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wikipedia is a piece of shit, reasons:
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{{selfref|For Wikipedia's non-encyclopedic visitor introduction, please see [[Wikipedia:About]].}}
{{infobox website
| name = [[Image:Wikipedia-favicon.png|16px|Favicon of Wikipedia]] Wikipedia
| screenshot = [[Image:Www.wikipedia.org screenshot.png|280px|Wikipedia's multilingual portal shows the project's different language editions.]]
| caption = Screenshot of Wikipedia's multilingual portal
| url = http://www.wikipedia.org/
| commercial = No
| location = [[Miami, Florida]]
| type = [[Internet encyclopedia project]]
| language = 188 active editions (252 in total)<ref name="ListOfWikipedias"/>
| registration = Optional
| owner = [[Wikimedia Foundation]]
| author = [[Jimmy Wales]], [[Larry Sanger]]<ref name=foundercontroversy>There is some controversy over who founded Wikipedia. Wikipedia's official [http://web.archive.org/web/20011024225012/www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Wikipedia personnel page from September 2001] states that Wales and Sanger were the two co-founders, and that there was no editor-in-chief. Wales considers himself to be the sole founder of Wikipedia and has told the ''[[Boston Globe]]'' that "it's preposterous" to call Sanger the co-founder. However, Sanger strongly contests that description. He was identified as a co-founder of Wikipedia at least as early as September 2001 and referred to himself that way as early as January 2002.
* {{cite news|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041206/news_mz1b6encyclo.html|author =Jonathan Sidener|title =Everyone's Encyclopedia|accessdate = 2006-10-15|publisher=San Diego Union Tribune}}
* {{cite news|author=Peter Meyers|title=Fact-Driven? Collegial? This Site Wants You|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9800E5D6123BF933A1575AC0A9679C8B63&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fC%2fComputer%20Software|publisher =[[New York Times]]|accessdate = 2006-10-15|date=2001-09-20}}
* {{cite web|url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_and_why_it_matters&oldid=149626|author=[[Larry Sanger|Sanger, Larry]]|title=What Wikipedia is and why it matters|accessdate = 2006-04-12}}</ref>}}


-this place is seemingly run by high schoolers, they don't know much about the world and knowledge yet, why should they be an admin for a site when they aren't old enough to get real jobs, or college degrees?
'''Wikipedia''' ([[IPA chart for English|IPA]]: {{IPA|/ˌwikiˈpiːdi.ə/}}, {{IPA|/ˌwɪkiˈpiːdi.ə/}}, or {{IPA|/ˌwaɪkiˈpiːdi.ə/}} ({{audio|en-us-Wikipedia.ogg|Audio (U.S.)}}) is a [[multilingualism|multilingual]], [[World Wide Web|web]]-based, [[free content]] [[encyclopedia]] project. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by [[volunteer]]s; the vast majority of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the Internet. Wikipedia's name is a [[portmanteau]] of the words ''[[wiki]]'' (a type of collaborative website) and ''[[encyclopedia]]''. Its main [[server (computing)|servers]] are in [[Tampa, Florida]], with additional servers in [[Amsterdam]] and [[Seoul]].


-Way too much crap about pop culture, anime, sci-fi and stuff like that. That's not real knowledge.
Wikipedia's [[English Wikipedia|English edition]] was launched on [[January 15]], [[2001]], as a complement to [[Nupedia]], an expert-written and now defunct encyclopedia. The project is currently operated by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]], a [[non-profit organization]] created by [[Jimmy Wales]], the co-founder of Wikipedia.<ref name=foundercontroversy/><ref name="Dan_Mitchell">
{{cite news
|first=Dan
|last=Mitchell
|title=Insider Editing at Wikipedia
|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/24/technology/24online.ready.html?ex=1293080400&en=431aff478b00239e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
|publisher=[[The New York Times]]
|date=December 24, 2005
|accessdate=2007-04-14}}</ref><ref name="David_Mehegan">{{cite news
| last = Meghan
| first = David
| work = Business
| publisher = [[The Boston Globe]]
| title = Bias, sabotage haunt Wikipedia's free world
| url = http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2006/02/12/bias_sabotage_haunt_wikipedias_free_world/?page=4
|date=February 12, 2006
| accessdate = 2007-04-14
| quote =
}}</ref><ref name="Brian_Bergstein">{{cite news
|first=Brian
|last=Bergstein
|title=Sanger says he co-started Wikipedia
|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2980046
|work=[[ABC News]]
|publisher=[[Associated Press]]
|date=March 25, 2007
|accessdate=2007-04-14
|quote =<small>The nascent Web encyclopedia Citizendium springs from Larry Sanger, a philosophy Ph.D. who counts himself as a co-founder of Wikipedia, the site he now hopes to usurp. The claim does not seem particularly controversial - Sanger has long been cited as a co-founder. Yet the other founder, Jimmy Wales, is not happy about it.<small/>}}<small> — Brian Bergstein.</small></ref><ref name="The_Hive">
{{cite news
|first=Marshall
|last=Poe
|title=The Hive
|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200609/wikipedia/
|publisher=[[The Atlantic Monthly|The Atlantic]]
|date=September, 2006
|accessdate=2007-04-14}}</ref> Wikipedia has approximately 7.4 million articles in 253 languages,<ref name="ListOfWikipedias">{{cite web | url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Wikipedias&oldid=517497 | title=List of Wikipedias | publisher=[[Meta-Wiki]] | accessdate=2007-01-31 | date=2007-01-24}}</ref> 1.8 million <!-- Do not use {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} here --> of which are in the English edition. It has steadily risen in popularity since its inception,<ref name="AlexaStats">{{cite web | url=http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=5y&size=large&y=t&url=wikipedia.org | title=Five-year traffic statistics for wikipedia.org | publisher=[[Alexa Internet]] | accessdate=2007-01-29}}</ref> and currently ranks among the top ten most-visited websites worldwide.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=3&nbsp;m&size=large&y=t&url=wikipedia.org | title=Three-month traffic [[statistics]] for wikipedia.org | publisher=[[Alexa Internet]] | accessdate=2007-01-29}}</ref>


-getting close to 2 million articles, there is no reason to have that many article on here, there needs to be a weed whacker to just take a few hundred thousand articles off
Due to its open nature, critics have questioned Wikipedia's reliability and accuracy.<ref name="Who">{{cite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1335892,00.html | title=Who knows? | accessdate=2007-02-11 | author=Simon Waldman | publisher=''[[The Guardian]]'' | date=2004-10-26}}</ref> The site has also been criticized for its susceptibility to [[vandalism]] and the addition of false or unverified information,<ref name="DeathByWikipedia" /> uneven quality, [[systemic bias]] and inconsistencies,<ref name="SangerElitism" /> and for favoring [[consensus]] over [[credential]]s in its editorial process.<ref name="AcademiaAndWikipedia">{{cite web | url=http://www.corante.com/many/archives/2005/01/04/academia_and_wikipedia.php | title=Academia and Wikipedia | accessdate=2007-02-11 | author=[[Danah Boyd]] | publisher=[[Many-to-many|Many-to-Many]] | date=2005-01-04}}</ref> Wikipedia's content policies<ref name="PoliciesAndGuidelines">{{cite web | url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines | title=List of policies and guidelines | accessdate=2007-01-31 | publisher=English Wikipedia}}</ref> and sub-projects set up by contributors seek to address these concerns.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject | title=Wikipedia:WikiProject | accessdate=2007-01-29 | publisher=[[English Wikipedia]]}}</ref> Two scholarly studies have concluded that vandalism is generally short-lived<ref name="MIT_IBM_study">{{ cite paper | title = Studying Cooperation and Conflict between Authors with History Flow Visualizations | format = [[PDF]] | accessdate = 2007-01-24 | url = http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~fviegas/papers/history_flow.pdf }}</ref> and that Wikipedia is generally as accurate as other encyclopedias.<ref name="Rosenzweig_2006" /><!-- THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER. Some prose about how Wikipedia has attracted praise, criticism and its fair share of controversy belongs here. We were missing praise and giving too much duplicated information before. -->


-people editing these article may be high school drop outs, or bad college students with 1.0 gpas, how can you trust anything on here if you have people like that on here.
== Authorship and management ==
[[Image:Wikipedia—Old Logo—Transparent.png|left|thumb|The Original Wikipedia logo]]
Maintenance tasks are performed by a group of volunteers; these include developers, who work on the [[MediaWiki]] software, and other trusted users with various permission levels including "steward", "bureaucrat" and "administrator".<ref>"[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:User_access_levels&oldid=100160162 Wikipedia:User access levels]", Wikipedia ([[January 12]], [[2007]])</ref> Administrators are the largest group of specially privileged users, and have the ability to delete (remove) pages, lock articles from being changed, and prevent users from editing.<ref>"[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators&oldid=102666051 Wikipedia:Administrators]", Wikipedia ([[January 23]], [[2007]])</ref>
Wikipedia is funded through the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. Its 4th Quarter 2005 costs were $321,000 [[United States dollar|USD]], with hardware making up almost 60% of the budget.<ref>{{cite web|title=Budget/2005|publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]]|url=http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Budget/2005|accessdate=2006-03-11}}</ref> The Wikimedia Foundation currently relies primarily on private donations, and holds regular fundraisers;<ref>[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising Fundraising], [[Wikimedia Foundation]]</ref> the January 2007 fundraiser raised just over $1 million.<ref>"[http://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Fundraising_report&oldid=19190 Fundraising report]", [[Wikimedia Foundation]] ([[January 21]] [[2007]])</ref>


-Why the fuck would you spend hours editing this and not even be paid? That is a waste of time, collossal waste of time. When you could go out getting laid and having fun like normal people, you sit in front of a computer, get fat, pale, and are just an undesirable person trying to get your shit about mange and anime on a website.
== Software and hardware ==
[[Image:Floridaserversfront1.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Wikipedia receives between 10,000 and 30,000 page requests per second, depending on time of day.<ref>"[http://hemlock.knams.wikimedia.org/~leon/stats/reqstats/reqstats-monthly.png Monthly request statistics]", Wikimedia. Retrieved on [[2007-02-03]].</ref> More than 100 servers have been set up to handle the traffic.]]


-Just about everyone who edits here can't have any sort of a social life. I doubt any woman would get their panties wet to find out you put 2,000 edits on this shitty encyclopedia.
The operation of Wikipedia depends on [[MediaWiki]], a custom-made, [[free software|free]] and [[open source software|open source]] [[wiki software]] platform written in [[PHP]] and built upon the [[MySQL]] database. The software incorporates modern programming features, such as a [[macro language]], [[variables]], a [[transclusion]] system for [[template]]s, and [[URL redirection]]. MediaWiki is licensed under the [[GNU General Public License]] and used by all Wikimedia projects, as well as many other wiki projects. Originally, Wikipedia ran on [[UseModWiki]] written in [[Perl]] by Clifford Adams (Phase I), which initially required [[CamelCase]] for article hyperlinks; the present double brackets were incorporated later. Starting in January 2002 (Phase II), Wikipedia began running on a [[PhpWiki|PHP wiki]] engine with a MySQL database; this software was custom-made for Wikipedia by [[Magnus Manske]]. The Phase II software was repeatedly modified to accommodate the [[Exponential growth|exponentially increasing]] demand. In July 2002 (Phase III), Wikipedia shifted to the third-generation software, MediaWiki, originally written by Lee Daniel Crocker.


Anyway, I hate this site, it is a waste of efforts and time for anyone on here. The editors are nerdy, ugly and have no lifes, and I am happy to be leaving this piece of shit and spending my time toward better, more fun, social things, although I'm way better than everyone already.
[[Image:Wikimedia-servers-2006-05-09.svg|200px|thumb|right|Overview of system architecture, May 2006. Source: [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Server layout diagrams Server layout diagrams on Meta-Wiki].]]

Wikipedia runs on dedicated [[computer cluster|clusters]] of [[Linux]] servers in [[Florida]] and in four other locations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_servers|title=Wikimedia servers at wikimedia.org|accessdate=2007-02-06}}</ref> Wikipedia employed a single server until 2004, when the server setup was expanded into a distributed [[multitier architecture]]. In January 2005, the project ran on 39 [[Dedicated hosting service|dedicated servers]] located in Florida. This configuration included a single master [[database server]] running [[MySQL]], multiple slave database servers, 21 [[web server]]s running the [[Apache HTTP Server]], and seven [[Squid cache]] servers. By September 2005, its [[computer cluster|server cluster]] had grown to around 100 servers in four locations around the world.

Page requests are first passed to a front-end layer of [[Squid cache|Squid caching]] servers. Requests that cannot be served from the Squid cache are sent to load-balancing servers running the [[Perlbal]] software, which in turn pass the request to one of the Apache web servers for page-rendering from the database. The web servers deliver pages as requested, performing page rendering for all the language editions of Wikipedia. To increase speed further, rendered pages for anonymous users are cached in a filesystem until invalidated, allowing page rendering to be skipped entirely for most common page accesses. To further accelerate response times, Wikimedia is building a global network of caching servers, beginning with three caching servers in France. Two larger clusters in the Netherlands and Korea now handle much of Wikipedia's traffic load.

== Language editions ==
{{seealso|List of Wikipedias}}
[[Image:He-Wikipedia.png|right|thumb|300px|Wikipedia in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]].<ref>[http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Main Page], [[Hebrew Wikipedia]]</ref>]]
Wikipedia has been described as "an effort to create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language".<ref>[[Jimmy Wales]], "[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2005-March/020469.html Wikipedia is an encyclopedia]", March 8 2005, <wikipedia-l@wikimedia.org></ref> There are presently 252 language editions of Wikipedia; of these, the top 14 have over 100,000 articles and the top 136 have over 1,000 articles.<ref name="ListOfWikipedias" />

Since Wikipedia is web-based and therefore world-wide, contributors of a same language edition may use different dialects or may come from different countries (this is the case for the [[English Wikipedia|English edition]]). These differences may lead to some conflicts about spelling<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Spelling|title=Wikipedia:Manual of Style (spelling)|accessdate=2007-05-19}}</ref> or points of view.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Countering_systemic_bias|title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Countering_systemic_bias|accessdate=2007-05-19}}</ref> According to [[Alexa Internet|Alexa Internet's]] [[Audience|audience measurement]] service, the English [[subdomain]] (en.wikipedia.org) receives approximately 51% of Wikipedia's cumulative traffic, with the remaining 49% split among the other languages (Spanish: 15%, Japanese 5%, German: 5%, French: 4%, Polish: 3%, Portuguese: 2%, Arabic: 2%).<ref name="AlexaStats" />

Though the various language editions are held to global policies such as "neutral point of view," they diverge on some points of policy and practice. It is most notably the case for the use of non-free images.<ref>http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fair_use and http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Images_on_Wikipedia</ref>

===Coordination and translation===
Though each language editions are more or less independent, some efforts are made to supervise them all. They are coordinated in part by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meta-Wiki Meta-Wiki], the Wikimedia Foundation's wiki devoted to maintaining all of its projects (Wikipedia and others). For instance, Meta-Wiki provide important statistics on all language editions of Wikipedia and maintain a [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_articles_every_Wikipedia_should_have list of articles every Wikipedia should have]. This list concerns basic content like science, history, geography, etc. As for the rest, it is not rare for articles strongly related to a particular language not to have counterparts in another edition. For example, articles about small townships of the United States might only be available in English.

Multilingual editors of sufficient fluency are encouraged to translate articles manually; automated translation of articles is explicitly disallowed.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Translations Wikipedia: Translation]. English Wikipedia, accessed on [[2007-02-03]]</ref> Translated articles represent only a small portion of articles in most editions.<ref>For example, "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Translation_into_English Translation into English]", Wikipedia. (March 9, 2005)</ref> Articles available in more than one language may offer "[[InterWiki]]" links in their left margins, which link to the counterpart articles in other editions. Images and other non-verbal media are shared among the various language editions through the [[Wikimedia Commons]] repository. Beyond translations, some multingual efforts are also realised thanks to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilingual_coordination multilingual coordination].

== Reliability and bias ==
{{main|Reliability of Wikipedia}}

Wikipedia appeals to the authority of peer-reviewed publications rather than the personal authority of experts.<ref name="WP_RS">"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources Wikipedia:Reliable sources]", [[English Wikipedia]]. Retrieved on [[2007-01-27]].</ref> Wikipedia does not require that its contributors give their legal names<ref>"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Username Wikipedia:Username]", English Wikipedia. Retrieved on [[2007-01-29]].</ref> or provide other information to establish their identity.<ref>"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Privacy Wikipedia:Privacy]", English Wikipedia. Retrieved on [[2007-01-29]].</ref> Although some contributors are authorities in their field, Wikipedia requires that even their contributions be supported by published sources.<ref name="WP_RS" />

Wikipedia tries to address the problem of [[systemic bias]], and to deal with zealous editors who seek to influence the presentation of an article in a biased way, by insisting on a neutral point of view.<ref name="NPOV" /> The English-language Wikipedia has introduced a scale against which the quality of articles is judged;<ref>"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment]", Wikipedia. Retrieved on [[2007-01-27]].</ref> other editions have also adopted this. Roughly 1200 articles have passed a rigorous set of criteria to reach the highest rank, "featured article" status; such articles are intended to provide a thorough, well-written coverage of their topic, and be supported by many references to peer-reviewed publications.<ref>"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_criteria Featured article criteria]", Wikipedia. Retrieved on [[2007-01-27]].</ref>

=== Academic evaluation ===
Some studies suggest that Wikipedia provides a good starting point for research, but sometimes suffers from significant omissions and inaccuracies.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wikipedia survives research test |date=[[December 15]], [[2005]] |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4530930.stm}}</ref> On the other hand, an investigation by ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' comparing Wikipedia to the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' suggested a near similar level of accuracy in terms of its [[natural science]] articles.<ref>"[http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051212/full/438900a.html Internet encyclopaedias go head to head]", ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'', [[14 December]] [[2005]]</ref> [[Encyclopædia Britannica]] Inc. disagreed and described this study as "fatally flawed",<ref>{{cite paper |author=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. |title=Fatally Flawed: Refuting the recent study on encyclopedic accuracy by the journal ''Nature'' |date=March 22, 2006 |url=http://corporate.britannica.com/britannica_nature_response.pdf |format=[[PDF]]}}</ref> to which ''Nature'' later responded, stating that its study was perfectly neutral.<ref>"[http://www.nature.com/nature/britannica/index.html Nature's responses to Encyclopaedia Britannica]", ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' ([[March 30]] [[2006]]). Retrieved on [[2007-02-01]].</ref> Other studies have concluded that Wikipedia's coverage of history is significantly broader and deeper than that of [[Encarta]], while being just as accurate,<ref name="Rosenzweig_2006">{{cite journal |last=Rosenzweig |first=Roy |year=2006 |title=Can History be Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the Past |journal=The Journal of American History |volume=93 |pages=117–146}}</ref> and that obvious vandalism is usually reverted quickly.<ref name="MIT_IBM_study" />

In a study of Wikipedia as a community, economics PhD student Andrea Ciffolilli argued that the low [[transaction cost]]s of participating in [[wiki]] software create a catalyst for collaborative development, and that a "creative construction" approach encourages participation.<ref>Andrea Ciffolilli, "[http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_12/ciffolilli/index.html Phantom authority, self-selective recruitment and retention of members in virtual communities: The case of Wikipedia]", ''[[First Monday (journal)|First Monday]]'' December 2003.</ref>

In February 2007, an article in [[The Harvard Crimson]] newspaper reported that some of the professors at [[Harvard University]] do include Wikipedia in their syllabi, but that there is a split in their perception of using Wikipedia.<ref>Child, Maxwell L.,[http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=517305 "Professors Split on Wiki Debate"], The Harvard Crimson, Monday, February 26, 2007.</ref>

== Criticism and controversy ==
{{main|Criticism of Wikipedia}}

Wikipedia has been accused of exhibiting [[systemic bias]] and inconsistency;<ref name="Who">Simon Waldman, http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1335892,00.html Who knows?, The Guardian, [[October 26]] [[2004]]</ref> critics argue that Wikipedia's open nature, and favouring [[consensus]] over [[credential]]s in its editorial process, makes it unauthoritative, and that a lack of proper sources for much of the information makes it unreliable.<ref>{{ cite news | author = Stacy Schiff | date = [[2006-07-31]] | title = Know It All | work = The New Yorker }}</ref> Some commentators suggest that Wikipedia is usually reliable, but that it is not always clear how much.<ref name="AcademiaAndWikipedia">[[Danah Boyd]], "[http://www.corante.com/many/archives/2005/01/04/academia_and_wikipedia.php Academia and Wikipedia]", [[Many-to-many|Many-to-Many]], [[January 4]] [[2005]].</ref> The project's preference for [[consensus]] over [[credential]]s has been labelled "anti-elitism".<ref name="SangerElitism">[[Larry Sanger]], "[http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/12/30/142458/25 Why Wikipedia Must Jettison Its Anti-Elitism]", [[Kuro5hin]], [[December 31]] [[2004]].</ref> Editors of traditional [[reference work]]s such as the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' have questioned the project's utility and status as an encyclopedia.<ref name="McHenry_2004">[[Robert McHenry]], "[http://www.techcentralstation.com/111504A.html The Faith-Based Encyclopedia]", [[Tech Central Station]], [[November 15]] [[2004]].</ref> Many [[university]] [[lecturer]]s discourage students from citing any encyclopedia in [[Academia|academic work]], preferring [[primary source]]s;<ref name="WideWorldOfWikipedia">{{ cite web | title = Wide World of WIKIPEDIA | publisher = The Emory Wheel | url = http://www.emorywheel.com/media/storage/paper919/news/2006/04/21/News/Wide-World.Of.Wikipedia-1865022.shtml | date = [[April 21]] [[2006]] | accessdate = 2007-01-25 }}</ref> some specifically prohibit Wikipedia citations.<ref>"[http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/01/26/wiki A Stand Against Wikipedia]", ''Inside Higher Ed'' ([[January 26]] [[2007]]). Retrieved on [[January 27]] [[2007]].</ref> Co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] stresses that encyclopedias of any type are not usually appropriate as primary sources, and should not be relied upon as authoritative.<ref name="AWorkInProgress">[http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2005/tc20051214_441708.htm Wikipedia: "A Work in Progress"], [[BusinessWeek]] ([[December 14]], [[2005]]). Retrieved on [[2007-01-29]].</ref> Technology writer [[Bill Thompson (technology writer)|Bill Thompson]] commented that the debate was possibly "symptomatic of much learning about information which is happening in society today."<ref>{{cite news |title=What is it with Wikipedia? |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4534712.stm |date=[[2005-12-16]] |publisher=[[British Broadcasting Company|BBC]] |first=Bill |last=Thompson}}</ref>

Concerns have also been raised regarding the lack of [[accountability]] that results from users' anonymity,<ref name="WikipediaWatch">[[Public Information Research]] - Wikipedia Watch. Retrieved on [[2007-01-28]].</ref> and that it is vulnerable to [[vandalism]] and Internet [[troll (internet)|trolls]].<ref>{{ cite web | title = Toward a New Compendium of Knowledge (longer version) | url = http://www.citizendium.org/essay.html | work = Citizendium.org | accessdate = 2006-10-10 }}</ref> For example, [[John Seigenthaler Sr. Wikipedia biography controversy|false information was introduced]] into the biography of [[John Seigenthaler, Sr.]] and remained undetected for four months.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-11-29-wikipedia-edit_x.htm |last=Seigenthaler |first=John |title=A False Wikipedia 'biography' |date=[[2005-11-29]] |publisher=USA Today}}</ref>

Wikipedia's community has been described as "[[cult]]-like",<ref>{{cite news |url=http://technology.guardian.co.uk/opinion/story/0,16541,1667346,00.html |title=Log on and join in, but beware the web cults |first=Charles |last=Arthur |date=[[2005-12-15]] |publisher=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> although not always with entirely negative connotations,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/08/03/wikipedia/index.html |title=Wikipedia: The know-it-all Web site |date=[[2003-08-04]] |first=Kristie |last=Lu Stout|publisher=[[Cable News Network|CNN]]}}</ref> and criticised for failing to accommodate inexperienced users.<ref>"{{cite web |url=http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=Critical_views_of_Wikipedia |title=Critical views of Wikipedia |author=[[Wikinfo]] |date=[[2005-03-30]] |accessdate=2007-01-29}}</ref> The addition of political [[Spin (public relations)|spin]] to articles by organizations including the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] and special interest groups<ref name="DeathByWikipedia">{{cite web | title = Death by Wikipedia: The Kenneth Lay Chronicles | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/08/AR2006070800135.html | accessdate = 2006-11-01 | first = Frank | last = Ahrens | publisher = The Washington Post | date = 2006-07-09 }}</ref> has been noted,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-6032713.html |title=Politicians notice Wikipedia |publisher=[[CNET]] |author=Kane, Margaret |date=2006-01-30 |accessdate=2007-01-28}}</ref> and organizations such as [[Microsoft]] have offered financial incentives to work on certain articles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16775981/ |title=Microsoft offers cash for Wikipedia edit |publisher=[[MSNBC]] |author=Bergstein, Brian |date=[[2007-01-23]] |accessdate=2007-02-01}}</ref> Wikipedia has been parodied by its critics, notably by [[Stephen Colbert]] in ''[[The Colbert Report]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Colbert speaks, America follows: All Hail Wikiality!|publisher=c-net news.com|url=http://news.com.com/2061-10802_3-6100754.html|author=Caroline McCarthy|date=2006-08-01}}</ref>

In 2007, the Wikipedia article on then-Montana senator [[Conrad Burns]] was edited by his own staff, causing [[political scandal]] among his constituents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2006/02/09/news/wikipedia.txt |title=Burns' office may have tampered with Wikipedia entry |publisher=[[Bozeman Daily Chronicle]] |author=Williams, Walt |date=2007-01-01 |accessdate=2007-02-13}}</ref>

Wikipedia's content policies<ref name="PoliciesAndGuidelines">"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines List of policies and guidelines]", English Wikipedia. Retrieved on [[2007-01-31]].</ref> and sub-projects set up by contributors seek to address these concerns.<ref>"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia:WikiProject]", [[English Wikipedia]]. Retrieved on [[2007-01-29]].</ref> Several scholarly studies have concluded that vandalism is generally short-lived,<ref name="MIT_IBM_study">{{ cite paper | title = Studying Cooperation and Conflict between Authors with History Flow Visualizations | format = [[PDF]] | accessdate = 2007-01-24 | url = http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~fviegas/papers/history_flow.pdf }}</ref> and that Wikipedia is roughly as accurate as other online encyclopedias.<ref name="Rosenzweig_2006" />

Due to Wikipedia's openness, it is a prime target for [[Troll (Internet)|trolls]] who, with intent, add misleading, sometimes biased information to articles or delete or reword [[Objectivity (journalism)|neutral in tone]] information from articles, occasionally, carry on a seemingly never ending conversation in article discussion rooms, and draw undue attention to themselves.<ref name="Torsten_Kleinz">{{cite news
|first=Torsten
|last=Kleinz
|title=World of Knowledge
|work =The Wikipedia Project
|url=http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/51/Wikipedia_Encyclopedia.pdf
|publisher=[[Linux Magazine]]
|date=February, 2005
|accessdate=2007-05-12
|quote=<small>The Wikipedia's open structure makes it a target for trolls and vandals who malevolently add incorrect information to articles, get other people tied up in endless discussions, and generally do everything to draw attention to themselves.</small>}}<small> — Torsten Kleinz.</small></ref><ref name="Left_in_Control_of_Wikipedia">{{cite news
|first =
|last =
|title = Left in Control of Wikipedia
|url = http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/5/13/212015.shtml?s=lh
|work =
|publisher = [[NewsMax]]
|date = May 14, 2007
|accessdate = 2007-05-17}}</ref>

== Awards ==
Wikipedia won two major awards in May 2004.<ref>"[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trophy_box Trophy Box]", [[Meta-Wiki]] ([[March 28]] [[2005]]).</ref> The first was a Golden globe for Digital Communities of the annual [[Prix Ars Electronica]] contest; this came with a $10,000 (£6,588; $12,700) ebay account and an invitation to present at the Piracy Festival in [[Austria]] later that year. The second was a Judges' [[Webby Awards|Webby Award]] for the "community" category.<ref>"[http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/winners-2004.php Webby Awards 2004]"</ref> Wikipedia was also nominated for a "Best Practices" Webby. In September 2004, the [[Japanese Wikipedia]] was awarded a Web Creation Award from the Japan Advertisers Association. This award, normally given to individuals for great contributions to the Web in Japanese, was accepted by a long-standing contributor on behalf of the project.

In a 2006 ''Multiscope'' research study, the [[Dutch Wikipedia]] was rated the third best [[Dutch language]] site, after [[Google]] and [[Gmail]], with a score of 8.1.<ref>"[http://www.multiscope.nl/organisatie/nieuws/sberichten/nederlandse-wikipedia-groeit-als-kool.html Nederlandse Wikipedia groeit als kool] (Website in Dutch Language), Recovered [[December 27]], [[2006]]</ref> On 26 January 2007, Wikipedia was also awarded the fourth highest brand ranking by the readers of [http://www.brandchannel.com brandchannel.com], receiving 15% of the votes in answer to the question "Which brand had the most impact on our lives in 2006?"<ref>"[http://www.brandchannel.com/features_effect.asp?pf_id=352 Similar Search Results: Google Wins]", [[Interbrand]] ([[January 29]] [[2007]]). Retrieved on [[2007-01-28]].</ref> Founder Jimmy Wales was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by ''[[TIME Magazine]]'' in 2006.<ref>"[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187286,00.html Jimmy Wales in Time 100]", [[TIME]], 08:58 [[December 18]] [[2006]].</ref> In 2006, the [[Russian Wikipedia]] won the "Science and education" category of the "[[Runet Prize]]" (Russian: ''[[:ru:Премия Рунета|Премия Рунета]]'') award, supervised<ref>{{ru icon}}[http://lenta.ru/news/2005/08/29/premia/ Major award of Russian Internet became a state one] — [[Lenta.ru]], August 29 2005</ref> by the [[Politics of Russia|Russian government]] agency [[FAPMC]].

== In the media ==
{{main|Wikipedia in popular culture}}''See also: [[History of Wikipedia]]''

Wikipedia's content has been mirrored and forked by many sites including [[database dump]]s.{{Fact|date=June 2007}} There is even a free downloadable DVD version<ref>"[http://www.wikipediaondvd.com/site.php?temp=down List of Mirrors Hosting the CD Iso.]" ''Wikipedia on DVD''. [[Linterweb]]. Accessed 1 June 2007</ref> developed by [[Linterweb]] which contains "1964 + articles".<ref>"[http://www.wikipediaondvd.com/ Wikipedia on DVD]". Linterweb. Accessed 1 June 2007. "Linterweb is authorized to make a commercial use of the Wikipedia trademark restricted to the selling of the Encyclopedia CDs and DVDs."</ref><ref>"[http://www.wikipediaondvd.com/site.php?temp=buy Wikipedia 0.5 Available on a CD-ROM]". ''Wikipedia on DVD''. Linterweb. Accessed 1 June 2007. "The DVD or CD-ROM version 0.5 was commercially available for purchase."</ref> Wikipedia's content has also been used in academic studies, books, conferences and court cases.<ref>"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_in_the_media Wikipedia:Wikipedia in the media]", Wikipedia</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200216886.pdf|title=Bourgeois ''et al'' v. Peters ''et al.''|format=PDF|accessdate=2007-02-06}}</ref> The [[Parliament of Canada|Canadian Parliament]] website refers to Wikipedia's article on [[same-sex marriage]] in the "related links" section of its "further reading" list for [[Civil Marriage Act]].<ref>"[http://www.parl.gc.ca/LEGISINFO/index.asp?Lang=E&Chamber=C&StartList=2&EndList=200&Session=13&Type=0&Scope=I&query=4381&List=toc C-38]", LEGISINFO ([[March 28]] [[2005]])</ref> The encyclopedia's assertions are increasingly used as a source by organizations such as the U.S. Federal Courts and the World [[Intellectual property|Intellectual Property]] Office<ref name="WP_court_source">{{cite journal |last=Arias |first=Martha L. |date=29 January 2007 |title=[http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=latestnews&id=1668 Wikipedia: The Free Online Encyclopedia and its Use as Court Source] |journal=Internet Business Law Services}}</ref> — though mainly for ''supporting information'' rather than information decisive to a case.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Noam |date=29 January 2007 |title=[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/technology/29wikipedia.html?ref=technology Courts Turn to Wikipedia, but Selectively] |journal=New York Times}}</ref> Wikipedia has also been used as a source in [[journalism]],<ref>"[http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/08/russia.basayev/ Basayev: Russia's most wanted man]", [[CNN]], [[8 September]] [[2004]].</ref> sometimes without attribution; several reporters have been dismissed for plagiarizing from Wikipedia.<ref>"[http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA010307.02A.richter.132c153.html Express-News staffer resigns after plagiarism in column is discovered]", ''[[San Antonio Express-News]]'', [[9 January]] [[2007]].</ref><ref>"[http://starbulletin.com/2006/01/13/news/story03.html Inquiry prompts reporter's dismissal]", ''[[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]]'', [[13 January]] [[2007]].</ref>

With increased usage and awareness, there have been an increasing number of references to Wikipedia in popular culture. Many parody Wikipedia's openness, with characters vandalizing or modifying the online encyclopedia project's articles. [[Uncyclopedia]] is the largest such website; its Main Page claims that it is the "content-free encyclopedia that [[anyone can edit]],"<ref>"[http://uncyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=1497858 Main Page]", uncyclopedia.org (as of [[January 26]] [[2007]]). Retrieved on [[2007-01-28]].</ref> parodying the English Wikipedia's welcome message on its {{srlink|Main Page}}.

In the episode "Wikiality" of [[The Colbert Report]], host [[Stephen Colbert]] has instigated his viewers to vandalize articles in humorous ways, once doing so on the Wikipedia article on [[elephant]]s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://spring.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/01/307864-stephen-colbert-causes-chaos-on-wikipedia-gets-blocked-from-site |title=Colbert Causes Chaos on Wikipedia |publisher=[[Newsvine]] |date=[[August 1]] [[2006]] |accessdate=2006-09-28}}</ref> On the May 24, 2007 broadcast the guest was [[Jimmy Wales]], the co-founder of Wikipedia. Stephen Colbert referred to Wikipedia as a "battlefield for information", a tool which "brings democracy to information," and moves away from the original views of the "elite who study things and got to say what is or is not real." During the interview Stephen Colbert issued a challenge to Wales by showing a phrase on the screen "Librarians are hiding something." - a phrase that Jimmy Wales could not see, with the implication that Wales was powerless to stop a critical mass of individuals from editing a page according to the dictates of one influential individual, as Stephen put it, when "groupthink being brought to information can be controlled and manipulated in wonderful ways." Jimmy Wales' response was that "the interesting thing about your show is that Wikipedians watch it." Almost immediately the Wikipedia entry for "librarian" was protected from vandalism, and edits to other pages were rapidly undone. References were also made in the discussion to "Albert Einstein was an alpaca farmer" and "oxygen being a poison", as overt challenges to the audience to edit these Wikipedia entries, and editing [[Spanish Wikipedia]] to say "Learn English".<ref>[[Stephen Colbert]]. Colbert Nation. [[Comedy Central]]. Retrieved on 2007-05-25.</ref>

[["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s character in his video [[White & Nerdy|'White & Nerdy']] is seen vandalising the entry for the Atlantic [[record label]] with the exclamation "You suck!," after they rescinded permission for a parody.<ref>"[http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20523843-5006024,00.html Weird Al Yankovic]," [[Herald Sun]], [[October 5]] [[2006]]. Retrieved on [[2007-01-25]].</ref>

In a recent episode of ''[[American Dad]]'' (entitled [[Black Mystery Month]]), protagonists [[Stan Smith (American Dad!)|Stan Smith]] and [[Steve Smith (American Dad!)|Steve Smith]] fail to reveal to the world that [[George Washington Carver]] was not the person who invented [[peanut butter]], then create a Wikipedia page entitled "The Truth About Peanut Butter" to inform the world, citing that it is the one place you can put crazy information out with no evidence and still have millions of people believe it to be true.

In "[[The Negotiation (The Office episode)|The Negotiation]]" episode of ''[[The Office (US TV series)|The Office]]'', [[Michael Scott (The Office)|Michael]] prints out a [[Negotiation (process)#Tactics|list of negotiation tactics]] and praises Wikipedia, calling it "the best thing ever." However, his comment that, "anyone anywhere in the world can edit it, so you know you're getting the best information possible," can be seen as sarcasm on the part of the show's writers.

== Related projects ==
Wikipedia has spawned several sister projects. The first, "''In Memoriam: September 11<!--Do not reformat this date, it is quoted--> Wiki''",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sep11memories.org/|title=sep11memories.org/<!--INSERT TITLE-->|accessdate=2007-02-06}}</ref> created in October 2002,<ref>[http://sep11memories.org/index.php?title=In_Memoriam&oldid=1502 First edit to the wiki] In Memoriam: September 11 wiki ([[October 28]], [[2002]])</ref> detailed the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]; this project was closed in October 2006.<ref>"[http://sep11memories.org/index.php?title=In_Memoriam&oldid=11355 In Memoriam]",In Memoriam: September 11 Wiki ([[October 31]] [[2006]])</ref> [[Wiktionary]], a dictionary project, was launched in December 2002;<ref>"[http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_News&diff=prev&oldid=4133 Announcement of Wiktionary's creation]", [[December 12]] [[2002]]. Retrieved on [[2007-02-02]].</ref> [[Wikiquote]], a collection of quotations, a week after Wikimedia launched, and [[Wikibooks]], a collection of collaboratively written free books, the next month. Wikimedia has since started a number of other projects.<ref name="OurProjects">"[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects Our projects]", [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. Retrieved on [[2007-01-24]]</ref>

A similar non-wiki project, the [[GNUpedia]] project, co-existed with Nupedia early in its history; however, it has been retired and its creator, [[free software|free-software]] figure [[Richard Stallman]], has lent his support to Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite news|author=[[Richard Stallman]]|title=The Free Encyclopedia Project|date=1999|publisher=[[Free Software Foundation]]|url=http://www.gnu.org/encyclopedia/encyclopedia.html}}</ref>

Other websites centered around collaborative [[knowledge base]] development have drawn inspiration from or inspired Wikipedia. Some, such as [[Susning.nu]], ''[[Enciclopedia Libre]]'', and [[WikiZnanie]] likewise employ no formal review process, whereas others use more traditional [[peer review]], such as the expert-written ''[[Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]]'', [[H2G2|h2g2]] and [[Everything2]].

Another wiki project, the [[Conservapedia]], is based on the Wikipedia software platform ([[Mediawiki]]), and it draws from the basic principles of the Wikipedia, but it is intended to address what is perceived and denounced as Wikipedia's liberal bias.

Also, a [[satire|satirical]] [[parody]] of Wikipedia, [[Uncyclopedia]], was created in 2005. Designed to be the complete opposite of Wikipedia, most of the articles are either completely fictional or parodied to such an extent that almost little or no original factual accuracy remains.

== Fork of Citizendium ==
According to a statement made by Jimmy Wales, who is the current ''de-facto'' leader of Wikipedia,<ref name="defactoleader">{{cite news
|first=Holden
|last=Frith
|url=http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article1571519.ece
|title=Wikipedia founder launches rival online encyclopaedia
|publisher=[[The Times]]
|date=March 26, 2007
|accessdate=2007-05-17
|quote=<small>Wikipedia’s de facto leader, Jimmy Wales, stood by the site's format.</small>}}<small> — Holden Frith.</small></ref> "We welcome a diversity of efforts," he said when he was referring to the [[Citizendium]] project in an interview. "If Larry's project is able to produce good work, we will benefit from it by copying it back into Wikipedia."<ref name="JayLyman">
{{cite news
|first=Jay
|last=Lyman
|url=http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/53137.html
|title=Wikipedia Co-Founder Planning New Expert-Authored Site
|publisher=LinuxInsider
|date=September 20, 2006
|accessdate = 2007-05-17}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{meta|List of Wikipedias}}
* [[Congressional staffer edits to Wikipedia]]
* [[List of encyclopedias]]
* [[List of Wikipedias]]
* [[List of wikis]]
* [[Open content]]
* [[User-generated content]]
* [[Wikipedia community]]
* [[Wikipedia:About|About Wikipedia]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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{{wikinewscat|Wikipedia}}
{{Spoken Wikipedia|Wikipedia.ogg|2005-06-25}}
* [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] - multilingual portal (contains links to all language editions of the project)
* [http://dmoz.org/Computers/Open_Source/Open_Content/Encyclopedias/Wikipedia/ Wikipedia] at the [[Open Directory Project]]
*[http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tech/wikipedia.html CBC News: I, editor]
*[http://www.wikihow.com/Constructivly-Edit-Wikipedia Help Edit Wikipedia] A [[wikiHow]] article.

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wikipedia is a piece of shit, reasons:

-this place is seemingly run by high schoolers, they don't know much about the world and knowledge yet, why should they be an admin for a site when they aren't old enough to get real jobs, or college degrees?

-Way too much crap about pop culture, anime, sci-fi and stuff like that. That's not real knowledge.

-getting close to 2 million articles, there is no reason to have that many article on here, there needs to be a weed whacker to just take a few hundred thousand articles off

-people editing these article may be high school drop outs, or bad college students with 1.0 gpas, how can you trust anything on here if you have people like that on here.

-Why the fuck would you spend hours editing this and not even be paid? That is a waste of time, collossal waste of time. When you could go out getting laid and having fun like normal people, you sit in front of a computer, get fat, pale, and are just an undesirable person trying to get your shit about mange and anime on a website.

-Just about everyone who edits here can't have any sort of a social life. I doubt any woman would get their panties wet to find out you put 2,000 edits on this shitty encyclopedia.

Anyway, I hate this site, it is a waste of efforts and time for anyone on here. The editors are nerdy, ugly and have no lifes, and I am happy to be leaving this piece of shit and spending my time toward better, more fun, social things, although I'm way better than everyone already.

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