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'''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. | ||
#*Even if some of their other pages aren't as detailed, they are very likely to be improved later due to the large userbase, or even by yourself if you are interested. | #*Even if some of their other pages aren't as detailed, they are very likely to be improved later due to the large userbase, or even by yourself if you are interested. | ||
#*The featured and good articles, which showcase the best articles on the wiki, are incredibly informative and have tons of references to back up their claims | #*The featured and good articles, which showcase the best articles on the wiki, are incredibly informative and have tons of references to back up their claims and make the wiki extremely reliable in some cases. They are also a great way of showing how you should write or edit an article on the site in the first place. | ||
#It is very unbiased and can be useful for research purposes. | #It is very unbiased and can be useful for research purposes. | ||
#Anyone with or without an account can edit, leading to a lot of edits on the wiki and most are very constructive and helpful. | #Anyone with or without an account can edit, leading to a lot of edits on the wiki and most are very constructive and helpful. | ||
#* You don't even need an account to start editing, and you can make edits anonymously, although it will reveal your IP address. Creating an account does have benefits, as it allows you to edit protected pages after a while and you have a chance to become part of the staff, as well as gaining recognition if you edit well enough. | #* You don't even need an account to start editing, and you can make edits anonymously, although it will reveal your IP address. Creating an account does have benefits, as it allows you to edit protected pages after a while and you have a chance to become part of the staff, as well as gaining recognition if you edit well enough. | ||
#A lot of pictures for almost everything, including images of real world locations, film posters, video game box art, and photos. You can even find some pretty rare images on the site as well. Finally, some of the images themselves are also high quality, especially ones showcasing real-world locations. | #A lot of pictures for almost everything, including images of real-world locations, film posters, video game box art, and photos. You can even find some pretty rare images on the site as well. Finally, some of the images themselves are also high quality, especially ones showcasing real-world locations. | ||
#There are a lot of admins and users on the wiki, so there is a lower chance of Wikipedia's vandalism getting noticed. This also means that pages will often be updated very quickly with new information. This also means that there are a lot of people on the site to help you out if needed, as the userbase overall is very friendly. There are also editors that improves certain types of articles on the website, such as Jochem van Hees (who edits mainly Eurovision articles), AS19Portsmouth (who edits mainly F1/motorsport articles), and finally, '''Lugnuts''', who is widely considered to be among the greatest editors in Wikipedia's history. | #There are a lot of admins and users on the wiki, so there is a lower chance of Wikipedia's vandalism getting noticed. This also means that pages will often be updated very quickly with new information. This also means that there are a lot of people on the site to help you out if needed, as the userbase overall is very friendly. There are also editors that improves certain types of articles on the website, such as Jochem van Hees (who edits mainly Eurovision articles), AS19Portsmouth (who edits mainly F1/motorsport articles), and finally, '''Lugnuts''', who is widely considered to be among the greatest editors in Wikipedia's history. | ||
# Wikipedia also has some essays about how to edit the wiki and what is best for a user to do on them. Not only are the essays funny sometimes, but they are also incredibly helpful, are good for learning how to become a productive editor, and are even so useful that other wikis use them to improve. | # Wikipedia also has some essays about how to edit the wiki and what is best for a user to do on them. Not only are the essays funny sometimes, but they are also incredibly helpful, are good for learning how to become a productive editor, and are even so useful that other wikis use them to improve. | ||
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#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 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 ( | #*It also inspired the creation of sites that allow you to create your own wiki, such as Fandom (known initially 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 | #Some pages aren't well-detailed and have barely any information. One of them used to be the LU (biscuits) page, in 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 has 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. | ||
#*Asher in particular is an issue as he added a removed America link back and called the person who deleted it a vandal | #*Asher, in particular, is an issue as he added a removed America link back and called the person who deleted it a vandal. He was once blocked for advertising and disruptive editing back in 2007. | ||
#*An admin by the username SummerPhD<sup>v2.0</sup> threatened to block a user by the name of The Man from Snowy River for "vandalism", when all they did was add pertinent cast members to a page about the film ''Benji the Hunted''. Summer dismissed the user's arguments by claiming that being uncredited automatically makes an actor "minor", and therefore, does not belong on a certain film article. She also ignored the user's advice that he got most of the information from the director of the film, thus proving that the names of the actors were indeed sourced. | #*An admin by the username SummerPhD<sup>v2.0</sup> threatened to block a user by the name of The Man from Snowy River for "vandalism", when all they did was add pertinent cast members to a page about the film ''Benji the Hunted''. Summer dismissed the user's arguments by claiming that being uncredited automatically makes an actor "minor", and therefore, does not belong on a certain film article. She also ignored the user's advice that he got most of the information from the director of the film, thus proving that the names of the actors were indeed sourced. | ||
#**Summer also proved to be a massive hypocrite as she threatened to block the user for "vandalizing" the page, when she herself was the one doing the vandalism. | #**Summer also proved to be a massive hypocrite as she threatened to block the user for "vandalizing" the page, when she herself was the one doing the vandalism. | ||