Who writes those wonderful pages in wikipedia? How do they get time?

Answer 1

peopele wrte the articles....
people who have TOO much time on their hands!

Answer 2

Millions of people go on Wikipedia everyday. Wikipedia has a nice idea, which is any person in the world can edit a article. This contributes to thousends of spelling checks, edit's, and just makeing the article better. Some people use this privillage to vandalise Wikipedia, which aren't that many people, yet. But in the end, good always beat evil on the internet. I think.

Answer 3

This is the official word from Wikipedia:

"This is an introduction to the Wikipedia project for visitors. We also have an encyclopedia article about it at Wikipedia. See also: list of overviews."
"Wikipedia (IPA: /ˌwikiˈpiːdi.ə/ or /ˌwɪkiˈpiːdi.ə/) is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world. With rare exceptions, its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the Internet, simply by clicking the edit this page link. The name Wikipedia is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a type of collaborative website) and encyclopedia. Since its creation in 2001, Wikipedia has grown rapidly into one of the largest reference Web sites on the Internet.

In every article, links will guide you to associated articles, often with additional information. Anyone is welcome to add further information, cross-references, or citations, so long as they do so within Wikipedia's editing policies and to an appropriate standard. One need not fear accidentally damaging Wikipedia when adding or improving information, as other editors are always around to advise or correct obvious errors, if needed, and the Wikipedia encyclopedia software, known as MediaWiki, is carefully designed to allow easy reversal of editorial mistakes.

Because Wikipedia is an ongoing work to which in principle anybody can contribute, it differs from a paper-based reference source in some very important ways. In particular, older articles tend to be more comprehensive and balanced, while newer articles may still contain significant misinformation, unencyclopedic content, or vandalism. Users need to be aware of this in order to obtain valid information and avoid misinformation which has been recently added and not yet removed. (See Researching with Wikipedia for more details.) However, unlike a paper reference source, Wikipedia can be constantly updated, with articles on topical events being created or updated within minutes or hours, rather than months or years for printed encyclopedias.

Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, which has created an entire family of free content projects. On all these projects, you are welcome to be bold and edit articles yourself, contributing knowledge as you see fit in a collaborative way.

If you have not done so, we invite you to take a few moments to read What Wikipedia is (and is not), so that you have an understanding of how to use, rely upon, or contribute to Wikipedia as you continue. Further information on key topics can be found below. If you can't find what you are looking for, try the Frequently Asked Questions or see Where to ask questions. For help with editing and other issues, see Help:Contents."

Answer 4

Well, Wikipedia is a "wiki". This means anyone is free to edit its articles.

If you notice, you can see "edit this page" on the top part of an article.

Since anybody can edit it, more information may be added. The only question is reliability. I believe that Wikipedia provides fairly reliable data as it is also monitored.

Oh yeah, to your question, anyone who has spare time in their hands can create/modify a page on Wikipedia.

Answer 5

Anybody can... which is what is wrong with it. There is some good information there, but you never know when you are being misinformed. I'll tell you this much: use Wikipedia in college, and you won't be making the Dean's list. Not that Wikipedia is not useful in some ways, but be very cautious when using it. Confirm EVERYTHING.

Answer 6

Yes... it's a wonderful resource. I'd suggest you go to the wikipedia site. If that information isn't readily available, then contact them.

Answer 7

Everybody does.

anyone can edit any page on wikipedia and contribute content.

Answer 8

people can add matter to the pages, and wikapedia is not always 100% acurate, because people sometimes do not have the right facts...example look up picket fencing, and it only comes up with some sort of cell phone call