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# The [[free]]-[[content]] online [[encyclopedia]] founded in 2001, [[collaborative]]ly developed over the [[World Wide Web]] (all [[language]] versions confounded). |
# The [[free]]-[[content]] online [[encyclopedia]] founded in 2001, [[collaborative]]ly developed over the [[World Wide Web]] (all [[language]] versions confounded). |
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#* '''2011''', [[w:The Guardian|The Guardian]], January 12. |
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#*: ''Civility – translated as savoir-vivre in the French version – is one of the five "pillars" of '''Wikipedia'''.'' |
#*: ''Civility – translated as savoir-vivre in the French version – is one of the five "pillars" of '''Wikipedia'''.'' |
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#* '''2012''', [[w:Reuters|Reuters]], January 19. |
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#*: '''''Wikipedia''' mounted a 24-hour protest starting at midnight by converting their English page to a shadowy black background and warning readers that "the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet."'' |
#*: '''''Wikipedia''' mounted a 24-hour protest starting at midnight by converting their English page to a shadowy black background and warning readers that "the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet."'' |
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# A [[heterogeneity]] which encompasses the Wikipedia encyclopedia in its many language versions and the process of its development. |
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# {{context|neologism|lang=en}} A [[main-belt]] [[asteroid]] (No. 274301). |
# {{context|neologism|lang=en}} A [[main-belt]] [[asteroid]] (No. 274301). |
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Revision as of 21:26, 26 July 2014
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/200px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png)
Etymology
Lua error in Module:affix/templates at line 38: The |lang= parameter is not used by this template. Place the language code in parameter 1 instead., coined by Larry Sanger.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /ˌwɪkɪˈpiːdɪə/ - Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: wĭ'kēpēʹdēə, (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /ˌwɪkiˈpiːdiə/ - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter)Audio (UK): (file) - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter)Audio (US): (file) - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) Rhymes: -iːdiə
Proper noun
Wikipedia (plural Wikipedias)
- The free-content online encyclopedia founded in 2001, collaboratively developed over the World Wide Web (all language versions confounded).
- The community that develops the Wikipedia encyclopedia.
- 2011, The Guardian, January 12.
- Civility – translated as savoir-vivre in the French version – is one of the five "pillars" of Wikipedia.
- 2011, The New York Times, May 23.
- In August 2009, Wikipedia announced that it planned a move that many saw as a step away from its freewheeling ethos of anyone can edit.
- 2012, Reuters, January 19.
- Wikipedia mounted a 24-hour protest starting at midnight by converting their English page to a shadowy black background and warning readers that "the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet."
- 2011, The Guardian, January 12.
- A heterogeneity which encompasses the Wikipedia encyclopedia in its many language versions and the process of its development.
- (deprecated template usage) (neologism) A main-belt asteroid (No. 274301).
Derived terms
Related terms
Related terms
Translations
online encyclopedia
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Noun
Wikipedia (plural Wikipedias)
- A version of the encyclopedia Wikipedia (a free-content online encyclopedia) in a particular language.
- 2005, Financial Times, December 14.
- Work in the open-source software community or contribute to wikipedias on your favourite subjects.
- There are over three million articles on the English Wikipedia.
- 2005, Financial Times, December 14.
- (deprecated template usage) (figuratively) A source of abundant encyclopedic knowledge.
- 2009, Baze Mpinja, "Six Beauty Secrets Every Model Knows", Glamour magazine on Msn.com
- Rules and insights from some of the hottest new faces in the biz—they’re walking Wikipedias of hair, skin and makeup knowledge.
- 2009, Baze Mpinja, "Six Beauty Secrets Every Model Knows", Glamour magazine on Msn.com
Translations
source of abundant knowledge
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Verb
Wikipedia (third-person singular simple present Wikipedias, present participle Wikipediaing, simple past and past participle Wikipediaed)
- To consult Wikipedia for information.
- Used intransitively.
- 2004 January 7, Mike Pitt, "Re: (Non-Euros/SAs Only) How did you become a lover of football?", in rec.sport.soccer, Usenet:
- Did a bit of Wikipediaing: […]
- 2005 August 18, Edward Cherlin, "Re: Slow Re-entry", in rec.arts.sf.science, Usenet:
- Is everybody in this group incapable of arithmetic, Googling, and Wikipediaing?
- 2004 January 7, Mike Pitt, "Re: (Non-Euros/SAs Only) How did you become a lover of football?", in rec.sport.soccer, Usenet:
- Used with an object denoting the information sought or obtained.
- 2006 November 17, Rachel Maddow, on Paula Zahn Now:[1][2]
- I mean, it's true, if Katie Holmes had not become engaged to Tom Cruise, we'd all still be Wikipeidaing her, looking her up, trying to figure out exactly why do I know her, what was she in, is she famous?
- 2009, Roger Ebert, Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2010,[3][4] Andrews McMeel Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7407-8536-8, page 363:
- He made me curious enough that I Wikipediaed Bob Satterfield and found out, yes, he was a real fighter, nicknamed the Bombadier, and was KO'd by the Raging Bull himself in a 1946 fight in Wrigley Field.
- 2010 April 7, "Jeff K.", "Like a Drunk One Legged Pirate Stores His Rum, The aTable Stores Your Cords" (blog post), in CraziestGadgets.com:
- That’s a true fact, you can Wikipedia that shizz.
- 2010, Rachel Cohn, Very Lefreak, Random House, ISBN 9780375895524, chapter 3:
- […] her mother was "homeschooling" her via the Internet (basically, Wikipediaing the Important Facts from the History of the World, and ordering appropriate-level math textbooks from Amazon) […]
- 2006 November 17, Rachel Maddow, on Paula Zahn Now:[1][2]
- Used with an object denoting the specific article consulted.
- I wikipediaed the article on science and learned about the scientific method.
- Used intransitively.
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Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Wikipedia
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
Template:borrowing (deprecated template usage) Wikipedia.
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): [ʋɪkiˈpedia] - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter)Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Wikipedia ?
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter)Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Wikipedia f (proper noun, genitive Wikipedia)
- (deprecated template usage) (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) Wikipedia
Limburgish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): [wi˧ɡəˈpeːədia]
Proper noun
Wikipedia
Spanish
Proper noun
Wikipedia f
Swedish
Proper noun
Wikipedia
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