Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Mar 30, 2026 · Wikipedia is a free Internet-based encyclopedia, started in 2001, that operates under an open-source management style.

Other areas of Wikipedia Community portal – The central hub for editors, with resources, links, tasks, and announcements. Village pump – Forum for discussions about Wikipedia itself, including policies …

Wikipedia[e] is a free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki. Founded by Jimmy …

The English Wikipedia is the primary [a] English-language edition of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. It was created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger on 15 January 2001, as Wikipedia's …

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that allows users to edit and create articles collaboratively in multiple languages.

Wikipedia was initially conceived as a feeder project for the Wales-founded Nupedia, an earlier project to produce a free online encyclopedia, volunteered by Bomis, a web-advertising firm owned by …

Wikipedia is a free content online encyclopedia website in 343 languages of the world in which 341 languages are currently active and 13 are closed. It is written and maintained by a community of …

The Simple English Wikipedia[2] is a Simple English language or Learning English version of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, written in a language that is easy to understand, but still is …

The English Wikipedia is the English language edition of the Wikipedia. English is the first language in which Wikipedia was written. It was started on 15 January 2001. It is the largest encyclopedia in the …