Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Not to be confused with Wiiki or WIKY. A wiki (/ ˈwɪki / ⓘ WICK-ee) is a form of hypertext publication on the internet which is collaboratively edited and managed by its audience directly …

Dec 7, 2025 · Wikipedia, free Internet-based encyclopedia, started in 2001, that operates under an open-source management style. It is overseen by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation. …

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Apr 3, 2022 · What Is a Wiki? The internet is loaded with informational websites of widely varying quality. Some are filled with carefully curated content, written and edited by people with …

Wikipedia's name is a combination of two words, wiki and encyclopedia.3 Wikipedia was started on January 9, 2001, by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger as part of an earlier online …

"A wiki invites all users—not just experts—to edit any page or to create new pages within the wiki website, using only a standard 'plain-vanilla' Web browser without any extra add-ons."

A wiki is a type of website allowing anyone to create and change its pages. The word is sometimes used in Internet slang to mean Wikipedia. W iki is short for WikiWikiWeb.

Wikipedia was started on January 9, 2001, by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger as part of an earlier online encyclopedia named Nupedia. On January 15, 2001, Wikipedia became a separate …

It is divided into two subseries: the Normale series, covering general knowledge, and the Yidn series (initially planned as a single supplementary volume) covering Jewish history and culture …