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Headline: Free, open content encyclopedia

Website: http://www.wikipedia.org/

Blog: http://blog.wikimedia.org/

Wikipedia is a free, multilingual, open content encyclopedia project operated by the United States-based non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its name is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a technology for creating collaborative websites) and encyclopedia. Launched in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, it attempts to collect and summarize all human knowledge in every major language.

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Address: P.O. Box 78350 San Francisco, CA 94107-8350 Map it »

Phone: 415-839-6885

Founded: 2001

Industry: Consumer Internet

Sub-Industry: Content / Information

Legal Structure: Corporation

Ownership: Product

Parent Company: Wikimedia Foundation

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Date	Type	Capital Amount	Post-Money Valuation	Investors
08/2009	Other	2M	Unknown	Omidyar Network

Name:	Wikipedia
Product URL:	http://en.wikipedia.org/
Date Launched:	01/2001
Description:	Wikipedia is a free, web-based and collaborative multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its name is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a technology for creating collaborative websites, from the Hawaiian word wiki, meaning "quick") and encyclopedia. Wikipedia's 13 million articles (3 million in English) have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world, and almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone who can access the Wikipedia website. Launched in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, it is currently the largest and most popular general reference work on the Internet.
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Bullish Opinions (4)	Author/Date
great place to get first overview of a new topic Add Comment	ablanky 08/10/2008	100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
often my first resource for quick information retrieval Add Comment	alexdao 08/08/2008	100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
Will be a top-ten web property for years to come Add Comment	tecarmona 08/05/2008	100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
They've built a loyal following of contributors Add Comment	yoda 07/29/2008	100% 1 vote 1 0% 0

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often criticized for possible inaccuracies in information; 1 comment Add Comment	irpip 08/08/2008		67% 3 votes 2 33% 1
google has just launched a similar service which is peer reviewed	irpip	08/08/2008