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Revision as of 12:22, March 20, 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.
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.