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Wikipedia (IPA: /ˌwikiˈpiːdi.ə/, /ˌwɪkiˈpiːdi.ə/, or /ˌwaɪkiˈpiːdi.ə/ (Audio (U.S.) is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers; the vast majority of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the Internet. Wikipedia's name is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a type of collaborative website) and encyclopedia. Its main servers are in Tampa, Florida, with additional servers in Amsterdam and Seoul. Wikipedia's English edition was launched on January 15, 2001, as a complement to Nupedia, an expert-written and now defunct encyclopedia. The project is currently operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization created by Jimmy Wales, who claims to be the sole founder of Wikipedia. This is disputed by Larry Sanger, who also claims to be a founder of Wikipedia. Wikipedia has approximately 7.5 million articles in 253 languages.

Wikipedia Locks Soledad O'Brien's Page After Race Debate [VIDEO]

A debate between CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien and Breitbart.com editor Joel Pollak about critical race theory caused a kerfuffle on Wikipedia last week. O'Brien's Wikipedia page garnered a reported 44 edits between March 8-12 -- and its editing was locked after persistent vandalism. The page will be uneditable (except by trusted Wikipedia editors) until March 19, presuming the controversy dies down by then.

Typosquatting Sites ‘Wikapedia’ and ‘Twtter’ Have Been Shut Down [VIDEO]

Two fake websites posing as Wikipedia and Twitter have been kicked off the Internet and fined £100,000 ($156,000) each. The companies behind typosquatting websites capitalize on typos — they register domain names that are similar to highly trafficked website names, and are usually missing a letter or have common misspellings of popular sites.

ACTA 'Is More Dangerous Than SOPA'

SOPA and PIPA are stalled (or dead) in the halls of the U.S. Congress. Yet, there may be a bigger, perhaps more dangerous threat to Internet freedoms on the way, called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA. At least that's how U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R. - Calif., sees it, telling an audience, "As a member of Congress, it's more dangerous than SOPA. It's not coming to me for a vote. It purports that it does not change existing laws.

What Would You Ask Jimmy Wales About SOPA?

Today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Mashable’s Pete Cashmore will moderate a panel with leaders who have taken an active role in the debate on the now stalled Stop Online Piracy Act. He will talk with: Congressman Darrell Issa, U.S.

Get More from Wikipedia: 10 Tips and Tricks

The English version of Wikipedia currently boasts over 3,854,000 articles over more than 25 million pages. That's an awful lot of content to navigate when you're trying to find something specific. Maybe you visit Wikipedia several times per week, but how much do you know about the world's leading online encyclopedia? We spent some time exploring the site in order to offer you 10 useful tips and tricks to help you get the most out of the site.

Wikipedia Wants to Be Free -- for Mobile Users, in Africa

Wikipedia went dark to fight SOPA, but it's shining bright as a light for mobile users in Africa and the Middle East (AMEA). Wikipedia will be free to use -- without any data usage charges -- for customers on Orange's mobile network. Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia, announced on Tuesday that they're making the digital encyclopedia and its store of information available to a continent of people with limited access to information resources.

Who Did the Most to Bury SOPA? [POLL]

Ding, dong, the bill is dead -- or at the very least buried, even if it may well rise again in another form in a year or so. Regardless, the withdrawal of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act and the tabling of PIPA (its equivalent in the Senate) Friday marks a stunning victory for Internet activists over Hollywood lobbyists. Last week, the bills seemed certain to pass.

RIP SOPA: The Internet Kills Its Attackers

Be honest: When this week began, how much did you really know about SOPA? Five days ago, the Stop Online Piracy Act was still a relatively obscure House bill. Sure, your average geek knew what was contained within; Mashable, in common with other tech news sites, had been covering it from all angles for weeks. Go Daddy had seen the wrath of the online community firsthand when it tried to support the bill.

The Meme Machine: Blackout Strikes Back

You'd think with nearly half the Internet shut down, Meme Machine would grind to an agonizing halt. Not so, kiddies! The Meme Machine is like the crazy nasty honey badger -- it does whatever it wants! These memes have been gathered amidst the SOPA blackout to satiate your need for weirdness from all corners of the web. Today there's an awkward dude who apparently knows a lot of celebrities, more fun in the Philippines, and of course, the Queen of the Internet herself: Betty White.

Wikipedia Traffic Increases During SOPA Protest Blackout

Wikipedia experienced increased traffic Wednesday, despite blacking out its English language content to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). Zscaler compared Wikipedia's traffic midday Wednesday with its traffic the previous Tuesday. While the blackout day only saw slightly more total transactions, the number of unique visitors was noticeably increased.

PIPA and SOPA Co-Sponsors Abandon Bills

The widespread Internet blackout Wednesday, in which sites such as Wikipedia and Reddit went dark to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), seems to have influenced members of the U.S. Congress. PIPA co-sponsor Florida Sen. Marco Rubio pulled his name from the bill Wednesday, and SOPA co-sponsor Arizona Rep. Ben Quayle pulled his name Tuesday.

SOPA Will Take Us Back to the Dark Ages

I had an epiphany today. The Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, was not written by people who fundamentally misunderstand how the web works. They understand all too well, and want to change it forever.

How to Access Wikipedia During the Blackout

It's a pretty big statement for a web service as big as Wikipedia to go dark in protest of SOPA, but it's not so nice when you actually need to find something on Wikipedia. Whether you oppose SOPA or not (and by the looks of the web today, many of you do), it can be difficult when your favorite online information source is unavailable.

Wikipedia Goes Black in Protest of SOPA

As announced, Wikipedia's main page is "blackened" today in protest of the controversial Stop online privacy act (SOPA). "For over a decade, we have spent millions of hours building the largest encyclopedia in human history. Right now, the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet. For 24 hours, to raise awareness, we are blacking out Wikipedia," says the message on the page.

Wikipedia Blackout: Survive with These 12 Alternatives

LEAD STORY: Why SOPA Is Dangerous The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) are landing in the U.S. Senate next week and a whirlpool of online protest has fired up again. The two bills intend to stop online piracy and protect copyright holders, however, critics claim they infringe upon creativity, Internet security and innovation by punishing websites that link to any copyright-infringing sites, even by accident.

Interactive Textbook Makes Reading Social, Braces for Apple Announcement

Sitting at the front of the class and attentively listening to a professor's lecture won't be enough for college students aiming to impress their professors once the new BioBook rolls out. With BioBook, an interactive educational tool for tablets, professors can monitor student progress -- from how they're keeping up to the rest of the class to what page they're at in the text book.

What Will You Do Without Wikipedia? [OPEN THREAD]

Wikipedia, Reddit, and other websites will go offline on Wednesday in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA). While Reddit's blackout was announced more than a week ago, Wikipedia is a newcomer, and perhaps the most high profile website participating. The English version of the site receives around 25 million visitors every day. Founder Jimmy Wales announced Monday in a series of tweets that his site would go offline to protest the bills.

These Websites Are Going Dark to Protest SOPA Wednesday

Update: Even more websites have joined the cause. Find the new results below. Tech companies are getting ready to black out on Jan. 18 to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its sibling the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Much has been made of Wikipedia's promise to "go dark," or shut down the site, for the day as a way of warning what might happen if SOPA became law.

Wikipedia Going Dark to Protest SOPA

Wikipedia will go offline Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), according to Co-Founder Jimmy Wales. Wales made the announcement via a series of tweets. "This is going to be wow," reads one tweet. "I hope Wikipedia will melt phone systems in Washington on Wednesday.

Nuke the Net: How to Get the Mainstream Talking About the Dangers of SOPA

If you're like most Mashable readers, you know plenty about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its sister bill in the Senate, the Protect IP Act (PIPA). And you're probably plenty outraged about it, too. And rightfully so. If enacted, SOPA/PIPA could have disastrous consequences for the basic infrastructure of the Internet.

Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Donates $500,000 to Support Wikipedia [VIDEO]

Google co-founder Sergey Brin and wife Anne Wojcicki, the co-founder of 23andme, have donated $500,000 to The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that funds Wikipedia. The donation comes at the start of Wikipedia's annual fundraising drive that the site depends on to fund operations. Do you donate to Wikipedia? Alternatively, would you still use the service if it used ads for support? Let us know in the comments.

Wikipedia's New Love Button Will Let You Send Kittens or Beer to Others

Wikipedia will launch a "Love" button next week that will let users send their messages of appreciation to other users through virtual cats, beer and more. The experimental feature, called WikiLove, is scheduled to make its debut on the English version of Wikipedia on June 29. The goal of the product, according to a blog post by the Wikimedia Foundation, is to encourage more users to edit and engage with more articles by providing positive reinforcement.

10 Years of Wikipedia [INFOGRAPHIC]

Wikipedia is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a video (narrated by founder and CEO Jimmy Wales) and an infographic showcasing the organization's major milestones over the years. The State of Wikipedia is a project that takes into account Wikipedia history, site statistics and results from the March 2010 Wikipedia survey conducted by the United Nations University.

Wikipedia Celebrates 10 Years, But Will It Survive Another Decade?

Wikipedia is just the latest in a long line of encyclopedias. In fact, encyclopedias have been around in some form or another for 2,000 years. The oldest, Naturalis Historia, written by Pliny the Elder, is still in existence. How do I know this? I looked it up on Wikipedia, of course. Is it true? Possibly. Ten years after its founding, it's hard to imagine what life was like before Wikipedia.

Wikipedia Founder Says Apps, Not Paywalls, Could Save the News

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said in an interview with the Associated Press yesterday that paid apps like those found on the iPhone, Android and iPad could help financially troubled news organizations, but he didn't have anything positive to say about charging for content on the web.

Wikipedia Gets Catty in Legal Dispute Over F.B.I. Seal

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) demanded that Wikipedia remove the bureau's seal from its encyclopedia entry, enticing the site's lawyer to shoot back with a snarky missive meant to school the FBI on both the letter and spirit of the law. The New York Times posted PDF documents of the FBI's takedown request [PDF] and Wikipedia General Counsel Mike Godwin's bold and catty reply [PDF].
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