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FAQs

Can anyone edit Wikipedia? ›

Wikipedia is a wiki, meaning anyone can edit nearly any page and improve articles immediately. You do not need to register to do this, and anyone who has edited is known as a Wikipedian or editor. Small edits add up, and every editor can be proud to have made Wikipedia better for all.

Fundraising and Donations: The Lifeblood of Wikipedia The most significant source of Wikipedia's income is donations. These come from millions of individuals and corporations worldwide, including tech giants like Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook.

As of December 31, 2023, it has employed over 700 staff and contractors, with annual revenues of $180.2 million, annual expenses of $169 million, net assets of $255 million and a growing endowment, which surpassed $100 million in June 2021.

Because Wikipedia cannot be considered a reliable source, the use of Wikipedia is not accepted in many schools and universities in writing a formal paper, and some educational institutions have banned it as a primary source while others have limited its use to only a pointer to external sources.

Notability on Wikipedia is determined by significant coverage from reliable, independent secondary sources. This means that a person or organization must have received substantial attention in reputable publications or media outlets that are independent of the subject.

Wikipedia does not give any reward other than the presence of the great encyclopedia on the web. It is your choice to contribute a little, to contribute a lot, to not contribute, or to contribute short-lived vandalism.

Who owns Wikipedia? Wikipedia's tech framework is supported by the Wikimedia Foundation, which also supports Wikipedia's sister projects, including Wiktionary, Wikibooks, and others, and owns all of their domain names.

Wikipedia is free content that anyone can edit, use, modify, and distribute. This is a motto applied to all Wikimedia foundation project: use them for any purpose as you wish.

There are no paid editors who "work for Wikipedia". There are people who can be called "paid editors" but they do not work for the encyclopedia or the Wikimedia Foundation; they work for the people who pay them (and this is heavily frowned upon, and, arguably, they work *against* Wikipedia, not for it).

Our fundraising program has a unique model, with over 7.5 million donors giving an average donation of $11.38 in the 2022-2023 fiscal year (FY 22-23) – that's 7.5 million people engaged in our mission to unlock the world's knowledge.

Is the founder of Wikipedia a billionaire? ›

Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales: 'It's true, I'm not a billionaire.

Based in San Francisco, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) is the organization that owns the domain wikipedia.org . The Foundation raises money, distributes grants, controls the servers, develops and deploys software, and does outreach to support Wikimedia projects, including the English Wikipedia.

First, it is not considered a trusted source due to the fact that anyone can edit the content. This means that the information may not be reliable or accurate. Second, because Wikipedia is a user-generated platform, the quality and depth of information can vary greatly depending on the topic and the contributors.

Wikipedia's Outline of knowledge includes many images (including maps, pictures, etc.), and supports the inclusion of images throughout. Britannica's Outline of Knowledge is currently broader (covering the overall spectrum of subjects more evenly) and it is more refined.

No, ChatGPT is not a credible source of factual information and can't be cited for this purpose in academic writing.

User access levels are determined by whether the Wikipedian is logged in, the account's age and edit count, and what manually assigned rights the account has. Anyone can use the basic functionalities of Wikipedia even if they are not logged in. Unless they are blocked, they may freely edit most pages.

A block is a measure used to protect Wikipedia from possible improper activity in breach of editorial policies. It prevents users from editing, renaming, creating, or otherwise contributing to pages on Wikipedia, either across Wikipedia or on certain pages.

This page in a nutshell: Anyone can edit Wikipedia and become a Wikipedian! There are currently 47,635,646 Wikipedia accounts, of which 114,893 have made at least one edit during the last month. Wikipedia is in the palm of your hand—all you need to do is edit an article.

If you want to create a Wikipedia page, the page's subject must have notability above all else. This means: Significant Coverage: The subject of the article must have received significant coverage from reliable sources.