Wikipedia

Summary

Wikipedia is a MediaWiki wiki^[1]. Wikipedia ranks in the top 2% of mediawiki_wiki entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (179,888 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wikipedia authored Wikipedia community^[3].
• Wikipedia authored Jimmy Wales^[4].
• Wikipedia authored Larry Sanger^[5].
• Wikipedia is the creator of Jimmy Wales^[6].
• Wikipedia is the creator of Larry Sanger^[7].
• Wikipedia is the creator of Wikimedia community^[8].
• Wikipedia received the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation^[9].
• Wikipedia received the FSF Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit^[10].
• Wikipedia received the Grimme Online Award^[11].
• Wikipedia received the Erasmus Prize^[12].
• Wikipedia is in the country of United States^[13].
• Wikipedia's instance of is recorded as MediaWiki wiki^[14].
• Wikipedia's instance of is recorded as Wikimedia project^[15].
• Wikipedia's instance of is recorded as open content^[16].
• Wikipedia's instance of is recorded as crowdsourced project^[17].
• Wikipedia's instance of is recorded as user-generated content platform^[18].
• Wikipedia's instance of is recorded as very large online platform^[19].
• Wikipedia's instance of is recorded as sociotope^[20].
• Wikipedia's instance of is recorded as self-depicting entity^[21].
• Wikipedia's instance of is recorded as digital public good^[22].
• Wikipedia was edited by Wikipedia community^[23].
• Wikipedia's founder is recorded as Jimmy Wales^[24].
• Wikipedia's founder is recorded as Larry Sanger^[25].
• Wikipedia is owned by Wikimedia Foundation^[26].
• Wikipedia's genre is encyclopedic wiki^[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Authored works include Wikipedia community^[3], a community^[28]; Jimmy Wales^[4], a businessperson^[29], b. 1966^[30], of United States^[31], awarded the Quadriga^[32], specialised in website^[33]; and Larry Sanger^[5], a philosopher^[34], b. 1968^[35], of United States^[36], specialised in philosophy^[37]. Wikipedia was edited by Wikipedia community^[23]. Created works include Jimmy Wales^[6], a businessperson^[38], b. 1966^[39], of United States^[40], awarded the Quadriga^[41], specialised in website^[42]; Larry Sanger^[7], a philosopher^[43], b. 1968^[44], of United States^[45], specialised in philosophy^[46]; and Wikimedia community^[8], a community^[47], founded in 2001^[48].

Publication

Wikipedia's language of work or name is recorded as multiple languages^[49]. Wikipedia's genre is encyclopedic wiki^[27].

Reception

Awards received include Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation^[9], an award^[50], in Spain^[51], founded in 1981^[52]; FSF Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit^[10], an award^[53], founded in 2005^[54]; Grimme Online Award^[11], an award^[55], in Germany^[56]; and Erasmus Prize^[12], a science award^[57], in Netherlands^[58], founded in 1958^[59]. Reviews include 1.7/5 (Poor)^[60], 2.1/5 (Poor)^[61], and 4.7/5^[62].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Wikipedia followed Nupedia^[63].

Material and Period

Recorded location include Ashburn^[64], San Francisco^[65], Dallas^[66], Carrollton^[67], Chicago^[68], and Amsterdam^[69].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Wikipedia include Grokipedia^[70], a knowledge base^[71], founded in 2025^[72]; Abstract Wikipedia^[73], a Wikimedia project^[74], founded in 2020^[75]; 274301 Wikipedia^[76], an asteroid^[77]; Wikitrivia^[78], a history quiz^[79]; WikipediaFS^[80], a virtual file system^[81]; Flickypedia^[82], a hypothetical technology^[83]; Wikipedia Day^[84], a Wikimedia project page^[85], founded in 2001^[86]; and Viola wikipedia^[87], a taxon^[88].

Why It Matters

Wikipedia ranks in the top 2% of mediawiki_wiki entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (179,888 views/month).^[2] Wikipedia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[89] Wikipedia is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[90]

Entities named for Wikipedia include Grokipedia^[70], a knowledge base^[71], founded in 2025^[72]; Abstract Wikipedia^[73], a Wikimedia project^[74], founded in 2020^[75]; 274301 Wikipedia^[76], an asteroid^[77]; Wikitrivia^[78], a history quiz^[79]; WikipediaFS^[80], a virtual file system^[81]; and Flickypedia^[82], a hypothetical technology^[83].

FAQs

What awards did Wikipedia receive?

Honors received include Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation^[9], FSF Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit^[10], Grimme Online Award^[11], and Erasmus Prize^[12].