English Wikipedia

Crowdsourced knowledge site

English Wikipedia is the English-language edition of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia.

It is the largest Wikipedia by article count and the most-read reference website globally.

The term often appears in discussions of online information sources: I looked it up on the English Wikipedia.

Sometimes shortened to just "Wikipedia" in English-speaking contexts.

Related

neutrality · verifiability · Wikipedian · dispute resolution · vandal · crowdsourced · editorial guidelines · Wiktionary · stub · citation · reliable sources · edit · edit war · five pillars · good faith · server · administrator · bot

Opposites
information format/medium

English Wikipediapropaganda

Biased information for influence

oral tradition · religious scripture · sacred texts · stone tablets

editorial model/authority

English Wikipediapeer-reviewed journal

Publication vetted by field experts

cost/access model

English WikipediaLexisNexis

Legal and news database

trade secrets

Family

English, Wikipedia, England, wiki, encyclopedia, encyclopedic, encyclopedias, Englishman, Englishwoman

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G