Wikipedia

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Quotations 1.4.2 External links 2 Limburgish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

Blend of wiki and encyclopedia, coined by Larry Sanger.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌwɪkɪˈpiːdɪə/, SAMPA: /%wIkI"pi:dI@/
• (US) enPR: wĭ'kēpēʹdēə, IPA: /ˌwɪkiˈpiːdiə/, SAMPA: /%wIki"pi:di@/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}  Audio (UK)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -iːdiə

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Wikipedia

Plural Wikipedias

Wikipedia (plural Wikipedias)

1. An open-content online encyclopedia, collaboratively developed over the World Wide Web.
   • 2005, Financial Times, December 14.

     Work in the open-source software community or contribute to wikipedias on your favourite subjects.

2. (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) A version of this encyclopedia in a particular language.

   There are over two million articles on the English Wikipedia.

[edit] Quotations

• 2006, Cindy Long, "Getting WIKI With It", NEAToday 25 (2): 40 (October)

  It’s because of this open editing feature that Wikipedia draws praise, criticism, and, at times, vandals.

• 2007, The Time Team, Doctor Who Magazine 384: 57 (June)

  "He probably looked them up on Wikipedia," suggests Peter.
  "That would explain why it’s so inaccurate," sighs Jac.

[edit] Derived terms

• Wikipedian

[edit] Related terms

Meta-wiki wiki Mediawiki Wikibooks Wikimedia Wikimedia Foundation Wikinews Wikimania

Wikiquote Wikisource Wikispecies Wiktionary Wikijunior Wikiversity

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to Wikipedia (third-person singular simple present Wikipedias, present participle Wikipediaing, simple past and past participle Wikipediaed)

1. (transitive) To search for information on a topic in the Wikipedia online encyclopedia.

   I wikipediaed the article on science and learned about the scientific method.

2. (transitive) To add or edit an article of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia.

   I am going to wikipedia the article on my favorite actor.

[edit] Quotations

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• 2004, Mike Pitt, in rec.sport.soccer [1]

  Did a bit of Wikipediaing:

  http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyika and

  http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania

• 2005, David DeLaney, in alt.religion.kibology [2]

  If I did Wikipediaing, I’d put your effort under the definition of ROXXORZ.

• 2005, Edward Cherlin, in rec.arts.sf.science [3]

  Is everybody in this group incapable of arithmetic, Googling, and Wikipediaing?

[edit] External links

• Main Page of English Wikipedia
• Wikipedias in other languages

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[edit] Limburgish

[edit] Etymology

From English Wikipedia.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [wi˧gəˈpeːədia]

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia

1. Wikipedia