Wikipedia

Wikipedia (Wikipedia) is a free, collaborative editing, and multilingual Internet encyclopedia supported by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation. It allows users around the world to write encyclopedic content in different languages with simple vocabulary and grammar. Since its founding on January 15, 2001 by Jimmy Woz and Larry Sanger, Wikipedia has grown into a hyperscale online encyclopedia containing more than 22 million articles.

The features of Wikipedia include openness, collaboration, dynamic updating, and content neutrality. These features allow Wikipedia to quickly adapt to social, economic, cultural, and educational needs. The editing process relies on volunteers. Anyone can edit Wikipedia content, but it is subject to certain guidelines and policies, such as neutrality, reliability, and no original research.

Wikipedia also has some applications in the academic field, such as as as a research starting point, an aid tool for developing students’ information literacy, and expanding digital collections. However, due to its openness and collaboration, Wikipedia’s content will inevitably have omissions and omissions. Therefore, teachers and librarians should treat Wikipedia objectively and fully recognize its rationality and usefulness.

Wikipedia is a successful collaborative knowledge-sharing platform that provides users with a constantly updated and expanding knowledge base through the joint efforts of volunteers around the world. Despite some challenges and criticisms, Wikipedia continues to evolve and improve, striving to become a more powerful source of knowledge.