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The English Wikipedia is the English-language edition of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. It was founded on 15 January 2001 as Wikipedia's first edition ... EnglishWikipedia FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch English-languageeditionoftheonlineencyclopedia "en.wikipedia.org"redirectshere.FortheMainPage,seeMainPage. EnglishWikipediaScreenshot MainPageoftheEnglishWikipediainApril2021TypeofsiteInternetencyclopediaOwnerWikimediaFoundationURLen.wikipedia.orgCommercialNoRegistrationOptional;requiredforcertaintasksUsers43,164,347users,1,051administratorsasof4March2022Launched15 January2001;21yearsago (2001-01-15)ContentlicenseCreativeCommonsAttribution/Share-Alike3.0(mosttextalsodual-licensedunderGFDL)Medialicensingvaries TheEnglishWikipediaistheEnglish-languageeditionofWikipedia,anonlineencyclopedia.Itwasfoundedon15January2001asWikipedia'sfirsteditionand,asofOctober 2021[update],hasthemostarticlesofanyedition,at6,461,610.[1]AsofMarch2022,11%ofarticlesinallWikipediasbelongtotheEnglish-languageedition;thissharewasmorethan50%in2003.[2][3]Theedition'sone-billiontheditwasmadeon13January2021.[4] Contents 1Articles 2Wikipedians 3Controversies 3.1Englishvarieties 3.2Disputedarticles 3.3Threatsagainsthighschools 4Wikiprojectandassessment 5Internalnewspublications 6Seealso 7Footnotes 8References 9Externallinks Articles TheEnglishWikipediahaspioneeredsomeideasasconventions,policiesorfeatureswhichwerelateradoptedbyWikipediaeditionsinsomeoftheotherlanguages.Theseideasinclude"featuredarticles",[5]theneutral-point-of-viewpolicy,[6]navigationtemplates,[7]thesortingofshort"stub"articlesintosub-categories,[8]disputeresolutionmechanismssuchasmediationandarbitration,[9]andweeklycollaborations.[10] Itsurpassedsixmillionarticleson23January2020.[11]InAugust2020,thetotalvolumeofthecompressedtextsofitsarticlesamountedto18.6gigabytes.[12] Theedition'sone-billiontheditwasmadeon13January2021bySerAmantiodiNicolao(StevenPruitt)whoasofthatdateistheuserwiththehighestnumberofeditsontheEnglishWikipedia,atoverfourmillion.[4]Currently,thereare6,461,610articlescreatedwith894,678files.TheEnglishWikipediacurrentlyhas43,164,347registeredaccountsofwhich1,051areadministrators. Wikipedians TheEnglishWikipediareached4,000,000registereduseraccountson1April2007,[13]overayearsincethemillionthWikipedianregisteredanaccountinFebruary2006.[14] Over1,100,000editorshaveeditedWikipediamorethan10times.[15]Over30,000editorsperformmorethan5editspermonth,andover3,000performmorethan100editspermonth.[16] NumberofeditorsontheEnglishWikipediaovertime. EditstoEnglishWikipediabycountryasofJanuary2022 OnMarch1,2014,TheEconomist,inanarticletitled"TheFutureofWikipedia",citedatrendanalysisconcerningdatapublishedbytheWikimediaFoundationstatingthat"[t]henumberofeditorsfortheEnglish-languageversionhasfallenbyathirdinsevenyears."[17]TheattritionrateforactiveeditorsinEnglishWikipediawascitedbyTheEconomistassubstantiallyincontrasttostatisticsforWikipediainotherlanguages(non-EnglishWikipedia).TheEconomistreportedthatthenumberofcontributorswithanaverageoffiveormoreeditspermonthwasrelativelyconstantsince2008forWikipediainotherlanguagesatapproximately42,000editorswithinnarrowseasonalvariancesofabout2,000editorsupordown.ThenumberofactiveeditorsinEnglishWikipedia,by"sharp"comparison,wascitedaspeakingin2007atapproximately50,000anddroppingto30,000bythestartof2014. ThetrendanalysispublishedinTheEconomistpresentsWikipediainotherlanguages(non-EnglishWikipedia)assuccessfulinretainingtheiractiveeditorsonarenewableandsustainedbasis,withtheirnumbersremainingrelativelyconstantatapproximately42,000.[17] TheEnglishWikipediahastheArbitrationCommittee(alsoknownasArbCom)thatconsistsofapanelofeditorsthatimposesbindingrulingswithregardtodisputesbetweenothereditorsoftheonlineencyclopedia.[18]ItwascreatedbyJimmyWaleson4December2003asanextensionofthedecision-makingpowerhehadformerlyheldasownerofthesite.[19][20]Whenitwasfounded,thecommitteeconsistedof12arbitratorsdividedintothreegroupsoffourmemberseach.[19][21] In2022,forEnglishWikipedia,Americansaccountedforabout40%ofactiveeditors,followedbyEnglishandIndianeditorsaccountingforabout10%ofeach,andCanadianandAustralianatabout5%.[22] Controversies Seealso:CriticismofWikipedia,Essjaycontroversy,andWikipediaSeigenthalerbiographyincident Englishvarieties OnecontroversyintheEnglishWikipediaconcernswhichnationalvarietyoftheEnglishlanguageistobepreferred,somecandidatesbeingAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish.[23]SuggestionsrangefromstandardizinguponasingleformofEnglishtoforkingtheEnglishWikipediaproject.Astyleguidelinestates,"theEnglishWikipediahasnogeneralpreferenceforamajornationalvarietyofthelanguage"and"anarticleonatopicthathasstrongtiestoaparticularEnglish-speakingnationusestheappropriatevarietyofEnglishforthatnation".[24] Disputedarticles A2013studyfromOxfordUniversityconcludedthatthemostdisputedarticlesontheEnglishWikipediatendedtobebroaderissues,whileonotherlanguageWikipediasthemostdisputedarticlestendedtoberegionalissues;thisisduetotheEnglishlanguage'sstatusasagloballinguafranca,whichmeansthatsomewhoedittheEnglishWikipediahaveEnglishastheirsecondlanguage.ThestudystatedthatthemostdisputedentriesontheEnglishWikipediawere:GeorgeW.Bush,anarchism,Muhammad,listofWWEpersonnel,globalwarming,circumcision,UnitedStates,Jesus,raceandintelligence,andChristianity.[25] Threatsagainsthighschools IncidentsofthreatsofviolenceagainsthighschoolsonWikipediahavebeenreportedinthepress.[26][27][28]TheGlenA.WilsonHighSchoolwasthesubjectofsuchathreatin2008,[26][27][28]anda14-year-oldwasarrestedformakingathreatagainstNilesWestHighSchoolonWikipediain2006.[29] Wikiprojectandassessment Mainarticle:WikiProject "Featuredarticlecandidates"linkshere.FortheWikipediapageonthistopic,seeWP:FAC A"WikiProject"isagroupofcontributorswhowanttoworktogetherasateamtoimproveWikipedia.Thesegroupsmayfocusonaspecifictopicarea(forexample,women'shistory),aspecificlocationoraspecifickindoftask(forexample,checkingnewlycreatedpages).On16March2015,theEnglishWikipediahadover2,000WikiProjectsandactivityvaried.[30] In2007,inpreparationforproducingaprintversion,theEnglishWikipediaintroducedanassessmentscaleofthequalityofarticles.[31]ArticlesareratedbyWikiProjects.Therangeofqualityclassesbeginswith"Stub"(veryshortpages),followedby"Start","C"and"B"(inincreasingorderofquality).Communitypeerreviewisneededforthearticletoenteroneofthequalityclasses:either"goodarticle","A"orthehighest,"featuredarticle".Oftheabout4.4millionarticlesandlistsassessedasofMarch2015,morethan5,000(0.12%)arefeaturedarticles,andfewerthan2,000(0.04%)arefeaturedlists.Onefeaturedarticleperday,asselectedbyeditors,appearsonthemainpageofWikipedia.[32][33] TheWikipediaVersion1.0EditorialTeamhasdevelopedatable(shownbelow)thatdisplaysdataofallratedarticlesbyqualityandimportance,ontheEnglishWikipedia.IfanarticleorlistreceivesdifferentratingsbytwoormoreWikiProjects,thenthehighestratingisusedinthetable,pie-charts,andbar-chart.Thesoftwareauto-updatesthedata. ResearcherGiacomoPoderifoundthatarticlestendtoreachfeaturedstatusviatheintensiveworkofafeweditors.[34]A2010studyfoundunevennessinqualityamongfeaturedarticlesandconcludedthatthecommunityprocessisineffectiveinassessingthequalityofarticles.[35] Allratedarticlesbyqualityandimportance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low ??? Total FA 1,435 2,261 2,206 1,592 173 7,667 FL 165 610 682 630 107 2,194 A 310 631 745 509 92 2,287 GA 2,868 6,501 13,082 16,175 1,666 40,292 B 14,872 28,737 46,301 49,071 17,235 156,216 C 14,834 46,303 112,931 217,527 70,583 462,178 Start 18,724 88,937 384,173 1,302,868 378,463 2,173,165 Stub 4,394 32,258 278,230 2,560,957 837,828 3,713,667 List 4,424 15,338 46,569 157,926 75,208 299,465 Assessed 62,026 221,576 884,919 4,307,255 1,381,355 6,857,131 Unassessed 117 468 1,488 15,047 398,545 415,665 Total 62,143 222,044 886,407 4,322,302 1,779,900 7,272,796 Internalnewspublications Seealso:TheSignpost TheSIgnposticon,showingastyled'S' Community-producednewspublicationsincludeTheSignpost.[36]TheSignpost(previouslyknownasTheWikipediaSignpost)[37]istheEnglishWikipedia'snewspaper.[36][38][39]ItismanagedbytheWikipediacommunityandispublishedonlineweekly.[36][40]EacheditioncontainsstoriesandarticlesrelatedtotheWikipediacommunity.[41][42] ThepublicationwasfoundedinJanuary2005byWikipediaadministratorandlaterChairoftheWikimediaFoundationBoardofTrustees,MichaelSnow.[36][37][43]OriginallytitledTheWikipediaSignpost,itwaslatershortenedtoTheSignpost.[37][44]ThenewspaperreportsonWikipediaeventsincludingArbitrationCommitteerulings,[45]WikimediaFoundationissues,[46]andotherWikipedia-relatedprojects.[47]SnowcontinuedtocontributeasawritertoTheSignpostuntilhisappointmenttotheBoardofTrusteesoftheWikimediaFoundationinFebruary2008.[48] InvestigativejournalismbyTheSignpostin2015onchangestofreedomofpanoramacopyrightrestrictionsinEuropewascoveredbypublicationsinmultiplelanguagesincludingGerman,[49]Italian,[50]Polish,[51]andRussian.[52]WikipediausersGamalielandGoPhightins!becameeditors-in-chiefofTheSignpostinJanuary2015;prioreditor-in-chiefTheed17notedthatduringhistenurethepublicationexpandeditsscopebyincludingmorereportingonthewiderWikimediamovementandEnglishWikipediaitself.[53]Inalettertoreadersuponthenewspaper's,tenthanniversary,theco-editors-in-chiefstressedtheimportanceofmaintainingindependencefromtheWikimediaFoundationintheirreporting.[54] TheSignposthasbeenthesubjectofacademicanalysisinpublicationsincludingSociologicalForum,[55]thesocialmovementsjournalInterface,[56]andNewReviewofAcademicLibrarianship;[57]andwasconsultedfordataonWikipediabyresearchersfromLosAlamosNationalLaboratoryandDartmouthCollege.[58]Ithasgarnered"positive"receptionfromsomemediapublicationsincludingTheNewYorkTimes,[59]TheRegister,[60]NonprofitQuarterly,[61]andHeiseOnline.[62]JohnBroughton's2008bookWikipedia:TheMissingManualcalledTheSignpost"essentialreadingforambitiousnewWikipediaeditors".[63] Othercommunitynewspublicationsincludethe"WikiWorld"webcomic,theWikipediaWeeklypodcast,andnewslettersofspecificWikiProjectslikeTheBuglefromWikiProjectMilitaryHistoryandthemonthlynewsletterfromTheGuildofCopyEditors.ThereareanumberofpublicationsfromtheWikimediaFoundationandmultilingualpublicationssuchastheWikimediaBlogandThisMonthinEducation. 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