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The following original text is preserved, including its selection/vote claims. Preservation is not independent verification of every assertion.
Why: A free encyclopedia written by volunteers, one of the largest human works ever.
What to preserve: the site, edit history, the volunteer model
Year and origin: 2001 · United States
Vote: 9/9 (historian 3 · future kid 3 · curator 3)
Learn more: Wikipedia on Wikipedia
Supplemental context
Wikipedia combines an encyclopedia with a process of continual volunteer revision. Its January 2001 launch is a milestone, but the accumulated discussions and changes are as culturally revealing as finished articles. Future readers can examine how contributors negotiate evidence and wording while recognizing that participation and coverage are uneven rather than assuming that collaboration automatically produces complete knowledge.
Creator/community: Volunteer editors and readers; Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger associated with its launch Place/era: Launched in 2001; multilingual participation across the world
Context and limits
The reused artwork depicts fictional people consulting books and laptops, not actual Wikipedians or a documented editathon. Visible page marks are not reliable quotations. The original superlative and vote are preserved as source text; this entry does not certify every Wikipedia claim.
Where to learn more
- https://apiarybee.com/community/reading/biggie-nu-series-008-noahs-ark-set-d-culture-2000
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
Apiary library | Original Culture Ark article
Public ID and individual routes: pending publisher allocation. Internal source ID: D-0851
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