Introduction:
"Wikipedia has received praise for its enablement of the democratization of knowledge, extent of coverage, unique structure, culture, and reduced amount of commercial bias but criticism for exhibiting systemic bias, particularly gender bias against women and alleged ideological bias.
Wikipedia ((listen) wik-ih-PEE-dee-ə or (listen) wik-ee-) is a multilingual free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers through open collaboration and a wiki-based editing system.
Wales was influenced by the "spontaneous order" ideas associated with Friedrich Hayek and the Austrian School of economics, after being exposed to these ideas by Austrian economist and Mises Institute Senior Fellow Mark Thornton.
Key Facts:
- Parent Company Launch date: June 20, 2003; 18 years ago (2003-06-20), St. Petersburg, Florida, US
- Product Launch:
- Founder: Jimmy Wales
- Estimated Monthly Visitors: 10m-50m
- Telephone number:
- Domain name: mediawiki.org
- Owner: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
- Company Type: 501(c)(3), charitable organization
- Country of operation: Worldwide