dIn Skype WHAT IS A WIKI AND HOW DO USE IT WIKIPEDIA Ward Cunningham wanted wiki software to be simple enough for anyone to use but most of the early wikis were aimed at computer programmers In 2001 however American computer expert Jimmy Wales launched a new wiki Wikipedia NUPEDIA Before Wikipedia Wales and a colleague Larry Sanger had created Nupedia This website was similar to a wiki but the pages were written and checked by experts The information on Nupedia was accurate and detailed but it took a long time to write GROWTH OF WIKIPEDIA By January 2001 fewer than two dozen articles were finished and Sanger advocated supplementing Nupedia with an open source encyclopedia based on wiki software So he and Wales launched Wikipedia In its first year Wikipedia expanded to some 20 000 articles in 18 languages By 2006 the English language version of Wikipedia had more than one million articles and by the time of its 10th anniversary in 2011 it had surpassed 3 5 million However while the encyclopedia continued to expand at a rate of millions of words per month the number of new articles created each year gradually decreased In 2013 it had more than 27 million pages in more than 284 languages Nonetheless contributors need no special qualifications and may add any content they desire as long as it meets editing
LinkedIn WIKI HISTORY Blogger WIKI BIO Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales was born in 1966 in Huntsville Alabama He studied finance at Auburn University and started his career as a trader in 1994 Wales soon became interested in the Internet particularly online role playing games and decided to leave finance to become an Internet entrepreneur After working on a few Internet projects with Larry Sanger Wales launched Wikipedia I Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales believes that wikis are transforming the way people find out
dIn WHAT IS A WIKI AND HOW DOUSE IT WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION In a few years Wikipedia became the world's biggest online wiki site with an active virtual community In 2003 Wales set up the Wikimedia Foundation a nonprofit organization to manage the online encyclopedia SISTER SITES The early growth of Wikipedia has encouraged the creation of several sister sites They include Wiktionary a wiki based dictionary Wikiquote an online source of quotations contributed by users Wikibooks a collection of free online books Wikiversity a wiki based learning resource WIKI CoMPETITORS In 2003 the Center for Media and Democracy CMD launched Disinfopedia The site now called Source Watch aims to produce wiki pages that are more accurate than other wikis Since 2006 editors must register with the site and prove they have the expertise to access and alter information on the pages similar to encyclopedias Io
WIKI HISTORY OTHER WIKIS There are many wikis on the Internet Here are a few examples of the most popular sites Ekopedia en ekopedia orglUsers can read up on environmental sustainability Galaxiki www galaxiki org This science fiction and fantasy wiki has a virtual galaxy with more than one million stars and solar systems that can be explored LyricWiki lyrics wikia comUsers can search for song lyrics on this wiki PCGamingWiki pcgamingwiki com This site has cheats and fixes for PC games ShopWiki www shopwiki com Users can find out the cheapest price before they shop online e ng dawn breaking dawn breaking dawn breaking dawn breaking down I 16 2 Fans of The Twilight Saga might want to visit twilightsaga wikia com a wiki devoted to the Stephenie Meyer novels and movie franchise II
