Wikipedia seeks to create a summary of all human knowledge in the form of an online

encyclopedia, with each topic covered encyclopedically in one article. Since it has terabytes of
disk space, it can have far more topics than can be covered by any printed encyclopedia.
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 The exact degree and manner of coverage on Wikipedia is under constant review by its
editors, and disagreements are not uncommon (see deletionism and inclusionism).[201]
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 Wikipedia contains materials that some people may find objectionable, offensive, or
pornographic. The "Wikipedia is not censored" policy has sometimes proved controversial: in
2008, Wikipedia rejected an online petition against the inclusion of images of Muhammad in
the English edition of its Muhammad article, citing this policy. The presence of politically,
religiously, and pornographically sensitive materials in Wikipedia has led to the censorship of
Wikipedia by national authorities in China[203] and Pakistan,[204] amongst other countries.

Pie chart of Wikipedia content by subject as of January 2008[205]

A 2008 study conducted by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Palo Alto Research
Center gave a distribution of topics as well as growth (from July 2006 to January 2008) in each
field:[205]

 Culture and Arts: 30% (210%)

 Biographies and persons: 15% (97%)
 Geography and places: 14% (52%)
 Society and social sciences: 12% (83%)
 History and events: 11% (143%)
 Natural and Physical Sciences: 9% (213%)
 Technology and Applied Science: 4% (−6%)
 Religions and belief systems: 2% (38%)
 Health: 2% (42%)
 Mathematics and logic: 1% (146%)
 Thought and Philosophy: 1% (160%)
These numbers refer only to the number of articles: it is possible for one topic to contain a
large number of short articles and another to contain a small number of large ones. Through its
"Wikipedia Loves Libraries" program, Wikipedia has partnered with major public librarie