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| − | '''Wikipedia''' is a free-content online [[encyclopedia]] established on January 15, 2001. It currently has over 6 million articles, written in 250 languages<ref>[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias List of Wikipedias - Wikimedia]</ref> on various topics, including over 1,600,000 articles in the English version. Like [[Conservapedia]], it is a [[wiki]] that is written and edited by its users. Under its GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), anyone can add to or edit the content on Wikipedia. | + | '''Wikipedia''' is a free-content online [[encyclopedia]] established on January 15, 2001. It currently has over 6 million articles, written in 250 languages<ref>[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias List of Wikipedias - Wikimedia]</ref> on various topics, including over 1,600,000 articles in the English version. Like [[Conservapedia]], it is a [[wiki]] that is written and edited by its users. Under its GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), anyone can add to or edit the content on Wikipedia, even assholes. |
==Wikipedia and Bias== | ==Wikipedia and Bias== | ||
| − | Conservapedia has an article that | + | Conservapedia has an article that mimic Wikipedia, though they add a conservative - and often incorrect - spin. Conservapedia is supposedly "solving" the factual bias of Wikipedia, while in truth Conservapedia is actually more Conservatively biased than its so-called "factual" counterpart. |
Wikipedia is a flourishing international forum for the full spectrum of ideas. | Wikipedia is a flourishing international forum for the full spectrum of ideas. | ||
Revision as of 16:29, March 15, 2007
Wikipedia is a free-content online encyclopedia established on January 15, 2001. It currently has over 6 million articles, written in 250 languages[1] on various topics, including over 1,600,000 articles in the English version. Like Conservapedia, it is a wiki that is written and edited by its users. Under its GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), anyone can add to or edit the content on Wikipedia, even assholes.
Wikipedia and Bias
Conservapedia has an article that mimic Wikipedia, though they add a conservative - and often incorrect - spin. Conservapedia is supposedly "solving" the factual bias of Wikipedia, while in truth Conservapedia is actually more Conservatively biased than its so-called "factual" counterpart.
Wikipedia is a flourishing international forum for the full spectrum of ideas.