Query: Who created Wikipedia?

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Afrikaans Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Afrikaans Wikipedia (Afrikaans: Afrikaanse Wikipedia) is an Afrikaans edition of the Web-based free-content encyclopedia Wikipedia. The project was started on 16 November 2001, and was the 11th Wikipedia to be created. In September 2015 it was the 84th largest Wikipedia by number of articles. Apart from South Africa and Namibia, the Afrikaans Wikipedia is used and maintained by users in Europe, North America and Oceania.

Alemannic Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Alemannic Wikipedia (Alemannic: Alemannischi Wikipedia) is the Alemannic language edition of the Web-based free-content encyclopedia Wikipedia. The project was started on November 13, 2003 as an Alsatian language edition. A year later it was expanded to encompass all Alemannic dialects because of low activity in the first year.

Andrew Lih <=SEP=> Andrew Lih (simplified Chinese: 郦安治; traditional Chinese: 酈安治; pinyin: Lì Ānzhì) is a Chinese American new media researcher, consultant and writer, as well as an authority on both Wikipedia and internet censorship in the People's Republic of China.  He is currently an associate professor of journalism at American University in Washington, D.C.

Arbitration Committee <=SEP=> The Arbitration Committee of the English Wikipedia website (also known as ArbCom) is a panel of editors which decides the outcome of disputes between editors of the English Wikipedia.  The Committee was created by Jimmy Wales on December 4, 2003, as an extension of the decision-making power he had formerly held as owner of the site.

Armenian Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Armenian Wikipedia (Armenian: Վիքիպեդիա Vīkīpedyā or Վիքիպեդիա Ազատ հանրագիտարան Wīkīpedyā Azat Hanragitaran) is the Armenian language version of Wikipedia.It was created in February 2003 as Հայերեն Վիքիփեդիա, but started developing in 2005. The name was changed to Հայերեն Վիքիպեդիա on 5 April 2012.In October 2013, it had more than 90,000 articles and more than 390,000 pages. It also had about 25,800 registered contributors, including 8 administrators.

Basque Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Basque Wikipedia (Euskarazko Wikipedia or Euskal Wikipedia in Basque) is the Basque language edition of Wikipedia. Founded on December 6, 2001 (although its main page was created in November 2003) and reaching 58,124 articles by August 19, 2010, making it the 45th-largest Wikipedia.

Bibliography of Wikipedia <=SEP=> This is a list of books about Wikipedia or for which Wikipedia is a major subject.

Bosnian Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Bosnian Wikipedia (Bosnian: Bosanska Wikipedia) is the Bosnian language version of Wikipedia, hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. As of September 29, 2014, it has over 52,820 articles. It was created on December 12, 2002 and its first article was Matematika.

Catalan Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Catalan Wikipedia (Catalan: Viquipèdia en català) is the Catalan-language edition of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. It was created on 16 March 2001, just a few minutes after the first non-English Wikipedia, the German edition. With about 478,000 articles, it is currently the 17th-largest Wikipedia as measured by the number of articles, and the fifth-largest Wikipedia in a Romance language.

Cebuano Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Cebuano Wikipedia (Cebuano: Wikipedya sa Sinugboanon) is the Cebuano-language edition of Wikipedia. It currently contains 1,234,486 articles, most of which were created by the automated program Lsjbot. As of  October 20, 2015, Cebuano Wikipedia is the ninth-largest language edition of Wikipedia.

Censorship of Wikipedia <=SEP=> Censorship of Wikipedia has occurred in several countries, including China, France, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, the United Kingdom and Uzbekistan. Some instances are examples of widespread internet censorship in general that includes Wikipedia content. Others are indicative of measures to prevent the viewing of specific content deemed offensive.

Chechen Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Chechen Wikipedia (Chechen: Нохчийн Википеди) is the Chechen language edition of Wikipedia.The Chechen Wikipedia was created on 28 February 2005. Activity was very low and changes mainly were made by bots. There was discontent with the situation. But after discussion in December 2006 a decision was made to keep the Chechen Wikipedia.On 16 February 2013 there were 1604 articles. After changing administrators teamwork activated.

Chuvash Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Chuvash Wikipedia (Chuvash: Чăваш Википедийĕ) is the Chuvash language edition of Wikipedia. It was founded on November 22, 2004. Its 5,000th article was created in January 2007. On August 1, 2014, it passed the 30,000 articles.

Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia <=SEP=> Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia occurs when edits are made to advance the personal interests of an editor rather than the interests and aims of the Wikipedia project. Conflict-of-interest editing also refers to "paid editing for promotional purposes, or paid advocacy editing." Staff from various organizations and individuals have tried to edit articles on the encyclopedia related to themselves.

Criticism of Wikipedia <=SEP=> Criticism of Wikipedia—whether about its content, its online community, or its procedures and operations—covers a wide variety of topics, largely related the openness of the encyclopedia, as almost anyone can edit most articles. The project's aims have been criticized, mostly due to its approach to including or dealing with controversial content.

Czech Wikipedia <=SEP=> Czech Wikipedia (Czech: Česká Wikipedie) is the Czech language edition of Wikipedia.It was created on May 3, 2002 on a request of a Czech editor of the Esperanto Wikipedia. However, at that time, Wikipedia ran on UseMod software. The three pages the Czech version had at the time were lost during the switch to MediaWiki. The oldest currently available edit is from when the Main Page was recopied on November 14, 2002.  It reached 1,000 articles, many about Esperanto topics, on October 20, 2003.

English Wikipedia <=SEP=> The English Wikipedia is the English-language edition of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Founded on 15 January 2001 and reaching four million articles during July 2012, it is the first edition of Wikipedia and, as of September 2014, has the most articles of any of the editions (more than twice as many as the next in rank, the Swedish Wikipedia). As of October 2015, nearly 0% of articles in all Wikipedias belong to the English-language edition.

Fastsigns <=SEP=> Fastsigns (trademarked in all-capitals as FASTSIGNS) is the franchisor of Fastsigns centers which provide a full range of custom sign and graphics products to companies and individuals who want to outsource their signage needs.There are currently more than 590 Fastsigns locations worldwide in United States, Canada, the U.K., Brazil, the Cayman Islands, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Australia (where centers operate under the name Signwave).

German Wikipedia <=SEP=> The German Wikipedia (German: deutschsprachige Wikipedia) is the German-language edition of Wikipedia, a free and publicly editable online encyclopedia.Founded in March 2001, it is the second-oldest and, with over 1,860,000 articles, the third-largest edition of Wikipedia, behind the English Wikipedia and the Swedish Wikipedia. It also has the second-largest number of edits.

History of Wikipedia <=SEP=> The History of Wikipedia formally began with the launch of Wikipedia on Monday 15 January 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger; however, its technological and conceptual underpinnings predate this.

Indonesian Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Indonesian Wikipedia is the edition of Wikipedia in the Indonesian language. The Indonesian Wikipedia is the fifth fastest-growing Wikipedia in an Asian language after Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Turkish language Wikipedias.Its first article was written on May 30, 2003, yet its Main Page was created six months later on November 29, 2003.As of May 2014, there are over 350,000 articles in the Indonesian Wikipedia.

Italian Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Italian Wikipedia (Italian: Wikipedia in italiano) is the Italian-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was created on May 11, 2001 and first edited on June 11, 2001. As of September, 2015 it has over 1,227,000 articles and more than 1,272,000 registered accounts. It is the 8th-largest Wikipedia as measured by the number of articles (after the English, Swedish, Dutch, German, French, Waray-Waray, and Russian editions).

Jar'Edo Wens hoax <=SEP=> The Jar'Edo Wens hoax was a deliberately fictitious Wikipedia article, which existed for almost 10 years before being spotted and deleted in March 2015. It is the longest-lasting hoax article known in the history of Wikipedia. The unsourced article claimed to be about an Australian Aborigine god "\of earthly knowledge and physical might, created by Altjira to ensure that people did not get too arrogant or self-conceited.

Jimmy Wales <=SEP=> Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (/ˈdʒɪmi ˈdoʊnəl ˈweɪlz/; born August 7, 1966) is an American Internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and promoter of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the for-profit Wikia web hosting company.Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama, where he attended Randolph School, a university-preparatory school.

La Révolution Wikipédia <=SEP=> La Révolution Wikipédia (English: The Wikipedia Revolution), published in France in 2007, is a multi-authored study of Wikipedia focusing on the online encyclopedia's reliability and its likely influence on printed reference books. Special attention is given to the French Wikipedia.

Larry Sanger <=SEP=> Lawrence Mark "Larry" Sanger (born July 16, 1968) is an American Internet project developer, co-founder of Wikipedia, and the founder of Citizendium.He grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. From an early age he has been interested in philosophy. Sanger received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Reed College in 1991 and a Doctor of Philosophy in philosophy from Ohio State University in 2000.

Latvian Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Latvian Wikipedia (Latvian: Vikipēdija latviešu valodā [ˈvikipɜːdija]) is the Latvian-language edition of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. It was created on 6 June 2003. With about 63,000 articles, it is currently the 68th-largest Wikipedia as measured by the number of articles and the second-largest Wikipedia in a Baltic language.

List of Wikimedia chapters <=SEP=> Wikimedia chapters are national or sub-national not-for-profit organisations created to promote the interests of Wikimedia projects, such as Wikipedia, locally. Chapters are legally independent of the Wikimedia Foundation, entering into a "Chapters Agreement" with the Foundation following acceptance by the Affiliations Committee (formerly known as "Chapters Committee"), and have no control over Foundation websites.

List of Wikipedia controversies <=SEP=> Since the launch of Wikipedia in January 2001, a number of controversies have occurred. Wikipedia's open nature, in which anyone can edit most articles, has led to various concerns, such as the quality of writing, the amount of vandalism, and the accuracy of information on the project. The media have covered a number of controversial events and scandals related to Wikipedia and its parent organization, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF).

List of encyclopedias by language <=SEP=> This is a list of encyclopedias by language.

Lsjbot <=SEP=> Lsjbot is an automated Wikipedia article-creating program, or internet bot, developed by Sverker Johansson for the Swedish Wikipedia.

Missing Links and Secret Histories <=SEP=> Missing Links and Secret Histories: A Selection of Wikipedia Entries from Across the Known Multiverse is a 2013 collection of short stories in the form of fictitious Wikipedia entries. The speculative fiction anthology was edited by L. Timmel Duchamp. The collection was published by Aqueduct Press, who issued a call for materials in 2011 asking writers to create "wikipedia-page-style entries".

Mongolian Wikipedia <=SEP=> Mongolian Wikipedia (Mongolian: Монгол Википедиа) - Wikipedia in Mongolian, a free and publicly editable online encyclopedia. Was created 28 February 2004. As of 13 June 2014 the Mongolian Wikipedia contains 12,548 articles. The number of active participants is small, about 89 people (June 2014), while the number of registered users is 29,038 people.

MyWikiBiz <=SEP=> MyWikiBiz is a wiki directory that allows people and enterprises to write about themselves. The brand began as a service creating Wikipedia articles for paying corporations; the founder and owner of MyWikiBiz, Gregory Kohs, was soon blocked from Wikipedia.

Ossetian Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Ossetian Wikipedia (Ossetian: Ирон Википеди) is the Ossetian-language edition of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. It was created on 28 February 2005. With approximately 10,000 articles, it is currently the 128th-largest Wikipedia as measured by the number of articles.

Outline of Wikipedia <=SEP=> Wikipedia – free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its more than 20 million articles (over 0 million in English) have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site, and it has about 100,000 regularly active contributors.

PROTECT IP Act <=SEP=> The PROTECT IP Act (Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act, or PIPA) was a proposed law with the stated goal of giving the US government and copyright holders additional tools to curb access to "rogue websites dedicated to the sale of infringing or counterfeit goods", especially those registered outside the U.S. The bill was introduced on May 12, 2011, by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and 11 bipartisan co-sponsors.

PediaPress <=SEP=> PediaPress GmbH is a software development and print on demand company located in Mainz, Germany. The company is a 100-percent subsidiary of Brainbot Technologies AG. Currently (October 2014) its website has a Catalog page listing a selection of Featured Books from our Catalog edited by Wikipedians and other users.

Pridgeon & Clay <=SEP=> Pridgeon & Clay provides metal stamping and fine-blank components, specializing in exhaust components for the automotive industry. Pridgeon & Clay also produces components for the class 8 truck, agriculture, medical, battery, fuel cell and other alternative energy industries. The company holds ISO 14001 and TS 16949 certifications, which allow the company to carry out its own product validation.

Reliability of Wikipedia <=SEP=> The reliability of Wikipedia (primarily of the English-language edition), compared to other encyclopedias and more specialized sources, has been assessed in many ways, including statistically, through comparative review, analysis of the historical patterns, and  strengths and weaknesses inherent in the editing process unique to Wikipedia.

Russian Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Russian Wikipedia (Russian: Ру́сская Википе́дия) is the Russian language edition of Wikipedia. It has over 1,257,000 articles. It was founded on 20 May 2001. By April 2015 it had become the 7th largest Wikipedia by the number of articles. It has the 5th-largest number of edits.It is the largest Wikipedia written in any Slavic language, surpassing its nearest rival, the Polish Wikipedia, eightfold by the parameter of depth.

Serbian Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Serbian Wikipedia (Serbian: Википедија на српском језику/Vikipedija na srpskom jeziku) is the Serbian-language version of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Created on 16 February 2003, it reached its 100,000th article on 20 November 2009 before getting to another notable milestone with the 200,000th article on 6 July 2013.

Sicilian Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Sicilian Wikipedia (Sicilian: Wikipìdia) is the Sicilian-language edition of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. It was created on 5 October 2004.

Spotted lanternfly <=SEP=> The spotted lanternfly or Lycorma delicatula (order Hemiptera, family Fulgoridae) is a planthopper native to China, India, and Vietnam. Although it has two pairs of wings, it jumps more than it flies. Its host plants are grapes, pines, stone fruits, and Malus spp. In its native habitat it is kept in check by natural predators or pathogens. It was accidentally introduced in Korea in 2006 and is since considered a pest. In September 2014, it was first spotted in the U.S..

The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution <=SEP=> The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (2014) is a nonfiction book written by Walter Isaacson. The book details the history of the digital revolution through several pivotal innovators who created early computer breakthroughs and later larger systems like the Internet. The author also asserts that many innovators' successes throughout history happen often with the help of other contributors via teamwork.

The Wikipedia Revolution <=SEP=> The Wikipedia Revolution: How A Bunch of Nobodies Created The World's Greatest Encyclopedia is a 2009 popular history book by new media researcher and writer Andrew Lih.At the time of its publication it was "the only narrative account" of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia (in English). It covers the period from Wikipedia's founding in early 2000 up to early 2008.

U.S. Congressional staff edits to Wikipedia <=SEP=> Some edits to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia by staff of the United States Congress have created controversy, notably in early to mid-2006. Several such instances, such as those involving Marty Meehan, Norm Coleman, Conrad Burns, and Joe Biden, received significant media attention.

Vietnamese Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Vietnamese Wikipedia (Vietnamese: Wikipedia tiếng Việt) is the Vietnamese-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, publicly editable, online encyclopedia supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. As with other language editions of Wikipedia, the project's content is both created and accessed using the MediaWiki wiki software.

Welsh Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Welsh Wikipedia (Welsh: Wicipedia Cymraeg or plain Wicipedia) is the Welsh-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in July 2003. On 23 June 2007 it reached 10,000 articles, the 66th Wikipedia to do so. On 20 November 2008 it attained 20,000 articles. Less than a year later, on 28 October 2009, it reached 25,000 articles. In July 2013 it reached 50,000 articles and is now the 62nd largest Wikipedia edition.

WikiAfrica <=SEP=> WikiAfrica focuses on getting external Africa-based, cultural organisations, museums and archives, as well as bloggers and journalists, to contribute their knowledge to Wikipedia. The project is an international collaboration that intends to Africanise Wikipedia by creating and expanding 30.000 articles on Wikipedia over two years. The principal reason for this focus is for people with the greatest knowledge of the African continent to participate in the online representation of Africa.

WikiBhasha <=SEP=> WikiBhasha is a multi-lingual content creation application for the online encyclopedia Wikipedia that must be installed in the computer.

WikiScanner <=SEP=> WikiScanner (also known as Wikipedia Scanner) was a publicly searchable database that linked millions of anonymous edits on the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia to the organizations where those edits apparently originated, by cross-referencing the edits with data on the owners of the associated block of IP addresses (WikiScanner did not investigate edits made under a username.) It was created by Virgil Griffith and released on August 14, 2007.

Wikidumper.org <=SEP=> WikiDumper.org is a website created by Clifford A. Pickover that promises to permanently record a snapshot of the "best of the Wikipedia rejects", articles that are slated for deletion at the site. WikiDumper was launched on November 4, 2006, and accepts user submissions.  Although the site doesn't specify its criteria for inclusion, many of its articles don't cite their sources.

Wikipedia <=SEP=> Wikipedia (/ˌwɪkɨˈpiːdiə/ or /ˌwɪkiˈpiːdiə/ WIK-i-PEE-dee-ə) is a free-access, free-content Internet encyclopedia, supported and hosted by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Those who can access the site can edit most of its articles. Wikipedia is ranked among the ten most popular websites and constitutes the Internet's largest and most popular general reference work.Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched Wikipedia on January 15, 2001.

Wikipedia Seigenthaler biography incident <=SEP=> The Wikipedia biography controversy, also known as the Seigenthaler incident, was a series of events that began in May 2005 with the anonymous posting of a hoax article in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia about John Seigenthaler, a well-known American journalist. The article falsely stated that Seigenthaler had been a suspect in the assassinations of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.

Wikipedia community <=SEP=> The Wikipedia community is the community of contributors to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Individual contributors are known as "Wikipedians". Oxford English Dictionary added the word "Wikipedian" in August 2012.The overwhelming majority of Wikipedians are volunteers. With the increased maturity and visibility of Wikipedia other categories of Wikipedians emerged, such as Wikipedian in residence and students with assignments related to editing Wikipedia.

Wikipedia – The Missing Manual <=SEP=> Wikipedia: The Missing Manual is a 2008 book by John Broughton. It is a how-to guide that explains the process of contributing to the Internet encyclopedia "ikipedia.\For anyone who is interested in becoming part of the noble experiment, this book is an excellent introduction," wrote reviewer Robert Slade.

Wikipediocracy <=SEP=> Wikipediocracy is a website for discussion and criticism of Wikipedia. Its members frequently contact the media about Wikipedia's controversies. The site was founded in March 2012 by users of Wikipedia Review, another site critical of Wikipedia.The site is "known for digging up dirt on Wikipedia's top brass", wrote reporter Kevin Morris in the Daily Dot.

Zero-rating <=SEP=> Zero-rating (also called toll-free data or sponsored data) is the practice of mobile network operators (MNO), mobile virtual network operators (MVNO), and Internet Service Providers (ISP) not to charge end customers for data used by specific applications or internet services through their network, in limited or metered data plans.

Zulu Wikipedia <=SEP=> The Zulu Wikipedia is the Zulu language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia.