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NupeCode is free / open source software (released under the GNU General Public License) designed for large peer review projects. The code was available via Nupedia's CVS repository. One of the problems experienced by Nupedia during much of its existence was that the software lacked functionality.
Wikipedia is a free content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the use of the wiki-based editing system MediaWiki. Wikipedia is the largest and most-read reference work in history.
Jan 9, 2024 · Less than a year after the unsuccessful launch of Nupedia —an online free encyclopedia—its successor, Wikipedia, goes live on January 15, 2001. As of January 2024, Wikipedia has more some 6.8...
- Missy Sullivan
Wikipedia was initially conceived as a feeder project for the Wales-founded Nupedia, an earlier project to produce a free online encyclopedia, volunteered by Bomis, a web-advertising firm owned by Jimmy Wales, Tim Shell and Michael E. Davis.
Nupedia fue una enciclopedia en línea cuyos artículos fueron escritos por expertos y registrados bajo licencia de contenido libre. Fue fundada por Jimmy Wales y suscrita por Bomis, con Larry Sanger como redactor jefe. Nupedia duró desde marzo de 2000 hasta septiembre de 2003, y es más comúnmente conocida ahora como la antecesora de Wikipedia .
Apr 18, 2005 · An impassioned debate has been raging, particularly since about the summer of 2004, about the merits of Wikipedia and the future of free online encyclopedias. This discussion has not benefitted by much detailed, accurate consideration of the origins of Wikipedia and of its parent project, Nupedia.
