Wikipedia Logo — Wikipedia is an encyclopedia free and polyglot of the Wikimedia Foundation (a nonprofit organization ). His over 20 million articles in 282 languages and dialects have been drafted jointly by volunteers from around the world, and virtually anyone with access to the project can be edited.Launched in January 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger , is the largest and most popular online reference work.
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Since its inception, Wikipedia has not only gained in popularity, is among the 10 websites most popular in the world — September 10 but its success has given rise to sister projects . However, there are many detractors. Among them, some have been accused of systemic bias and inconsistencies, with criticism focused on what some, like himself Larry Sanger , have agreed to call “anti-elitism ‘ and is not simply the project’s policy encyclopedicto promote consensus on the credentials in its editorial process . Other criticisms have focused on their susceptibility to being vandalized and the appearance of spurious information or lack of verification, although studies scholars suggest that vandalism is generally disposed promptly. More