OpenSource24 Jan 2006 03:05 am

Wikipedia Part-I : The Encyclopedia

Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia but with a twist. Anyone can post or edit article on it. It’s an open encyclopedia, built by thousand of volunteers. Most of you have already used it and some of you have even posted materials on Wikipedia. All the articles are available to everyone free of charge. And if you find something wrong in the article or you want to add some more information, you can change it easily. Wikipedia Project started in 2001 by Jimmy Wales, has become one of the largest reference website. Its aim is to become the largest encyclopedia in the world. A daunting task but not impossible. Wikipedia is very well on its way in achieving this goal. At the time of writing this article, Wikipedia is ranked 31st most popular website in the world by Alexa. One day it might even become the largest digital library. A collaboration of information by humanity, shared with everyone.

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