitism - Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger writes, Wikipedia does have two big problems, and attention to them is long overdue. These problems could be eliminated by eliminating a single root problem.
kuro5hin.org - Wikinews And The Growing Wikimedia Empire - Article and commentary about the growing group of projects which fall under the Wikimedia Foundation umbrella.
Many-to-Many: Who's afraid of Wikipedia? - Teacher discusses students citing Wikipedia and when that is appropriate.
Many-to-Many: Wikipedia Reputation and the Wemedia Project - Attempts to look at the core issues of collaborative editing: accuracy and trust.
Mediapost.com - Wikipedia's Symbiotic Relationship With Search - Article by Max Kalehoff. Wikipedia's orderly collection of consumer-created content is becoming a high-powered magnet for Internet searches.For marketers, Wikipedia can be an unpredictable variable capable of influencing customers and stakeholders. Consider not only its impact on brand search results, but also the impact of potentially inaccurate, unfair, or partisan content. Wikipedia and its contributors can be friends or foes. [Free registration required to view]
Meta Description: [ MediaPost Publications is an on-line publishing resource for all advertising media professionals - TV, cable, radio, print, interactive, agencies, buyers, and reps - providing news, articles and commentary. ]
Placeopedia.com - Project to connect Wikipedia articles with their geographical locations. Provides a google maps interface to handle user submissions.
Poynter Online - Wikipedia for Journalists - Proclaims that the use of Wikipedia is a good source for basic background information for journalists.
Qwikly - Provides Wikipedia news.
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Salon.com - Everyone is an editor - Attempts to examine the pros and cons of Wikipedia. Plus, comparisons to previous similar projects.
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Slashdot: Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Responds - Wikipedia founder responds to a dozen highly moderated questions.
Meta Description: [ Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Responds -- article related to Interviews, The Internet, and Education. ]
Slashdot: Wikipedia Hits Million-Entry Mark - Lovely forum discussion.
Meta Description: [ Wikipedia Hits Million-Entry Mark -- article related to News and Index. ]
Sourcewatch: Wikipedia - Provides a critical review of Wikipedia.
TCS: Tech Central Station - The Faith-Based Encyclopedia - Robert McHenry, former Editor in Chief of the Encyclopædia Britannica, wonders about the Wikipedian assumptions that writings and editings by contributors of greatest expertise will survive and that articles will eventually reach a very high degree of accuracy.
Meta Description: [ The former Editor in Chief of the Encyclopfdia Britannica says 'contribute to Wikipedia if you will, but use it at your peril.' ]
The Importance of... The Great Wikipedia Authority Debate - Offers excerpts from previous articles written on open source projects, and offers arguments that support it.
The Register - Wikipedia's Emergent People fail to impress readers - Criticisms of Wikipedia and of arguments used by its admirers.
The Register - Wikipedia 'to make universities obsolete' - Opinion article by Andrew Orlowski suggesting that Wikipedia has a long way to go before it's a stand-in for libraries and scholarly publications.
The Register - Wiki-fiddlers defend Clever Big Book - Commentary by Andrew Orlowski. Our jibe that the Wikipedia is the world's most useless encyclopedia drew precisely two angry responses. But both illustrate the condition perfectly.
The Wikipedia Review - A message board devoted to criticism of Wikipedia.
USATODAY.com - Today's best encyclopedia might surprise you - Overview of Wikipedia's growth, quality, and editing process.
Meta Description: [ Today's biggest and best encyclopedia might surprise you. ]
Wikinfo: Critical views of Wikipedia - Provides a basic history, plus some limitations of using a wiki as an encyclopedia.
Wikipedia as Participatory Journalism: Reliable Sources? - Studies the growth of Wikipedia and analyzes the technologies and policies that made it prosper.
Meta Description: [ School of Journalism Content ]
Wikipedia Boycott Campaign - Criticism and Boycott Campaign towards Wikipedia
Wikipedia Search Engine - Wikipedia Search Engine in different languages.
Meta Description: [ Wikipedia Search with LuMriX ]
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Wikipedia Shows Power of Cooperation - Dan Gillmor explains what a wiki is, and how Wikipedia can be a success.
Wikipedia Watch - A critical look at this encyclopedia and the people behind it.
Wired News: Not Your Father's Encyclopedia - Early article that describes the advantages of an open-source encyclopedia, plus its shortcomings.
Meta Description: [ Get in-depth tech news coverage from Wired and read about how it is shaping culture, education, entertainment, communications and technology. ]
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