Wikipedia Power Point

1. Wikipedia By: Robert Schrupp

2. Overview Free Easy Access Open Collaboration Neutral Stance Accounts Five Pillars To freely provide all human knowledge

4. History Founded January 15 (Wikipedia Day), 2001 Originally an enhanced, wiki version of Nupedia Wikipedia “wiki”, Hawaiian for quick, fast Portmanteau of “wiki” and encyclopedia .com vs. .org

5. Jimmy Wales Founded Wikipedia American Internet entrepreneur First founded Bomis (men’s web portal) Bomis funded Nupedia then Wikipedia

6. Purpose A free, quick access, updatable encyclopedia Collaborative First, Biased Neutrality Later

7. Content Encyclopedia News Discussions Comes from users … any users

8. Uses Education Free Business Quick Home Updated

9. How is Wikipedia? Free … Easy to use First place for information Citations

10. Similar Sites Encyclopedia Britannica Slightly more reliable than Wikipedia (4 vs. 3) Uncyclopedia Parody

11. Research, Pros/Cons Unreliable Sometimes Neutrality Eventually Updated Huge Simple Comment Wikipedia Explained