Exploring Wikipedia Facts and Myths

There are over 56 million articles on Wikipedia (more added every day)!

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There are OVER 262 different language versions of Wikipedia.

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What language versions of Wikipedia have the most articles?

• English, French, German

• German, Spanish, Arabic

• English, Cebuano (southern Philippines and other islands), German

• French, Swedish, English

Of the more than 56 million articles, more than 6.5 million of them are written in the English language.

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WIKI originally meant quick, but now it means "anyone visiting a website can edit it."

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Because anyone can edit Wikipedia, the information on it is useless for projects and papers.

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New or changed information has to be verified with other sources before Wikipedia will publish it.

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You can find information on Wikipedia, then cite Wikipedia as your source in a project or paper.

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Which of the following is a feature of Wikipedia?

• Only experts can edit articles.

• Articles are written by volunteers.

• Wikipedia is a paid service.

• Wikipedia has no rules for editing.

What is the primary goal of Wikipedia?

• To make money through advertisements.

• To provide free access to the sum of all human knowledge.

• To compete with traditional encyclopedias.

• To publish only scientific articles.