his article is about Wikipedia in general.

For Simple English Wikipedia's home

page, see Main Page. For a formal introduction to Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:About.
For the specific language Wikipedia this page is on, see Simple English Wikipedia.
Wikipedia

The Wikipedia logo, a globe showing puzzle pieces with glyphs from several writing
systems
Screenshot
Type of site Online encyclopedia
Available in 334 languages
Owner Wikimedia Foundation
Created by Jimmy Wales
Larry Sanger[1]
URL wikipedia.org
Commercial No
Registration Optional[notes 1]
Users >285,629 active users[notes 2] and >108,776,223 registered users 1,067
administrators (English)
Launched January 15, 2001; 22 years ago
Current status Active
Content license CC Attribution / Share-Alike 3.0
Most text is also dual-licensed under GFDL; media licensing varies
Written in LAMP platform[2]
OCLC number 52075003
Wikipedia (audio speaker iconpronunciation (help·info)) is a free online
encyclopedia website in 334 languages of the world, 323 languages which are
currently active and 11 are closed. People can freely use it, share it, and change
it, without having to pay. It is also one of the biggest wiki organizations. People
can choose to donate to the Wikimedia Foundation to fund Wikipedia and its sister
projects. It is an open content website. This means anyone can copy it, and make
changes to it if they follow the rules for copying or editing.

Wikipedia is owned by an American organization, the Wikimedia Foundation, which is

in San Francisco, California.

Wikipedia's name is a portmanteau of two words, wiki and encyclopedia.[3]

Wikipedia was started on January 10, 2001, by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger as part
of an earlier online encyclopedia named Nupedia. On January 15, 2001, Wikipedia
became a separate website of its own. It is a wiki that uses the software MediaWiki
(like all other Wikimedia Fohis article is about Wikipedia in general. For Simple
English Wikipedia's home page, see Main Page. For a formal introduction to
Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:About. For the specific language Wikipedia this page is
on, see Simple English Wikipedia.
Wikipedia

The Wikipedia logo, a globe showing puzzle pieces with glyphs from several writing
systems
Screenshot
Type of site Online encyclopedia
Available in 334 languages
Owner Wikimedia Foundation
Created by Jimmy Wales
Larry Sanger[1]
URL wikipedia.org
Commercial No
Registration Optional[notes 1]
Users >285,629 active users[notes 2] and >108,776,223 registered users 1,067
administrators (English)
Launched January 15, 2001; 22 years ago
Current status Active
Content license CC Attribution / Share-Alike 3.0
Most text is also dual-licensed under GFDL; media licensing varies
Written in LAMP platform[2]
OCLC number 52075003
Wikipedia (audio speaker iconpronunciation (help·info)) is a free online
encyclopedia website in 334 languages of the world, 323 languages which are
currently active and 11 are closed. People can freely use it, share it, and change
it, without having to pay. It is also one of the biggest wiki organizations. People
can choose to donate to the Wikimedia Foundation to fund Wikipedia and its sister
projects. It is an open content website. This means anyone can copy it, and make
changes to it if they follow the rules for copying or editing.

Wikipedia is owned by an American organization, the Wikimedia Foundation, which is

in San Francisco, California.

Wikipedia's name is a portmanteau of two words, wiki and encyclopedia.[3]

Wikipedia was started on January 10, 2001, by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger as part
of an earlier online encyclopedia named Nupedia. On January 15, 2001, Wikipedia
became a separate website of its own. It is a wiki that uses the software MediaWiki
(like all other Wikimedia Fohis article is about Wikipedia in general. For Simple
English Wikipedia's home page, see Main Page. For a formal introduction to
Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:About. For the specific language Wikipedia this page is
on, see Simple English Wikipedia.
Wikipedia

The Wikipedia logo, a globe showing puzzle pieces with glyphs from several writing
systems
Screenshot
Type of site Online encyclopedia
Available in 334 languages
Owner Wikimedia Foundation
Created by Jimmy Wales
Larry Sanger[1]
URL wikipedia.org
Commercial No
Registration Optional[notes 1]
Users >285,629 active users[notes 2] and >108,776,223 registered users 1,067
administrators (English)
Launched January 15, 2001; 22 years ago
Current status Active
Content license CC Attribution / Share-Alike 3.0
Most text is also dual-licensed under GFDL; media licensing varies
Written in LAMP platform[2]
OCLC number 52075003
Wikipedia (audio speaker iconpronunciation (help·info)) is a free online
encyclopedia website in 334 languages of the world, 323 languages which are
currently active and 11 are closed. People can freely use it, share it, and change
it, without having to pay. It is also one of the biggest wiki organizations. People
can choose to donate to the Wikimedia Foundation to fund Wikipedia and its sister
projects. It is an open content website. This means anyone can copy it, and make
changes to it if they follow the rules for copying or editing.

Wikipedia is owned by an American organization, the Wikimedia Foundation, which is

in San Francisco, California.

Wikipedia's name is a portmanteau of two words, wiki and encyclopedia.[3]

Wikipedia was started on January 10, 2001, by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger as part
of an earlier online encyclopedia named Nupedia. On January 15, 2001, Wikipedia
became a separate website of its own. It is a wiki that uses the software MediaWiki
(like all other Wikimedia Fo