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TheEnglishWikipediaistheEnglishlanguageedition
ofthefreeonlineencyclopediaWikipedia.Foundedon15
January2001,itisthefirsteditionofWikipediaand,asof
July2016,hasthemostarticlesofanyoftheeditions.[2]
AsofDecember2016,nearly12.4%ofarticlesinall
WikipediasbelongtotheEnglishlanguageedition.This
sharehasgraduallydeclinedfrommorethan50percentin
2003,duetothegrowthofWikipediasinother
languages.[3]Thereare5,297,778articlesonthesite(live
count).[4]InOctober2015,thecombinedtextofthe
EnglishWikipedia'sarticlestotalled11.5gigabyteswhen
compressed.[5]On1November2015,theEnglish
Wikipediaannouncedithadreached5,000,000articles[6]
andranaspeciallogotoreflectthemilestone.[7]
EnglishWikipedia
LogooftheEnglishWikipedia
Screenshot
TheSimpleEnglishWikipediaisavariationinwhich
mostofthearticlesuseonlybasicEnglishvocabulary.
ThereisalsotheOldEnglish(nglisc/AngloSaxon)
Wikipedia(angwiki).Communityproducednews
publicationsincludeTheSignpost.[8]
Contents
1 Pioneeringedition
2 Usersandeditors
2.1 ArbitrationCommittee
3 Controversies
3.1 VarietiesofEnglish
4 Wikiprojects,andassessmentsofarticles'
importanceandquality
5 Graphics
6 Internalnewspublications
7 Seealso
8 Footnotes
9 References
10 Externallinks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia
ThehomepageoftheEnglishWikipediacelebratingits
5,000,000tharticleinNovember2015
Typeofsite Internetencyclopedia
Owner
WikimediaFoundation
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EnglishWikipediaWikipedia
Createdby JimmyWales,LarrySanger[1]
Pioneeringedition
TheEnglishWikipediawasthefirstWikipediaedition
andhasremainedthelargest.Ithaspioneeredmanyideas
asconventions,policiesorfeatureswhichwerelater
adoptedbyWikipediaeditionsinsomeoftheother
languages.Theseideasinclude"featuredarticles",[9]the
neutralpointofviewpolicy,[10]navigationtemplates,[11]
thesortingofshort"stub"articlesintosubcategories,[12]
disputeresolutionmechanismssuchasmediationand
arbitration,[13]andweeklycollaborations.[14]
TheEnglishWikipediahasadoptedfeaturesfrom
Wikipediasinotherlanguages.Thesefeaturesinclude
verifiedrevisionsfromtheGermanWikipedia(dewiki)
andtownpopulationlookuptemplatesfromtheDutch
Wikipedia(nlwiki).
Slogan(s)
Thefreeencyclopediathatanyonecan
edit.
Website
en.wikipedia.org(https://en.wikipedia.or
g/)
Commercial No
Registration Optional,butrequiredforcertaintasks
including
protectedpageedit
pagecreation
fileupload
Users
29,670,112
Launched
15January2001
Content
license
CreativeCommonsAttribution/
ShareAlike3.0(mosttextalsodual
licensedunderGFDL)
Medialicensingvaries
AlthoughtheEnglishWikipediastoresimagesandaudio
files,aswellastextfiles,manyoftheimageshavebeen
movedtoWikimediaCommonswiththesamename,aspassedthroughfiles.However,theEnglishWikipedia
alsohasfairuseimagesandaudio/videofiles(withcopyrightrestrictions),mostofwhicharenotallowedon
Commons.
ManyofthemostactiveparticipantsintheWikimediaFoundation,andthedevelopersoftheMediaWiki
softwarethatpowersWikipedia,areEnglishWikipediausers.
Usersandeditors
EnglishWikipediastatistics
Numberofuseraccounts Numberofarticles Numberoffiles Numberofadministrators
29,670,112
5,297,778
850,364
1,272
TheEnglishWikipediareached4,000,000registereduseraccountson1April2007,[15]justalittleoverayear
sinceithadcrossedathresholdof1,000,000registereduseraccountsinlateFebruary2006.[16]
Over800,000editorshaveeditedWikipediamorethan10times.[17]300,000editorseditWikipediaevery
monthofthese,over30,000performmorethan5editspermonth,andalittleover3,000performmorethan
100editspermonth.[18]By24November2011,atotalof500millioneditshadbeenperformedontheEnglish
Wikipedia.
AsthelargestWikipediaedition,andbecauseEnglishissuchawidelyusedlanguage,theEnglishWikipedia
drawsmanyusersandeditorswhosenativelanguageisnotEnglish.Suchusersmayseekinformationfromthe
EnglishWikipediaratherthantheWikipediaoftheirnativelanguagebecausetheEnglishWikipediatendsto
containmoreinformationaboutgeneralsubjects.Successfulcollaborationshavedevelopedbetweennon
nativeEnglishspeakerswhoaddcontenttotheEnglishWikipediaandnativeEnglishspeakerswhoactas
copyeditorsforthem.
ArbitrationCommittee
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TheEnglishWikipediahasanArbitrationCommittee(alsoknownasArbCom)thatconsistsofapanelof
editorsthatimposesbindingrulingswithregardtodisputesbetweenothereditorsoftheonline
encyclopedia.[19]TheCommitteewascreatedbyJimmyWaleson4December2003asanextensionofthe
decisionmakingpowerhehadformerlyheldasownerofthesite.[20][21]
Wheninitiallyfounded,theCommitteeconsistedof12arbitratorsdividedintothreegroupsoffourmembers
each.[20][22]Sincethen,theCommitteehasgraduallyexpandeditsmembershipto18arbitrators.[23]
LikeotheraspectsoftheEnglishWikipedia,Wikipedia'ssisterprojectshaveemulatedtheArbitration
Committeewiththeirownsimilarversions.[24]Forinstance,in2007,anArbitrationCommitteewasfounded
ontheGermanWikipediacalledtheSchiedsgericht.[25]
Controversies
IncidentsofcyberbullyingonWikipediahavebeenreportedinthemainstreampress.[26][27][28]TheGlenA.
WilsonHighSchoolwasthesubjectofsuchathreatin2008,[26][27][28]anda14yearoldboywasarrestedfor
makingathreatagainstNilesWestHighSchoolonWikipediain2006.[29]
A2013studyfromOxfordUniversityconcludedthatthemostdisputedarticlesontheEnglishWikipedia
tendedtobebroaderissues,whileonotherlanguageWikipediasthemostdisputedarticlestendedtobe
regionalissuesthisisduetotheEnglishlanguage'sstatusasagloballinguafranca,whichmeansthatmany
whoedittheEnglishWikipediadonotspeakEnglishasanativelanguage.Thestudystatedthatthemost
disputedentriesontheEnglishWikipediawere:GeorgeW.Bush,anarchism,Muhammad,listofWWE
personnel,globalwarming,circumcision,UnitedStates,Jesus,raceandintelligence,andChristianity.[30]
VarietiesofEnglish
OnecontroversyintheEnglishWikipediaconcernswhichnationalvarietyoftheEnglishlanguageistobe
preferred,withthemostcommonlyadvocatedcandidatesbeingAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.[31]
PerennialsuggestionsrangefromstandardizinguponasingleformofEnglishtoforkingtheEnglish
Wikipediaproject.Astyleguidelinestates,"theEnglishWikipediahasnogeneralpreferenceforamajor
nationalvarietyofthelanguage"and"anarticleonatopicthathasstrongtiestoaparticularEnglishspeaking
nationusestheappropriatevarietyofEnglishforthatnation".[32]Anarticleshouldusespellingandgrammar
variantsconsistentlyforexample,colorandcolourarenottobeusedinthesamearticle,sincetheyrepresent
AmericanandBritishEnglish,respectively.Theguidealsostatesthatanarticlemustremaininitsoriginal
nationalvariant.
TherehasbeenasimilarissueintheChineselanguageWikipediaconcerningregionaldifferencesinwriting.
EffortsatalanguageforkforPortugueseWikipediahavefailed,andsucceededforNorwegianWikipedia.
AndrewLihwrotethattheEnglishWikipedia"didn'thavethechancetogothroughadebateoverwhether
thereshouldbeaBritishEnglishWikipediaoranAmericanEnglishWikipedia"becausetheEnglish
Wikipediawastheoriginaledition.[33]EditorsagreedtouseU.S.spellingsforprimarilyAmericantopicsand
BritishspellingsforprimarilyBritishtopics.In2009Lihwrote,"Nodoubt,Americanspellingstendto
dominatebydefaultjustbecauseofsheernumbers."[34]
Wikiprojects,andassessmentsofarticles'importanceandquality
A"WikiProject"isagroupofcontributorswhowanttoworktogetherasateamtoimproveWikipedia.These
groupsoftenfocusonaspecifictopicarea(forexample,women'shistory),aspecificlocationoraspecific
kindoftask(forexample,checkingnewlycreatedpages).TheEnglishWikipediacurrentlyhasover2,000
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WikiProjectsandactivityvaries.[35]
In2007,inpreparationforproducingaprintversion,theEnglishWikipediaintroducedanassessmentscaleof
thequalityofarticles.[36]ArticlesareratedbyWikiProjects.Therangeofqualityclassesbeginswith"Stub"
(veryshortpages),followedby"Start","C"and"B"(inincreasingorderofquality).Communitypeerreviewis
neededforthearticletoenteroneofthehighestqualityclasses:either"A","goodarticle"orthehighest,
"featuredarticle".Oftheabout4.4millionarticlesandlistsassessedasofMarch2015,alittlemorethan5,000
(0.12%)arefeaturedarticles,andfewerthan2,000(0.04%)arefeaturedlists.Onefeaturedarticleperday,as
selectedbyeditors,appearsonthemainpageofWikipedia.[37][38]
Thearticlescanalsoberatedasper"importance"asjudgedbyaWikiProject.Currently,thereare5
importancecategories:"low","mid","high","top",and"???"forunclassified/uncertainlevel.Foraparticular
article,differentWikiProjectsmayassigndifferentimportancelevels.
TheWikipediaVersion1.0EditorialTeamhasdevelopedatable(shownbelow)thatdisplaysdataofallrated
articlesbyqualityandimportance,ontheEnglishWikipedia.Ifanarticleorlistreceivesdifferentratings
bytwoormoreWikiProjects,thenthehighestratingisusedinthetable,piecharts,andbarchart.The
softwareregularlyautoupdatesthedata.
ResearcherGiacomoPoderifoundthatarticlestendtoreachfeaturedstatusviatheintensiveworkofafew
editors.[39]A2010studyfoundunevennessinqualityamongfeaturedarticlesandconcludedthatthe
communityprocessisineffectiveinassessingthequalityofarticles.[40]
Importancewisedistributionof
over4.8millionarticlesand
listsontheEnglishWikipedia,
asof5April2015[41]
Qualitywisedistributionof
over4.8millionarticlesand
listsontheEnglishWikipedia,
asof3April2015[41]
Top(0.91%)
Featuredarticles(0.12%)
High(3.21%)
Featuredlists(0.04%)
Medium(12.29%)
Aclass(0.03%)
Low(49.37%)
Goodarticles(0.48%)
???(34.22%)
Bclass(2.05%)
Cclass(3.99%)
Startclass(25.73%)
Stubclass(54.08%)
Lists(3.50%)
Unassessed(9.99%)
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Allratedarticlesbyqualityandimportance
Importance
Quality
Top
High
Mid
Low
???
Total
FA
1,168
1,792
1,695
1,041
189
5,885
FL
141
561
650
600
116
2,068
216
420
575
363
77
1,651
2,058
4,694
9,161
9,844
1,680
27,437
27,336
13,582
110,065
89,044
42,682
235,765
Start
769,256
288,305 1,452,010
Stub
836,991 2,921,000
List
GA
90,874
60,925
199,474
138
410
1,792
16,333
521,006
539,679
3,000,000
2,500,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
Top
Featuredarticles
Featuredlists
Aclassarticles
Goodarticles
Bclassarticles
Cclassarticles
Startclassarticles
Stubarticles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia
High
Medium
Low
???
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Stubarticles
Lists
Unassessedarticlesandlists
[Note:Thetableabove(preparedbytheWikipediaVersion1.0EditorialTeam)isautomaticallyupdateddaily
byUser:WP1.0bot,butthebarchartandthetwopiechartsarenotautoupdated.Inthem,newdatahasto
beenteredbyaWikipediaeditor(i.e.user).]
Graphics
Percentagesofarticleswritteninvariouslanguage
families.InMarch2013,16.76%ofarticleswerein
English.
ThecountriesinwhichtheEnglishWikipediaisthe
mostpopularlanguageversionofWikipediaare
showninred.[42]
Top25contributorcountriestotheEnglish
Wikipedia.Darkgreen:NativeEnglishspeaking
countrieslightgreen:countrieswithEnglishasa
InApril2009,theWikimediaFoundation
conductedausabilitystudyontheEnglish
Wikipedia,questioningusersabouttheediting
foreignlanguage.[43]
mechanism.[44]
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VideomarkingEnglishWikipedia'smilestoneof
fivemillionarticleson1November2015
Barchart,originofedits
Originofedits(2014/12014/3)[45]
UnitedStates
UnitedKingdom
India
Canada
Australia
Unknown
Philippines
Germany
Brazil
Italy
Ireland
Pakistan
France
Malaysia
Netherlands
Indonesia
China
NewZealand
Spain
Iran
Mexico
Sweden
Russia
Greece
Turkey
Other
38.3%
13.2%
6.9%
5.4%
3.6%
2.9%
2.6%
1.5%
1.1%
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
0.8%
0.8%
0.8%
0.8%
0.7%
0.7%
0.7%
0.7%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
13.1%
Internalnewspublications
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia
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CommunityproducednewspublicationsincludeTheSignpost.[8]TheSignpost(previouslyknown
asTheWikipediaSignpost[46])istheEnglishWikipedia'snewspaper.[8][47][48]ItismanagedbytheWikipedia
communityandispublishedonlineweekly.[8][49]Eacheditioncontainsstoriesandarticlesrelatedtothe
Wikipediacommunity.[50][51]Awiderangeofeditorscontributearticlesandotherpieces.[8]
ThepublicationwasfoundedinJanuary2005byWikipediaadministratorandlaterChairoftheWikimedia
FoundationBoardofTrustees,MichaelSnow.[8][46][52]OriginallytitledTheWikipediaSignpost,itwaslater
shortenedtosimplyTheSignpost.[46][53]ThenewspaperreportsonWikipediaeventsincludingArbitration
Committeerulings,[54]WikimediaFoundationissues,[55]andotherWikipediarelatedprojects.[56]Snow
continuedtocontributeasawritertoTheSignpostuntilhisappointmenttotheBoardofTrusteesofthe
WikimediaFoundationinFebruary2008.[57]
InvestigativejournalismbyTheSignpostin2015onchangestofreedomofpanoramacopyrightrestrictionsin
EuropewascoveredbypublicationsinmultiplelanguagesincludingGerman,[58]Italian,[59]Polish,[60]and
Russian.[61]WikipediausersGamalielandGoPhightins!becameeditorsinchiefofTheSignpostinJanuary
2015prioreditorinchiefTheed17notedthatduringhistenurethepublicationexpandeditsscopeby
includingmorereportingonthewiderWikimediamovementandEnglishWikipediaitself.[62]Inaletterto
readersuponthenewspaper'stenthanniversary,thenewcoeditorsinchiefstressedtheimportanceof
maintainingindependencefromtheWikimediaFoundationintheirreporting.[63]
TheSignposthasbeenthesubjectofacademicanalysisinpublicationsincludingSociologicalForum,[64]the
socialmovementsjournalInterface,[65]andNewReviewofAcademicLibrarianship[66]andwasconsultedfor
dataonWikipediabyresearchersfromLosAlamosNationalLaboratoryandDartmouthCollege.[67]Ithas
garneredgenerallypositivereceptionfrommediapublicationsincludingTheNewYorkTimes,[68]The
Register,[69]NonprofitQuarterly,[70]andHeiseOnline.[71]ThebookWikipedia:TheMissingManualcalled
TheSignpostessentialreadingforambitiousnewWikipediaeditors.[72]
Otherpastandpresentcommunitynewspublicationsincludethe"WikiWorld"webcomic,theWikipedia
Weeklypodcast,andnewslettersofspecificWikiProjectslikeTheBuglefromWikiProjectMilitaryHistory
andthemonthlynewsletterfromTheGuildofCopyEditors.Therearealsoanumberofpublicationsfromthe
WikimediaFoundationandmultilingualpublicationssuchastheWikimediaBlog(https://blog.wikimedia.org)
andThisMonthinEducation.
Seealso
EnglishWikipediablackout
HistoryofWikipedia
ReliabilityofWikipedia
SimpleEnglishWikipedia
WikipediaforSchools
Wikipediacommunity
Wikipedia:Milestones
Wikipedia:Milestonestatistics
Footnotes
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