Wikipedia is an online tool labeled as the world's most widely used references source. It is an online encyclopedia that may be read for free by anyone with access to the internet and that is potentially available to any writer who wants to make a new contribution or amend an existing entry.
Wikipedia was founded in 2001 by Jimmy Wales, a U.S former bound trader, in succession to his Nupedia, another free online encyclopedia, which had become so bogged down in the verification process that it took around five years to clear the first twenty articles for publication. Contrastingly, in its first year of operation, Wikipedia-compiled by unpaid volunteers and un encumbered by an official advisory board - published 20,000 articles in 18 languages. By its tenth anniversary, it had more than 3.5 million entries and appeared in 350 different language editions.
https://www.wikipedia.org/
Wikipedia was founded in 2001 by Jimmy Wales, a U.S former bound trader, in succession to his Nupedia, another free online encyclopedia, which had become so bogged down in the verification process that it took around five years to clear the first twenty articles for publication. Contrastingly, in its first year of operation, Wikipedia-compiled by unpaid volunteers and un encumbered by an official advisory board - published 20,000 articles in 18 languages. By its tenth anniversary, it had more than 3.5 million entries and appeared in 350 different language editions.
Ease of access is not without its problems: There have been several cases of people hacking into the entries and vandalizing them. However, trusted contributors are given access privileges that enable them to remove such material, and this self correction process has produced a resource of unparalleled scope.
Although Wikipedia's authentication procedures do not satisfy the most rigorous academic requirements, footnote references in the fully developed entries provide links to independently verifiable source material. There are also "stubs" (the germs of entries that require expanding and developing), talk pages (discussions between contributors) and a related site called Wikipedia Commons, which is a repository of media files (photographs, maps and so on) in use and usable in all Wikipedia material.
https://www.wikipedia.org/
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