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  2. History of Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia, a free-content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers known as Wikipedians, began with its first edit on 15 January 2001, two days after the domain was registered. [2] It grew out of Nupedia, a more structured free encyclopedia, as a way to allow easier and faster drafting of articles and translations.

  3. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    Anning, depicted with her dog. Mary Anning (21 May 1799 – 9 March 1847) was an English fossil collector and palaeontologist. She made discoveries of Jurassic marine fossil beds in the cliffs along the English Channel at Lyme Regis, which changed the scientific thinking about prehistoric life and the history of the Earth.

  4. Help:Searching - Wikipedia

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    The search box is an input box with the term "Search Wikipedia" in it. In the Vector skin, it is located in the top right corner of the screen. In Monobook, it is in the middle of the sidebar on the left of the screen. To use the search box, click in it, or jump to it, and type in your search string.

  5. Help:Page history - Wikipedia

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    There is a simplified version of this page at Help:HISTINTRO. If you want to view a page's history, go to the page (e.g., Cat) and click the "View history" tab in the upper-right section of the screen. 10-minute video introduction to the View History feature. A page history shows the order in which edits were made to any editable Wikipedia page ...

  6. Web browsing history - Wikipedia

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    Web browsing history refers to the list of web pages a user has visited, as well as associated metadata such as page title and time of visit. It is usually stored locally by web browsers [1] [2] in order to provide the user with a history list to go back to previously visited pages. It can reflect the user's interests, needs, and browsing habits.

  7. History - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History

    History (derived from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía) 'inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation') [1] is the systematic study and documentation of the human past. [2] [3] The period of events before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. [4] ". History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the ...

  8. Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia [note 3] is a free content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the use of the wiki -based editing system MediaWiki. Wikipedia is the largest and most-read reference work in history.

  9. Wikipedia:Main Page history - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_Page_history

    The Main Page, known as HomePage from 15 January 2001 to 25 January 2002, [a] has been the dominant page on Wikipedia since its inception. The first page to be created, on any given day it is by far the most viewed page on the website, with more than 23 million daily views as of 2016. Viewing the history of the English Wikipedia's Main Page is ...