This is a great resource for learning how to edit Wikipedia articles:
How to Edit Wikipedia
You must register to editing protected pages, creating pages in English Wikipedia, as well as to upload files.
A Look Inside Wikipedia
How is Wikipedia Organized?
Articles in Wikipedia are organized according to their development status as well as their subject matter. A short, new article often starts as a "stub," and has some definitions and some links. The most developed articles may be nominated for "featured article" status.
There are nine categories in the "category tree" of Wikipedia: Everyday life, Geography, History, Knowledge, Language, Literature, People, Religion, and Science. These are the main "branches" of the category tree. Within each group there is a smaller group, and with that one an even smaller group (and so on). The articles themselves are like the leaves of the category tree, except each one is linked to a multitude of near or distant articles, making Wikipedia more cyclical.
Right now there are over 4 million articles in nine categories English alone. This graph shows the exponential growth of Wikipedia since its conception.
There are nine categories in the "category tree" of Wikipedia: Everyday life, Geography, History, Knowledge, Language, Literature, People, Religion, and Science. These are the main "branches" of the category tree. Within each group there is a smaller group, and with that one an even smaller group (and so on). The articles themselves are like the leaves of the category tree, except each one is linked to a multitude of near or distant articles, making Wikipedia more cyclical.
Right now there are over 4 million articles in nine categories English alone. This graph shows the exponential growth of Wikipedia since its conception.
In 2008, a study was done to see how much of Wikipedia was in each category. This is a pie chart of their findings:
The majority of articles on Wikipedia are ones about culture and the arts.
References:
Wikipedia's Logo
Wikipedia's logo is an unfinished globe constructed from jigsaw pieces with some pieces missing at the top. The pieces are all inscribed with glyphs and letters from many different languages, which symbolizes Wikipedia's multilingualism . The part that remains unfinished symbolizes the incomplete nature of Wikipedia.
Logo Conception - December 6, 2001.
Logo December 2, 2001 - October 12, 2003.
Logo October 13, 2003 - May 13, 2010
Logo May 14, 2010 - Present
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_of_Wikipedia
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_of_Wikipedia
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