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| − | '''Wikipedia''' is an [[online encyclopedia]] founded by [[United States|American]] pornography entrepreneur and options trader [[Jimmy Wales]] and American philosophy professor [[Larry Sanger]] on January 15, 2001. It is controlled by the [[United States]]-based [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. | + | '''Wikipedia''' is an [[online encyclopedia]] founded by [[United States|American]] pornography entrepreneur and options trader [[Jimmy Wales]] and American philosophy professor [[Larry Sanger]] on January 15, 2001. It is controlled by the [[United States]]-based [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. Although it has editions in 250 languages, only 130 have more than 1000 articles.<ref>[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias List of Wikipedias - Wikimedia], accessed August 1, 2008.</ref> After about four years from the date of its foundation, Wikipedia had about 450,000 articles,<ref>Aaron Weiss, The Unassociated Press, N.Y. Times, Feb. 10, 2005, at G5.</ref> and after six years it had about 1.7 million entries.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics English Wikipedia statistics] accessed August 1, 2008</ref> |
==Is wikipedia free?== | ==Is wikipedia free?== | ||
| − | It receives support from Bomis Inc. in the form of free [[w:bandwidth|bandwidth]] and this connection with a [[for-profit]] [[corporation]] is seen as a burden affecting the functioning of Wikipedia as a free encyclopedia as it claims to be. | + | It receives support from Bomis Inc. in the form of free [[w:bandwidth|bandwidth]] and this connection with a [[for-profit]] [[corporation]] is seen as a burden affecting the functioning of Wikipedia as a free encyclopedia as it claims to be. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 11:24, 4 August 2008
Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia founded by American pornography entrepreneur and options trader Jimmy Wales and American philosophy professor Larry Sanger on January 15, 2001. It is controlled by the United States-based Wikimedia Foundation. Although it has editions in 250 languages, only 130 have more than 1000 articles.[1] After about four years from the date of its foundation, Wikipedia had about 450,000 articles,[2] and after six years it had about 1.7 million entries.[3]
Is wikipedia free?
It receives support from Bomis Inc. in the form of free bandwidth and this connection with a for-profit corporation is seen as a burden affecting the functioning of Wikipedia as a free encyclopedia as it claims to be.
References
- ↑ List of Wikipedias - Wikimedia, accessed August 1, 2008.
- ↑ Aaron Weiss, The Unassociated Press, N.Y. Times, Feb. 10, 2005, at G5.
- ↑ English Wikipedia statistics accessed August 1, 2008
External links
- The Wikipedia Review - forums hosting discussions about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects (mainly criticism-oriented)
- Wikipedia Watch .org
- Wikipedia 'shows CIA page edits'
