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On January 15, 2001, Wikipedia was launched. [View all]
Hat tip, 25 Years of Wikipedia
Wikipedia
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History
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Launch and growth
Wikipedia was launched on January 15, 2001 {referred to as "Wikipedia Day"}, as a single English language edition with the domain name www.wikipedia.com, and was announced by Sanger on the Nupedia mailing list. The name, proposed by Sanger to forestall any potential damage to the Nupedia name, originated from a blend of the words wiki and encyclopedia. Its integral policy of "neutral point of view" arose within its first year. Otherwise, there were initially relatively few rules, and it operated independently of Nupedia. Bomis originally intended for it to be a for-profit business.
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History
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Launch and growth
Wikipedia was launched on January 15, 2001 {referred to as "Wikipedia Day"}, as a single English language edition with the domain name www.wikipedia.com, and was announced by Sanger on the Nupedia mailing list. The name, proposed by Sanger to forestall any potential damage to the Nupedia name, originated from a blend of the words wiki and encyclopedia. Its integral policy of "neutral point of view" arose within its first year. Otherwise, there were initially relatively few rules, and it operated independently of Nupedia. Bomis originally intended for it to be a for-profit business.
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