Nupedia Essays

  • Wikipedia Swot Analysis

    1251 Words  | 3 Pages

    Wikipedia gained early contributors from Nupedia, Slashdot postings, and web search engine indexing. By August 8, 2001, Wikipedia had over 8,000 articles.[30] On September 25, 2001, Wikipedia had over 13,000 articles.[31] And by the end of 2001 it had grown to approximately 20,000 articles and 18 language editions. It had reached 26 language editions by late 2002, 46 by the end of 2003, and 161 by the final days of 2004.[32] Nupedia and Wikipedia coexisted until the former's servers were taken down

  • dave

    1036 Words  | 3 Pages

    and cons of using Wikipedia as a citation for college papers. Wikipedia was launched on 15 January 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, the site was designed to complement Nupedia, an online encyclopedia designed to be edited by experts (this information was sited from Wikipedia due to the lack of information available on Nupedia). This sounds like it would be a good source then if it is complementing information from a site that is edited only by experts, unfortunately if you tried to go to Nupedia

  • Wikipedia's False Information

    579 Words  | 2 Pages

    Wikipedia is a free virtual encyclopedia that can be edited by anyone, who can be anonymous or recognized by their true identity. The website allows anyone to add or delete information, which explains why the website’s information is frequently updated. Unfortunately, the website can be edited so easily, people tend to take advantage of this privilege of editing freely. Anonymous users often add false, offensive, or inappropriate texts or images that can cause confusion or problems for other people

  • What Are The Pros And Cons Of Wikipedia

    1280 Words  | 3 Pages

    website and create new articles which comes from an unreliable source. Today i’m going to argue the benefits of Wikipedia and provide for the modern day person. Wikipedia was founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001, the successor of the website Nupedia which was founded on the principle of a heavily

  • Wiki Essay

    778 Words  | 2 Pages

    website that can allow users to freely create and edit by multiple individuals from any web browser. Also, one famous wiki is ]9web-based collaborative encyclopedia called Wikipedia was launched in January 2001. Moreover, Wiki was side-project of Nupedia by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. Wiki is the most popular on the public web in terms of page views. In addition, wiki is web application that allows multiple people to easily contribute to the same document and they can add, modify, or delete to