Difference between revisions of "Wikipedia"
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| − | Wikipedia has been accused by Conservapedia of many biased entries. The article detailing these is found here: [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia]]. Wikipedia aims to reperesent a neutral point of view - a neutral point of view is a fundamental Wikipedia principle - however, this does not always happen, partly due to Wikipedia's open nature, sometimes being accused of having 'ingrained' liberal bias. | + | Wikipedia has been accused by Conservapedia of many biased entries. The article detailing these is found here: [[Examples of Bias in Wikipedia]]. Wikipedia aims to reperesent a neutral point of view - a neutral point of view is a fundamental Wikipedia principle - however, this does not always happen, partly due to Wikipedia's open nature, sometimes being accused of having 'ingrained' liberal bias. This accidental bias differs from the Conservapedia, which defines itself as "a conservative encyclopedia". |
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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[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.
Wikipedia and Bias
Wikipedia has been accused by Conservapedia of many biased entries. The article detailing these is found here: Examples of Bias in Wikipedia. Wikipedia aims to reperesent a neutral point of view - a neutral point of view is a fundamental Wikipedia principle - however, this does not always happen, partly due to Wikipedia's open nature, sometimes being accused of having 'ingrained' liberal bias. This accidental bias differs from the Conservapedia, which defines itself as "a conservative encyclopedia".