Originally co-founded by Internet entrepreneur Jimmy Wales and Internet project developer Larry Sanger, the technological and conceptual origins of Wikipedia actually predate them by several years.

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia featuring openly editable content created and sourced by users from around the world. Wikipedia is a volunteer service, powered and maintained by a full-time ...

Wikipedia retains fewer new editors since 2006 Analysis suggests increased edit rejection rates are driving contributors away Automated 'bots' that cancel new edits impersonally also may drive away ...

Communication is very important in academia. Presenting and confronting ideas allows transferring and improving knowledge within the community. Scientific publications and participations to scientific ...

For more than a century, the long, stately rows of Encyclopædia Britannica have been a fixture on the shelves of many an educated person's home—the smooshed-together diphthong in the first word a ...

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy may be the most interesting website on the internet. Not because of the content – which includes fascinating entries on everything from ambiguity to zombies – ...