some people talk about it in links and it sometimes comes up in searchs for unrelated things and things like that. But What is it???
2007-02-03 04:14:15 · 19 answers · asked by animemangafan 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Let's let Wikipedia answer that one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
Basically, it's a collaborative free encyclopedia written by users, and its scope is nearly limitless. For instance, your set of Britannicas might not even have an entry for quadrature amplitude modulation, but Wikipedia has pages upon pages of useful information about it.
The downside to Wikipedia is that anyone can edit it, and this results in some articles being vandalized, written from a biased viewpoint, or deleted. However, Wikipedia has thousands of people dedicated to keeping it up to a very, very high set of standards, so a poorly written or vandalized article will usually be fixed within hours or even minutes.
All in all, it's a marvelous resource for learning about nearly anything, but if you were writing a paper you'd need to fact-check Wikipedia's information against its sources. Thankfully, most Wikipedia articles cite their sources very precisely, so fact-checking is rarely much of a headache.
2007-02-03 04:16:44 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that is created and edited by users. The answers are usually very complete and offer significant amounts of background information. Check my link below for "What is Wikipedia".
2007-02-03 12:17:39 · answer #2 · answered by AskHereFirst 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based, free content encyclopedia project. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers; with rare exceptions, its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the Web site. The name is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a type of collaborative website) and encyclopedia.
2007-02-03 12:17:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia on the web. It allows people familiar with different topics to write and edit articles on those topics. Its a really good site to find out about anything you need to, and the articles are available in many languages. See Wikipedia.com. type in something that you were interested in....you cn stay on that site forever.
2007-02-03 12:18:48 · answer #4 · answered by helplessromatic2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia is the search engine. In other word is Free Encyclopedia 1 614 000+ articles in almost 10 languages including English language. That is really good site, I often get information from that site when I do my essays. I hope it helped you.
2007-02-03 12:25:35 · answer #5 · answered by kashmala 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wikipedia is THE biggest online encyclopedia, with collaborative efforts by the wikipedian tech team and the online public (us!). It has the latest news, even faster than Yahoo!, and that's fast. You can try it right now!
2007-02-03 12:25:20 · answer #6 · answered by Justin B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an online encyclopedia that users ( people like us) can updated and make article entries. If you post a crappy entry other people from all over th world will criticize your post.
I like it, I've never had a bad experience using it.
and it's free. and you often get some really good pictures off of it and you can quickly cut-and-paste bits of it and attach it to emails, essays and other forums
2007-02-03 12:18:44 · answer #7 · answered by BIGDAWG 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's basically an online encyclopedia. It has some very useful (and usually accurate) information. You should try it sometime!
2007-02-03 12:17:15 · answer #8 · answered by Prue 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an online encyclopedia resource for information on just about anything.
2007-02-03 12:16:19 · answer #9 · answered by Lydia C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wikipedia is an online encyclopedia, you find just about anything on there
2007-02-03 12:16:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋