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  1. The English Wikipedia is the primary [a] English-language edition of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. It was created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger on January 15, 2001, as Wikipedia's first edition. English Wikipedia is hosted alongside other language editions by the Wikimedia Foundation, an American nonprofit organization.

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  2. This is a list of well-known online encyclopedias that are accessible or formerly accessible on the Internet . 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 ...

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    Language
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    Various (see list here )
    General interest, wiki
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    Combined with GNUpedia
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    General interest, the first site to ...
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    English [1]
    General interest
    Read-only (archived)
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  4. Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and millions already have. Wikipedia's purpose is to benefit readers by presenting information on all branches of knowledge . Hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation , it consists of freely editable content, whose articles also have numerous links to guide readers towards more information.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Wikipedia. Public domain resources; Free online resources; GNU Free Documentation License Resources; Free or semi-free non-public-domain information resources; WikiProject reference libraries; Unreferenced article resources; Articles. List of digital library projects; List of scientific journals; List of academic databases and search engines

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