I-Wikipedia ingenye yezingosi ze-Intanethi ezivakashelwa kakhulu, eziziveza njenge- "encyclopedia" futhi yamukelwa ngabaningi abangaqeqeshiwe kanye nezingane zesikole njengomthombo weqiniso ongabazeki. Isayithi laqalwa ngo-2001 ngusomabhizinisi wase-Alabama ogama lakhe linguJimmy Wales. Ngaphambi kokusungula i-Wikipedia, uJimmy Wales wenza iphrojekthi ye-Intanethi iBomis, eyayisabalalisa izithombe zocansi ezikhokhelwayo, iqiniso alwela ngenkuthalo ukulisusa kumlando wakhe (UHansen xnumx; Ukufunda i-xnumx).

Abantu abaningi bacabanga ukuthi i-Wikipedia ithembekile ngoba noma ngubani angayihlela, kepha empeleni le webhusayithi iveza iphuzu lokubukwa kwabahleli bayo abaphikelelayo futhi abajwayelekile, abanye babo (ikakhulukazi ezindaweni zezimpikiswano zenhlalo) abayizishoshovu ezifuna ukuthonya umbono womphakathi. . Yize inqubomgomo yayo yokungathathi hlangothi isemthethweni, i-Wikipedia inenkululeko eqinile yenkululeko nokukhetha sobala okusobala. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iWikipedia ithonywa kakhulu ubudlelwano bomphakathi okhokhelwayo kanye nabasebenzi bokuphatha isithunzi abasusa noma imaphi amaqiniso amabi mayelana namakhasimende abo bese bethula okuqukethwe okukhethiwe. Yize ukuhlela okukhokhelwayo kungavunyelwe, iWikipedia yenza okuncane ukulandela imithetho yayo, ikakhulukazi kubanikeli abakhulu.