Wikipedia was launched by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, but the idea had been proposed already back in 1993. The name Wikipedia is constructed from the words Wiki which is a webpage that allows collaborative modifications and encyclopedia. Wikipedia grew out of another project, Nupedia, which was started in 1993. Nupedia had a more expert based approach than Wikipedia did, and wikipedia was originally ment as a supplement to Nupedia. Wikipedia, however, grew quickly and today it is on of the 7th most visited webpages in the whole world. I am sure we can all agree that wikipedia has helped us out more than once.
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