Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Other areas of Wikipedia Community portal – The central hub for editors, with resources, links, tasks, and announcements. Village pump – Forum for discussions about Wikipedia itself, including policies …

Jun 3, 2026 · Wikipedia is a free Internet-based encyclopedia, started in 2001, that operates under an open-source management style.

Jun 15, 2026 · Wikipedia (plural Wikipedias) A free - content, multilingual, online encyclopedia and wiki run by the Wikimedia Foundation.

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Wir sind der gemeinnnützige Verein hinter der Wikipedia und unterstützen die Ehrenamtlichen, sichern und entwickeln die technische Infrastruktur und setzen uns für den freien Zugang zu Wissen ein.

May 25, 2026 · The English Wikipedia, also abbreviated as en-WP, or simply enwiki, is the English-language version of Wikipedia. It is the original Wikipedia, and although the project has since …

In 2025, people spent an estimated 2.8 billion hours reading English Wikipedia articles, according to data from the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia free …

Jan 13, 2026 · On Jan. 15, 2001, the earliest edit found on Wikipedia’s homepage announced, “This is the new WikiPedia!” Twenty-five years later, Wikipedia remains a key source of knowledge on the …

Celebrate Wikipedia’s 25th birthday and the hundreds of thousands of people around the world who make the backbone of knowledge on the internet what it is today.