A uniform resource locator (url), colloquially known as an address on the web, [6] is a reference to a resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it. Wikipedia[c] is a free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software mediawiki Founded by jimmy wales and larry sanger in 2001, wikipedia has been hosted since 2003 by the wikimedia foundation, an american nonprofit organization funded mainly by donations from readers That address on its own is redirected to the main page The page name may include a namespace prefix (such as help: in this page). It was created by jimmy wales and larry sanger on 15 january 2001, as wikipedia's first edition.
We use simple english words and grammar here The simple english wikipedia is for everyone, such as children and adults who are learning english There are 275,648 articles on the simple english wikipedia All of the pages are free to use. [2] it grew out of nupedia, a more structured free encyclopedia, as a way to allow easier and faster drafting of articles and translations Wikipedia is a free content online encyclopedia website in 344 languages of the world in which 342 languages are currently active and 14 are closed
