Wikipedia is a free online encyclopeida, of which the information comes from the users. It is a multilingual encyclopedia project supported by a non-profit organization, the Wikimedia Foundation. It currently has over 13 million articles to date. It was launched in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger and is currently the largest and most popular general reference work on the Internet.
This is one of my all-time favorite websites. It contains something on everything, and is perfect for when you want to get an overview on pretty much anything. Anyone in the world can add information, and contrary to what many individuals say, is very good about getting the right information. Wikipedia now employs more fact-checkers and editors than Encyclopedia Britannica. Wikipedia encourages everyone to learn as much about anything they want.I use wikipedia on a fairly regular basis, just to simply gain more knowledge on whatever I'm currently interested in. I'll start on one simple page for a video game or something, and two hours later somehow be reading up on black holes.
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