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the encyclopedia that admits it might be wrong, which is why it usually isn't.
means a free, crowd-edited encyclopedia where anyone can write or fix an article, and thousands of strangers quietly police the truth.
from launched in 2001 by jimmy wales and larry sanger as a side project to feed articles into the slower, expert-only nupedia; the side project ate the original.
name originblend of wiki (hawaiian for quick) and encyclopedia
editorstens of thousands of volunteers, mostly unpaid, worldwide
citation ruleeditors need sources, but readers rarely check them
edit warssome pages have protection levels like fortresses