Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia, managed by a not-for-profit parent organization, The Wikimedia Foundation, which also manages Wikipedia's sister projects, including Wiktionary (a wiki dictionary), Wikibooks (textbooks), & others own their domain website names.
*WHO ADDS AND OR UPDATES THE INFORMATION?
You and I do… imagine that!!! So that in actuality the website is totally a collaborative effort. Millions of people have contributed information to different parts of this project, and anyone can, including each of us. All we need is to know how to edit a page, and have some encyclopedic knowledge you want to share. The encyclopedia provides users with a certain amount of freedom. We can learn who is responsible for the most recent versions of any given page by clicking on the "View history" link
*HOW DO WE KNOW THE INFORMATION IS CORRECT?
Because anyone can edit any article, it is, of course, possible for biased, out-of-date, or incorrect information to be posted. However, because there are so many other people reading the articles and monitoring contributions using the Recent Changes page, incorrect information is usually corrected quickly. Thus, the overall accuracy of the encyclopedia is improving all the time. We are all encouraged to help by correcting articles, validating content, and providing useful references
*All Wikipedia information taken directly from Wikipedia:FAQ/Overview
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