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==Characteristics==
[[Image:Www.wikipedia.org screenshot.png|250px|thumb|right|Detail of Wikipedia's multilingual portal at http://www.wikipedia.org. Here, the project's largest language editions are shown.]]
Wikipedia's slogan is "The Free Encyclopedia that anyone can edit from any computer", and the project is described by its founder [[Jimmy Wales]] as "an effort to create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language."{{ref|WalesGoal}} It is developed on the wikipedia.org website using a type of [[computer software|software]] called a "[[wiki]]", a term originally used for the [[Portland Pattern Repository|WikiWikiWeb]] and derived from the [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] ''Wiki Wiki'', which means "quick". Wales intends that Wikipedia should achieve a "''[[Encyclopædia Britannica|Britannica]]'' or better" quality and be published in print...
Several other [[Internet encyclopedia project|encyclopedia projects]] exist or have existed on the [[Internet]]. Traditional editorial policies and article ownership are used in some, such as the expert-written ''[[Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]]'' and the now-defunct ''[[Nupedia]]''. More casual websites such as [[H2G2|h2g2]] or [[Everything2]] serve as general guides, the articles of which are written and controlled by individuals. Projects such as Wikipedia, [[Susning.nu]], and the ''[[Enciclopedia Libre]]'' are wikis in which articles are developed by numerous authors, and there is no formal process of review. Wikipedia has become the largest such encyclopedic wiki by article and word-count. Unlike many encyclopedias, it has licensed its content under the [[GNU Free Documentation License]].
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