- History of Wikipedia - Wikipedia
It grew out of Nupedia, a more structured free encyclopedia, as a way to allow easier and faster drafting of articles and translations
- Wikipedia - First Versions
Wikipedia was initially conceived as a feeder project for the Nupedia, a free online encyclopedia born ten months earlier The idea of creating a publicly editable encyclopedia without an editorial process (unlike Nupedia), combined with the new strategy of using the wiki platform, was the key to its success
- Wikipedia The history of Wikipedia - Wikiversity
Nupedia was the first online free content encyclopaedia developed by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, with Sanger serving as editor-in-chief The precursor to Wikipedia, it followed the same ideal of producing an encyclopaedia that could be freely used by anyone
- First - Wikipedia
Search for "First" or "1st" on Wikipedia La 1ère (disambiguation) (French: La Première, lit 'The First')
- A Brief History Of Wikipedia - The Fact Site
Wikipedia was initially designed to be part of Nupedia Initially, Wikipedia was just called “wiki,” which was designed in 1995 as a platform to enhance Nupedia Nupedia was already a free online encyclopedia, with the concept of using high qualified volunteers to contribute to the platform
- Timeline of Wikipedia Milestones - histowiki. com
From its humble beginnings to becoming the world’s largest online encyclopedia, this timeline explores the fascinating evolution of Wikipedia
- The Story of Wikipedia: How The Quick Encyclopedia Came To Be
The concept for Wikipedia traces back to 1994 when programmer Ward Cunningham created the first wiki, a website allowing collaborative editing However, it took another online pioneer, Jimmy Wales, to realize the wiki model‘s potential for a crowd-sourced encyclopedia
- The Wikipedia Begins : History of Information
On January 15, 2001 American entrepreneur Jimmy Wales, American philosopher Larry Sanger, and others founded the Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, as an English language project
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