Wikimedia/Wikipedia
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Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia "created and edited" by volunters around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Project[edit | edit source]
History[edit | edit source]
Wikipedia was started in January 2001. Several software changes were made before converting to today's MediaWiki. The community grew rapidly until 2007, when it started to decline.
Vision[edit | edit source]
Larry Sanger,
co-founder of Wikipedia
Impact[edit | edit source]
Controversy[edit | edit source]
One of the main controversies is that anyone can edit it, thus increasing the chance for factual errors.