What is the English Wikipedia?
Q: What is the English Wikipedia?
A: The English Wikipedia is the English language edition of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia. It was started on 15 January 2001 and is currently the largest encyclopedia in the world.
Q: How many articles does it have?
A: As of 7 November 2022, it has 6,572,193 articles.
Q: What features has it imitated from other Wikipedias?
A: The English Wikipedia has imitated some of its technical and organizational features from other Wikipedias in different languages.
Q: How can editors keep track of changes made to particular articles?
A: Editors can select and watch for changes in particular articles by using the "watchlist" feature of MediaWiki. Both watchlist and recent changes can be filtered to show particular kinds of edits such as edits from IP addresses or edits that may possibly be vandalism.
Q: Is there any criticism about bias or unfairness on the English Language Wikipedia?
A: Yes, some people think that the English Language Wikipedia shows bias and unfairness. An example of this is that around 90% of its editors are male.
Q: What advantages does Wikipedia have compared to other encyclopedias?
A: Some people think that Wikipedia is more useful than other encyclopedias because it is large and can be updated quickly.
Q: When did they change their logo for the English WikiPedia? A: In 2012, they changed their logo for the English WikiPedia like most Wikipedias but some Wikipedias like Simple English kept their old logo
