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  2. History of Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia, a free-content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers known as Wikipedians, began with its first edit on 15 January 2001, two days after the domain was registered. [ 2 ] It grew out of Nupedia, a more structured free encyclopedia, as a way to allow easier and faster drafting of articles and translations.

  3. Outline of Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Outline of Wikipedia. The. The following outline is provided as an overview of and a topical guide to Wikipedia: Wikipedia [a] is a free content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki. Wikipedia is the largest and most-read ...

  4. Wikipedia:On this day/Today - Wikipedia

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    September 18. AD 96 – Nerva, the first of the " Five Good Emperors " of ancient Rome, came to power following the assassination of his predecessor Domitian. 1809 – The second Theatre Royal, Covent Garden (interior pictured), opened in London after the original was destroyed by fire. 1875 – The Indianola hurricane dissipated over ...

  5. Wikipedia:About - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and millions already have. Wikipedia's purpose is to benefit readers by presenting information on all branches of knowledge. Hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia consists of freely editable content, with articles that often contain numerous links guiding readers to more ...

  6. Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia is the largest and most-read reference work in history, [3] [4] and is consistently ranked among the ten most visited websites; as of August 2024, it was ranked fourth by Semrush, [5] and seventh by Similarweb. [6]

  7. Timeline of the 21st century - Wikipedia

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    February 8: The Algerian Civil War ends. February 27 – March 1: Riots and mass killings in the Indian state of Gujarat leave 1,044 dead. March 14: SpaceX is founded by Elon Musk. April 11 - 13: 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt fails to overthrow president Hugo Chavez. May 20: East Timor gains independence.

  8. Time - Wikipedia

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    Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. [1] [2] [3] It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to compare the duration of events or the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change of quantities in material reality or in the ...

  9. Timeline of Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Shortly after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (Nisan 14 or 15), the Jerusalem church is founded as the first Christian church with about 120 Jews and Jewish Proselytes (), followed by Pentecost (Sivan 6), the Ananias and Sapphira incident, Pharisee Gamaliel's defense of the Apostles (), the stoning of Saint Stephen (see also Persecution of Christians) and the subsequent dispersion ...