2007-04-09 17:59:36 · 8 answers · asked by Jacky 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The name is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a type of collaborative website) and encyclopedia
2007-04-09 18:03:37 · answer #1 · answered by kamelåså 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia (IPA: /ËwikiËpiËdi.É/ or /ËwɪkiËpiËdi.É/ (Audio (U.S.) (help·info)) is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers; 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. Its primary servers are in Tampa, Florida, with additional servers in Amsterdam and Seoul.
Wikipedia was launched as the English Wikipedia on January 15, 2001, as a complement to Nupedia, an expert-written and now defunct encyclopedia. The project is now operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization created by Jimmy Wales who is the co-founder of Wikipedia.[2][3][4][5][6] Wikipedia has approximately seven million articles in 251 languages,[1] 1.7 million of which are in the English edition. It has steadily risen in popularity since its inception,[7] and currently ranks among the top ten most-visited websites worldwide.[8]
Critics have questioned Wikipedia's reliability and accuracy.[9] The site has also been criticized for its susceptibility to vandalism,[10] uneven quality, systemic bias and inconsistencies,[11] and for favoring consensus over credentials in its editorial process.[12] Wikipedia's content policies[13] and sub-projects set up by contributors seek to address these concerns.[14] Two scholarly studies have concluded that vandalism is generally short-lived[15] and that Wikipedia is roughly as accurate as other encyclopedias.[1
2007-04-10 01:08:05 · answer #2 · answered by Jo 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a wiki is a site that lets people make changes to it's content and info
and encyclopedia is...well...an encyclopedia....
put them together and you've got wikipedia
and you're referring to the website, I'd guess...
2007-04-10 02:15:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Utterly useless. Although it often does contain fact, a barrel of monkeys working on an infinity of computers might have compiled it, and they did.
2007-04-10 01:33:35 · answer #4 · answered by obelix 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's an online encyclopedia that anyone, anywhere can add data to.
2007-04-10 01:03:14 · answer #5 · answered by GiGi 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"wiki" is hawaiian for quick- so wikipedia is a website that gives quick reference answers.
2007-04-10 01:04:16 · answer #6 · answered by sumting_wong_2005 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it's an online encyclopedia that you can add to.
2007-04-10 01:25:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
its this website
that has EVERYTHING you want to know.
xD
2007-04-10 01:01:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋