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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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