What is WikipediA?

User:Psubhashish@psubhashish

Who

edits articles on Wikipedia?

wiki |ˈwikē|nouna website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users.ORIGIN coined by programmer Ward Cunningham (1949–), from Hawaiian wiki-wiki ‘quick-quick.’

Wikipedia is a

FreeOnline

Encyclopedia that

Anyone can

Edit

Largest online encyclopedia

20+ Indic

languages

12 bn Articles readevery month

5th popular website

50 Cr. Unique visitors2 Cr. From India

Does Wikipedia pay for editing articles ?

No

You can also [edit] Wikipedia!

What you can edit on

Wikipedia?

You can

[Edit] an existing article

Correct mistakes

Add facts and improve it

Are you telling me lakhs of people edit Wikipedia?

And they don't fight?

Welcome to the house of

Wikipedia!

1. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia.

2. Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view.

3. Wikipedia is free content that anyone can edit, use, modify, and distribute.

4. Editors should interact with each other in a respectful and civil manner.

5. Wikipedia does not have firm rules.

Every fish doesn't have an article onWikipedia, only Nemo has! ;-)

Sob..sob...there is no article about me on Wikipedia :'(

Can I write poem, stories and news on Wikipedia?

How about my pet dog andmy granny?

Can I

copy content from

Newspapers, books and journals?

Who verifies the

authenticity of Wikipedia?

How can I

trust Wikipedia

if anyone can

change the content?

● English Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org● Facebook group: fb.com/groups/wikipediasupport

Important links:

CreditsDesign & concept: Subhashish Panigrahi (User:Psubhashish), Wikipedia logo is a trademark of Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Uncle Sam: James Montgomery Flagg in 1916-1917, Shell fish: opencage.info, Chat bubbles: User:bdesham, Times of India 1947: http://1.bp.blogspot.com

Fonts used: Linden Hill, Prociono, Junction (theleagueofmoveabletype.com) all under CC-BY-SA 3.0

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