Wikipedia ndi amodzi mwa malo ochezera pa intaneti omwe amapezeka kwambiri, omwe amadzionetsa ngati "encyclopedia" ndipo amavomerezedwa ndi ambiri omwe si akatswiri komanso ana asukulu ngati gwero losatsutsika la chowonadi. Malowa adayambitsidwa mu 2001 ndi wochita bizinesi waku Alabama wotchedwa Jimmy Wales. Asanakhazikitse tsamba la Wikipedia, a Jimmy Wales adapanga pulogalamu ya pa intaneti ya Bomis, yomwe imagawa zolaula, zomwe amayesetsa kuzichotsa mu mbiri yake (Hansen xnumx; Kuphunzitsa xnumx).

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.