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|Quote=The inspiration of all wikis.}} | |Quote=The inspiration of all wikis.}} | ||
'''Wikipedia''' is a multilingual free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers through open collaboration and a wiki-based editing system. It was founded on January 15, 2001 by Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales and Larry Sanger. It is also one of the most popular websites in existence. | '''Wikipedia''' is a multilingual free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers through open collaboration and a wiki-based editing system. It was founded on January 15, 2001, by Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales and Larry Sanger. It is also one of the most popular websites in existence. | ||
==Why It's a Trustworthy Encyclopedia== | ==Why It's a Trustworthy Encyclopedia== | ||
#It is very informative, especially with historical people and events such as the 9/11 attacks, World War II, Summer of Love, George Washington, Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln, and several others. In addition, there are pages for almost everything that fits within their notability guidelines, including the Devious Lick trend and the "My Immortal" fan-fiction. | #It is very informative, especially with historical people and events such as the 9/11 attacks, World War II, Summer of Love, George Washington, Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln, and several others. In addition, there are pages for almost everything that fits within their notability guidelines, including the Devious Lick trend and the "My Immortal" fan-fiction. | ||
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#Their notability guidelines are fair, unlike other websites, as it must be a well-known place, media, or person with some historical significance to be able to be put on the site, and you just can't add something not many people know about. | #Their notability guidelines are fair, unlike other websites, as it must be a well-known place, media, or person with some historical significance to be able to be put on the site, and you just can't add something not many people know about. | ||
#Much like Super Mario Wiki and Encyclopedia SpongeBobia, it has deletion requests and requests for gaining admin rights. | #Much like Super Mario Wiki and Encyclopedia SpongeBobia, it has deletion requests and requests for gaining admin rights. | ||
#There is a Simple English Wikipedia, which is meant to be used for basic English and condenses the information on the main Wikipedia pages into some easy to understand sentences. | #There is a Simple English Wikipedia, which is meant to be used for basic English and condenses the information on the main Wikipedia pages into some easy-to-understand sentences. | ||
#It is multilingual, meaning pretty much anyone in the world can edit it, even non-English speakers | #It is multilingual, meaning pretty much anyone in the world can edit it, even non-English speakers; it also has multiple versions of the site for each language, with English Wikipedia being the most common. | ||
#It revolutionized wikis as a whole and is responsible for making them popular. | #It revolutionized wikis as a whole and is responsible for making them popular. | ||
#*It also inspired the creation of sites that allow you to create your own wiki, such as Fandom (originally known as Wikia and also co-founded by Wales), [[ShoutWiki]], [[Miraheze]], Wikidot and edit this. Info. | #*It also inspired the creation of sites that allow you to create your own wiki, such as Fandom (originally known as Wikia and also co-founded by Wales), [[ShoutWiki]], [[Miraheze]], Wikidot, and edit this. Info. | ||
==Bad Qualities== | ==Bad Qualities== | ||
#Some pages aren't well detailed and have barely any information. One of them used to be the LU (biscuits) page, which there was a dispute over whether LU is a French, Pakistani or American brand despite it being French due to being part of the culture of Nantes. The page was fortunately since been fixed. | #Some pages aren't well-detailed and have barely any information. One of them used to be the LU (biscuits) page, which there was a dispute over whether LU is a French, Pakistani or American brand despite it being French due to being part of the culture of Nantes. The page was fortunately since been fixed. | ||
#There was an incident involving the then-contributor of the site Ryulong, and Crash Override Network. | #There was an incident involving the then-contributor of the site Ryulong, and Crash Override Network. | ||
#The admins, bots and users on the site can occasionally cause problems, such as ClueBot NG, NinjaRobotPirate, and MaterialScientist. Even standard users such as Island92, Serols, and Asher Heimermann also can sometimes cause problems. Some users can be considered unfriendly to some due to their political agendas. | #The admins, bots and users on the site can occasionally cause problems, such as ClueBot NG, NinjaRobotPirate, and MaterialScientist. Even standard users such as Island92, Serols, and Asher Heimermann also can sometimes cause problems. Some users can be considered unfriendly to some due to their political agendas. | ||