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  2. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. "The Day Before the Revolution" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin (pictured). First published in Galaxy in August 1974, it was republished in Le Guin's The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975). Set in her fictional Hainish universe, the story has strong connections to her ...

  3. 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.

  4. English Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    The English Wikipedia is the primary [a] English-language edition of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. It was created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger on 15 January 2001, as Wikipedia's first edition. English Wikipedia is hosted alongside other language editions by the Wikimedia Foundation, an American nonprofit organization.

  5. Wikipedia:Main Page history - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Wikipedia:About - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and millions already have . Wikipedia's purpose is to benefit readers by presenting information on all branches of knowledge. Hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, it consists of freely editable content, whose articles also have numerous links to guide readers towards more information.

  7. Wikipedia:About the Main Page - Wikipedia

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    Deletion. Editability. Wikipedia:About the Main Page. The page is about the Main Page. To visit the actual Main Page, click here. For the template about the Main Page, use { {Main Page topics}}, preferably with |state=collapsed. The Main Page is Wikipedia 's home page for English-speakers. Besides by the link in the left sidebar, it can be ...

  8. Wikipedia:The Free Encyclopedia - Wikipedia

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    The English word "free" has several meanings. The word "free" in "The Free Encyclopedia" refers first and foremost to the licensing terms of Wikipedia's content. Text is contributed to Wikipedia under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) — copyleft licenses ...

  9. Home page - Wikipedia

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    The small house-shaped button in the upper left is for the browser's start page. A home page (or homepage) is the main web page of a website. [1] The term may also refer to the start page shown in a web browser when the application first opens. [2] Usually, the home page is located at the root of the website's domain or subdomain.