Wikipedia ndeimwe yenzvimbo dzinonyanya kushanyirwa paInternet, dzinozviratidza se "encyclopedia" uye inogamuchirwa nevazhinji vasiri nyanzvi pamwe nevana vechikoro seyambiro isingabvunze chokwadi. Iyo saiti yakatangwa muna 2001 namuzvinabhizimusi weAlabama anonzi Jimmy Wales. Asati atanga Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales akagadzira chirongwa cheInternet Bomis, icho chaigovanisa zvinonyadzisira zvakabhadharwa, chokwadi chekuti anoshingairira kubvisa muhupenyu hwake (Hansen xnumx; Schilling xnumx).

Vanhu vazhinji vanofunga kuti Wikipedia yakavimbika nekuti chero munhu anogona kuigadzirisa, asi hazvo iyi webhusaiti inopa maonero ekuona kweavo vanogara vachisimbisa uye vanogara vachirongedza, vamwe vacho (kunyanya munzvimbo dzekupokana munharaunda) vanoita zvekuratidzira vari kuda kushandura mafungiro eruzhinji . Kunyangwe mutemo wayo wepamutemo wekusarerekera, Wikipedia ine rusununguko rwakasimba uye rusarura rwakasarudzika. Uye zvakare, Wikipedia inokurudzirwa zvakanyanya nevekubhadhara veruzhinji uye nevatungamiriri vevashandi vekuremekedza vanobvisa chero chokwadi chisina kunaka nezvevatengi vavo uye varatidze zvakasarudzika. Kunyangwe kurongeka kwakabhadharwa kwakadaro kusiri kubvumidzwa, Wikipedia inoita zvishoma kutevedzera mitemo yayo, kunyanya kune vakawanda vanopa.