# English Wikipedia

> [en] English-language edition of Wikipedia

**Wikidata**: [Q328](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/english-wikipedia

## Summary

English Wikipedia was founded on January 15, 2001.[1]Its product is an online encyclopedia.


## References

1. [The Early History of Nupedia and Wikipedia: A Memoir - Slashdot. 2005](https://features.slashdot.org/story/05/04/18/164213/the-early-history-of-nupedia-and-wikipedia-a-memoir)
2. [Fact-Driven? Collegial? This Site Wants You. 2001](https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/20/technology/fact-driven-collegial-this-site-wants-you.html)
3. Wikipedia:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License, version 1.2
4. Trustpilot
5. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
6. [Source](http://wikistats.wmflabs.org/display.php?t=wp)
7. [All the News That’s Fit to Print Out. 2007](https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/magazine/01WIKIPEDIA-t.html?_r=5&pagewanted=all)
8. [Wikipedia: The Missing Manual](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Wikipedia_The_Missing_Manual/h37N0BvkVSUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA454&printsec=frontcover)
9. [Source](https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org/content/pages-to-date/normal%7ctable%7call%7cpage_type~content%7cmonthly)
10. FactGrid