Wikepedia is a multi lingual, public open source,wiki technology based,
online encyclopedia.
Wikepedia is edited and developed by its visitors; its articles can be updated
by an internet visitor. The title is a joining of the words wiki
(collaborative web technology) & encyclopedia
Wiki
+ pedia (encylopedia) = Wikipedia
To
have your own wikepedia will makes you seem more important, and
also allows you influence the first thing internet users discover
about you. Have you considered adding your own? Go to "How
do I get listed in
Wikepedia ?" to start your unique Wiki entry!
Wikepedias alexa number is 9 - this means that only 8 websites in the world
are more popular (have more unique visitors) than
Wikepedia . This shows how HUGE this wiki open source online encyclopedia
has become.
Wikepedia is of course a misspelling of the name, the correct spelling is
actually WIKIPEDIA.
Wiki Fact #1: Having a Wikepedia entry makes you seem important, and moreover lets you control the first thing others read about you. But remember the Golden Rule: Do not edit Wikepedia from your own computer. It's too easy for rivals to get your computer's IP address whenever you edit a page, which lets them call up an inarguable audit trail of your exact edits from the wiki's database archive. See: How do I get listed in Wikepedia
Wiki Fact #2: The whole Wikepedia phenomenon came about on 15th January 2001, an idea by Jimmy Wales. It forms a piece of the not for profit Wikepedia Foundation. Combining all languages, there are now over three and a half million entries. More than one and a half million of these articles are compiled in the English language Wikepedia