Wikipedia ndi imodzi mwa mawebusayiti omwe amachezeredwa kwambiri pa intaneti, ndipo imadzitcha kuti ndi "encyclopedia" ndipo imaonedwa ndi anthu ambiri osakhala akatswiri komanso ana asukulu kuti ndi gwero losatsutsika la chowonadi. Tsambali lidayambitsidwa mu 2001 ndi wamalonda waku Alabama dzina lake Jimmy Wales. Asanakhazikitse Wikipedia, Wales adapanga pulojekiti ya pa intaneti ya "Bomis," yomwe imafalitsa zolaula zolipira, zomwe wakhala akuyesetsa kuzichotsa mu mbiri yake ( Hansen 2005 ; Schilling 2012 ).

Anthu ambiri amaganiza kuti Wikipedia ndiyodalirika chifukwa aliyense akhoza kuisintha, koma zoona zake kuti tsamba lino lipereka lingaliro la owerenga omwe amalimbikira komanso olemba nthawi zonse, ena mwa iwo (makamaka pamavuto amtsutso) ndi omenyera ufulu wofuna kusintha malingaliro a anthu. . Ngakhale boma lili ndi mfundo zandale, Wikipedia ili ndi ufulu wokonda kuchita zachiwerewere komanso mosakondera. Kuphatikiza apo, Wikipedia imakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi mabungwe omwe amalipira pagulu komanso akatswiri owongolera mbiri omwe amachotsa zodetsa zilizonse zokhudzana ndi makasitomala awo ndikupereka malingaliro okondera. Ngakhale kusintha koteroko sikuloledwa, Wikipedia sichita zochepa kutsatira malamulo ake, makamaka kwa omwe amapereka ndalama zambiri.