Encyclopedias are designed to introduce readers to a topic, not to be the final point of reference. Wikipedia, like other encyclopedias, is a tertiary source and provides overviews of a topic by indicating reliable sources of more extensive information.
Administration – discusses both the human administrative structure of Wikipedia, as well as its non-human components.
The Free Encyclopedia – describes how Wikipedia is "Free" as in Free Software and Free Culture.
The essence of Wikipedia – describes how Wikipedia uses collective intelligence, collaboration, and preservation to build, expand, and improve content.
Statement of principles – by the co-founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, as updated by the community since then.
What Wikipedia is not – describes how there are certain things that Wikipedia is not.
Offline access – describes how to access Wikipedia's free content without internet access.
Original Wikipedia policy – as edited by the co-founder of Wikipedia, Larry Sanger, on 1 November 2001.
References
^"The Sum of All Human Knowledge". The On Being Project. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
^Diderot, Denis (1755). Encyclopédie. Vol. 5. Translated by Philip Stewart. Paris. p. 635. University of Michigan Library: Scholarly Publishing Office and DLXS. Retrieved on: November 17, 2007
^Sanger, Larry (1 November 2001), Wikipedia Policy, Wikipedia, archived from the original on 11 December 2007
^Roblimo (28 July 2004). "Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Responds". Slashdot. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
^"Wikipedia is an encyclopedia". Wikimedia. 8 March 2005. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
^"Neutral point of view/draft - Meta". meta.wikimedia.org.
^"Wikipedia: NeutralPointOfView". 16 April 2001. Archived from the original on 16 April 2001.
External links
What is Wikipedia? – The Wikimedia Foundation.
Mission statement – The Wikimedia Foundation.
Statement of Purpose – Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws Article II .
Foundation Guiding Principles – The Wikimedia Foundation.
Wikimedia founding principles – Principles generally supported by all of the Wikimedia communities.