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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_WikipediaHistory of Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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   Wikipedia, a free-content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers known as Wikipedians, began with its first edit on 15 January 2001, two days after the domain was registered. [2] . It grew out of Nupedia, a more structured free encyclopedia, as a way to allow easier and faster drafting of articles and translations.

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2. www.britannica.com › topic › WikipediaWikipedia | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

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   Apr 19, 2024 · Wikipedia, free Internet-based encyclopedia, started in 2001, that operates under an open-source management style. It is overseen by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation and is one of the most-visited sites on the Internet. It uses a collaborative software known as wiki for editing articles.

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3. time.com › 4177280Wikipedia at 15: How Wiki Technology Was First Invented | TIME

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   Jan 15, 2016 · W ikipedia went live on Jan. 15, 2001, but the now-omnipresent online reference couldn’t have existed without work that began years earlier, around the the dawn of the World Wide Web. The ...

4. time.com › 3667915What Wikipedia’s First Users Got Wrong - TIME

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   Jan 15, 2015 · Wikipedia had launched on Jan. 15, 2001 — that’s 14 years ago Thursday — and contained a mere 150,000 entries when TIME explained that “To contribute to wikipedia.org, an online...

5. en.wikiversity.org › wiki › WikipediaWikipedia/The history of Wikipedia - Wikiversity

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   Jan 3, 2015 · As there was a desire to keep a degree of separation between the two projects, the Wiki was named "Wikipedia" and installed on its own domain, going live in early 2001. Wikipedia grew rapidly, and soon eclipsed Nupedia, both in terms of size and popularity.

6. wikimediafoundation.org › wikipedia20Celebrating 20 years of Wikipedia – Wikimedia Foundation

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   Wikipedia started as an ambitious idea …to create a free encyclopedia, written by volunteers, for everyone in the world. It seemed impossible. Over 20 years, Wikipedia has become the largest collection of open knowledge in history. How did it happen? People, like you. Made and sustained by humans. Meet the movement.