Wikipedia na daya daga cikin shafukan Intanet da aka fi ziyarta, wanda ke gabatar da kanta a matsayin "encyclopedia" kuma yawancin wadanda ba kwararru ba harma da 'yan makaranta sun yarda da shi a matsayin madogara ta gaskiya wacce babu kokwanto. Wani dan kasuwa na Alabama mai suna Jimmy Wales ne ya bude shafin a shekarar 2001. Kafin kafa shafin na Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales ya kirkiri aikin Intanet na Bomis, wanda ya rarraba hotunan batsa, lamarin da yake matukar kokarin cire shi daga tarihin sa (Hansen xnumx; Schilling xnumx).

Mutane da yawa suna tsammanin Wikipedia amintacce ne saboda kowa zai iya shirya shi, amma a zahiri wannan gidan yanar gizon yana gabatar da ra'ayi game da mafi yawan editocinsa na yau da kullun, wanda wasu daga (musamman a cikin yanayin rikice-rikicen zamantakewa) masu gwagwarmaya ne da ke neman tasiri ga ra'ayoyin jama'a. . Duk da manufarta ta tsaka tsaki, Wikipedia tana da tsananin nuna wariyar launin fata da kuma nuna wariyar launin fata. Bugu da kari, Wikipedia yana tasiri sosai ta hanyar sadarwar jama'a da kuma kwararrun masu gudanar da harkoki wadanda suke cire duk wani mummunan abu game da abokan cinikin su kuma suna gabatar da abubuwan son zuciya. Duk da cewa ba a yarda da irin wannan tsarin gyara ba, Wikipedia ba ta yin kadan da bin ka’idodinta, musamman ga manyan masu ba da gudummawa.