Is Wikipedia a free encyclopedia?

The subtitle of Wikipedia is the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

Is Wikipedia a free app?

It is free and open source, and currently available for download on: Android.

Who made Wikipedia the free encyclopedia?

Jimmy Wales
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Can I use Wikipedia without data?

Wikipedia Zero is a free browsing service that allows users to surf Wikipedia pages without incurring data charges. The name refers to the zero cost of using the service.

What is so bad about Wikipedia?

Wikipedia is not a reliable source for citations elsewhere on Wikipedia. Because it can be edited by anyone at any time, any information it contains at a particular time could be vandalism, a work in progress, or just plain wrong. Therefore, Wikipedia should not be considered a definitive source in and of itself.

How do Wikipedia make money?

Wikipedia gets most of its money through donations, but also sells goods on the Wikipedia store. Of all the tools that the Internet has given us, perhaps the most useful is free-content Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia. Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, and is funded primarily by reader donations.

Does Wikipedia have a dark mode?

Yes, Wikipedia has built-in night mode when it comes to its smartphone apps! In November 2019 Wikipedia organization pushed updates to its Android and iOS apps and implemented night mode as a standard feature.

What is Larry Sangers net worth?

According to Spear’s magazine, Wales’s net worth is estimated at a modest $1 million. Sanger’s is speculated to be just over half that. Progress on Nupedia was slow, largely due to the cumbersome process of having each article reviewed by an expert in the field.

Which is better Wikipedia or Britannica?

In almost all cases, Wikipedia was more left-leaning than Britannica. In other words, for articles of the same length, Wikipedia is as middle-of-the-road as Britannica. “If you read 100 words of a Wikipedia article, and 100 words of a Britannica [article], you will find no significant difference in bias,” says Zhu.

Is it illegal to copy from Wikipedia?

The text of Wikipedia is copyrighted (automatically, under the Berne Convention) by Wikipedia editors and contributors and is formally licensed to the public under one or several liberal licenses. The licenses Wikipedia uses grant free access to our content in the same sense that free software is licensed freely.

Is copying and pasting from Wikipedia illegal?

Generally no, unless the source is already under a license compatible with Wikipedia (such as CC BY-SA), or you donate the source under a free license. A free license makes the source available for anyone – not just Wikipedia, but anyone using Wikipedia – to use, edit, and copy it for any purpose, even commercial ones.

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