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   What is the largest encyclopedia online?

   • The largest encyclopedia online has a total of 55,632,716 articles, and was achieved by Wikipedia, as verified on 18 January 2020. Wikipedia was founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger (both USA) as a free online encyclopedia that internet users can add to and edit. Wikipedia.com was launched on 15 January 2001.

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   Is Wikipedia a free encyclopedia?

   • Wikipedia is a free content, multilingual online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteer contributors, known as Wikipedians, through a model of open collaboration. It is the largest and most-read reference work in history. Wikipedia originally developed from another encyclopedia project called Nupedia.

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   What is the largest encyclopedic?

   • The Yongle Encyclopedia, completed in 1408, was the largest in history until 2007 when Wikipedia surpassed it (more on the great and mighty Wiki in a minute). Nothing accelerated encyclopedic production like the development of printing. The Margarita Philosophica by Gregor Reisch was the bestseller by 1503.

   The Rise and Demise of Encyclopedias: From Vesuvius to Encarta ... - Me…

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   Is Wikipedia a good Encyclopedia?

   • That said, many observers and Wikipedia contributors, of which there are currently 23,000 (as of April 2005), expect Wikipedia's quality and length of articles to continue to improve, bringing it closer to the overall excellent standard of traditional encyclopedias.

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   The largest online encyclopedias are general reference works, though there are also many specialized ones. Some online encyclopedias are editions of a print encyclopedia, such as Encyclopædia Britannica, whereas others have always existed online, such as Wikipedia.

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   The largest encyclopedia online has a total of 55,632,716 articles, and was achieved by Wikipedia, as verified on 18 January 2020. Wikipedia was founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger (both USA) as a free online encyclopedia that internet users can add to and edit.

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   Wikipedia is a free content, multilingual online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteer contributors, known as Wikipedians, through a model of open collaboration. It is the largest and most-read reference work in history. Wikipedia originally developed from another encyclopedia project called Nupedia. See also

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6. www.thenationalnews.com › world › europeHow Wikipedia became the world's largest encyclopedia

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   Jan 15, 2021 · AFP. The wiki website continued to grow at an explosive rate. As of January 2020, Wikipedia ranks as the 13th most-visited and the most linked-to website on the planet, an extraordinary result for a project that was long deemed unreliable and lacking authority. Its open nature makes it a prime target for fake news and misinformation.

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   The encyclopedia is 21 years old (started Jan. 2001). It dwarfs the largest traditional English-language encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica online, which in December 2004 had an estimated 120,000 articles and 77 million words.

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   Feb 17, 2020 · Praising Wikipedia, by restating its mission, meant self-identifying as an idiot. That was in 2007. Today, Wikipedia is the eighth-most-visited site in the world. The English-language version...

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   Dec 21, 2023 · The Yongle Encyclopedia, completed in 1408, was the largest in history until 2007 when Wikipedia surpassed it (more on the great and mighty Wiki in a minute). Vive La Word Nerds. Nothing...