Wikipedia tana ɗaya daga cikin shafukan yanar gizo da aka fi ziyarta a intanet, tana lissafin kanta a matsayin "ƙirar bayanai" kuma mutane da yawa waɗanda ba ƙwararru ba ne kuma 'yan makaranta suna ɗaukarta a matsayin tushen gaskiya mara shakka. An ƙaddamar da shafin a shekara ta 2001 ta hannun wani ɗan kasuwa na Alabama mai suna Jimmy Wales. Kafin kafa Wikipedia, Wales ta ƙirƙiri aikin yanar gizo mai suna "Bomis," wanda ke rarraba hotunan batsa da aka biya kuɗi, gaskiyar da ya yi ƙoƙari sosai don gogewa daga tarihin rayuwarsa ( Hansen 2005 ; Schilling 2012 ).

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.