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Wikipedia ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a free online encyclopedia website in 336 languages of the world. 324 languages are currently active and 12 are closed. People can freely use it, share it, and change it, without having to pay. It is also one of the biggest wiki organizations.
The English Wikipedia is the English language edition of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia. English is the first language in which Wikipedia was written. It was started on 15 January 2001. It is the largest encyclopedia in the world, and the largest version of Wikipedia since April 2019. [1]
The English word "free" has several meanings. The word "free" in "The Free Encyclopedia" refers first and foremost to the licensing terms of Wikipedia's content. Text is contributed to Wikipedia under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) — copyleft licenses ...
