Owner : Wikimedia Foundation
Other Sites They Own: It operates several online collaborative wiki projects including Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikibooks (including Wikijunior), Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies, Wikinews, Wikiversity, Wikimedia Incubator and Meta-Wiki.
Revenue: $2,734,909 (2007
4) Its name is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a technology for creating collaborative websites, from the Hawaiian word wiki, meaning "quick") and encyclopedia
3 Quotes:
1) In addition to logistic growth in the number of its articles, Wikipedia has steadily gained status as a general reference website since its inception in 2001.
2) According to Alexa and comScore, Wikipedia is among the ten most visited websites worldwide.
3)Of the top ten, Wikipedia is the only non-profit website. The growth of Wikipedia has been fueled by its dominant position in Google search results
Two linked articles with Wikipedia:
List of online encyclopedias:
This is a list of notable online encyclopedias which are accessible on the World Wide Web.
Wikipedia Review:
The Wikipedia Review is an Internet forum for the discussion of Wikimedia projects, particularly the English Wikipedia, its content and conflicts, and its participants' editing practices. It's like a watchdog of wikipedia; trying to correct what is wrong.
Key info from Wikimedia website:
Wikipedia Layout
Different Language Options
Blog; news and views from Wikimedia Foundation
Support Tab
Information to help Wikimedia; to donate money to run.
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