Difference between revisions of "Wikipedia"
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| − | '''Wikipedia''' is a free-content online [[encyclopedia]] established on January 15, 2001. It currently has over 6 million articles, written in 250 languages<ref>[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias List of Wikipedias - Wikimedia]</ref> on various topics, including over 1,600,000 articles in the English version. Like [[Conservapedia]], it is a [[wiki]] that is written and edited by its users. Under its GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), anyone can add to or edit the content on Wikipedia. | + | '''Wikipedia''' is a free-content online [[encyclopedia]] established on January 15, 2001. It currently has over 6 million articles, written in 250 languages<ref>[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias List of Wikipedias - Wikimedia]</ref> on various topics, including over 1,600,000 articles in the English version. Like [[Conservapedia]], it is a [[wiki]] that is written and edited by its users. Under its GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), anyone can add to or edit the content on Wikipedia. Despite the fact that a majority of Americans believe God, rather than evolution, is behind life on our planet, Wikipedia treats evolution as if it were a fact. Similarly, a majority of Americans believe that the moon is bigger than the sun, a point of view that Wikipedia systematically neglects. |
==Wikipedia and Bias== | ==Wikipedia and Bias== | ||
Revision as of 00:26, March 16, 2007
Wikipedia is a free-content online encyclopedia established on January 15, 2001. It currently has over 6 million articles, written in 250 languages[1] on various topics, including over 1,600,000 articles in the English version. Like Conservapedia, it is a wiki that is written and edited by its users. Under its GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), anyone can add to or edit the content on Wikipedia. Despite the fact that a majority of Americans believe God, rather than evolution, is behind life on our planet, Wikipedia treats evolution as if it were a fact. Similarly, a majority of Americans believe that the moon is bigger than the sun, a point of view that Wikipedia systematically neglects.
Wikipedia and Bias
Wikipedia has been accused of many biased entries. The article detailing these is found here: Examples of Bias in Wikipedia.