Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia :Wikipedia is a free, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its name is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a technology for creating collaborative websites, from the Hawaiian word wiki, meaning 'quick') and encyclopedia. Wikipedia's 13 million articles in over 250 languages (2.9 million articles in the English Wikipedia) have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world, and almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone who can access the Wikipedia website. Launched in January 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, it is currently the most popular general reference work on the Internet.
Wikinews: Wikinews is a free-content news source wiki and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The site works through collaborative journalism. Jimmy Wales has distinguished Wikinews from Wikipedia by saying "on Wikinews, each story is to be written as a news story as opposed to an encyclopedia article." The neutral point of view policy espoused in Wikinews distinguishes it from other citizen journalism efforts such as Indymedia and OhmyNews. In contrast to most projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikinews allows original work under the form of original reporting and interviews. The English Wikinews is the only Wikimedia site that grants press passes to reporters endorsed by the local community.
Wikiquote,Collection of quotations: Wikiquote is one of a family of wiki-based projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation. Based on an idea by Daniel Alston and implemented by Brion Vibber, the goal of the project is to produce collaboratively a vast reference of quotations from prominent people, books, films and proverbs, and to give details about them. Though there are many online collections of quotations, Wikiquote is distinguished by being among the few that provide an opportunity for visitors to contribute. Wikiquote pages are cross-linked to articles about the notable personalities on Wikipedia. There are Wikiquote projects in 89 languages.
Wiktionary, The free dictionary: Wiktionary (a portmanteau of the words wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content multilingual dictionary, available in over 151 languages. Unlike standard dictionaries, it is written collaboratively by volunteers, dubbed "Wiktionarians", using wiki software, allowing articles to be changed by almost anyone with access to the website. Wiktionary includes usage notes, audio pronounciations, definitions of foreign words and links between languages.
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Wikipedia is a very good tool nowadays, although there could be false or wrong information, most of the info is supported by dates, quotes of the people involved, images and documents that make it reliable. And every student has to take this into account when he or she is looking for some info on the wikipedia because as a good searcher his or her work needs to be based on accurate information.
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