Wikipedia (terminology)
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The name Wikipedia is the first of several different related terms based on the words wiki and encyclopedia. These terms may be easily confused due to their similarity, although each of them refer to a specific project, product or entities. This article explains the meanings and inter-relationships of those terms (chronologically).
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[edit] Before Wikipedia
- WikiWikiWeb, developed in 1994 by Ward Cunningham, is the first wiki software ever written. Ward named his software after the Wiki Wiki Shuttle, a shuttle bus line that runs between the Honolulu International Airport's terminals in Hawaii
- Wiki, a website powered by a wiki engine (or wiki software), the term derived from the first wiki engine previously cited. The term wiki sometimes also refer to the wiki software itself.
- Nupedia, (March 2000-September 2003) a defunct English-language online encyclopedia project founded by Jimmy Wales and underwritten by its company Bomis, with Larry Sanger as editor-in-chief. The name is a portmanteau of the words new and encyclopedia.
[edit] Wikipedia, Wikimedia and MediaWiki
- Wikipedia, (January 2001), the name is a portmanteau of the words wiki and encyclopedia and was coined by Larry Sanger. The project was originally a feeder for Nupedia
- Wikimedia Foundation, (March 2003), the name is a portmanteau of the words wiki and media and was coined by Sheldon Rampton. The organization was founded in June 2003. The name has been criticized for its similarity to the name of Wikipedia.
- MediaWiki, (June 2003), the name is a play on the name of the Foundation and was coined by Daniel Mayer
[edit] Pronunciation
| Accent | Audio | IPA | SAMPA | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RP | Audio (UK) | /ˌwɪkɪˈpiːdɪə/ | /%wIkI"pi:dI@/ | |
| US | Audio (US) | /ˌwɪkiˈpiːdiə/ | /%wIki"pi:di@/ | enPR: wĭ'kēpēʹdēə |
Other pronunciations include ˌwɪkɨˈpiːdiə, /ˌwiːkiˈpiːdiə/, /ˌwɪkiˈpiːdiə/, and /ˌwiːkiˈpeɪdiə/.
[edit] Wikimedia projects/websites
All the projects of the Wikimedia Foundation have a name being a portmanteau of two words: wiki and the second describing the nature of the project. Except Wikipedia and Wiktionary, these projects were all launched after the foundation of Wikimedia:
- Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia
- Wiktionary, a free dictionary
- Wikibooks, a collection of free books and manuals
- Wikiquote, a quotation repository
- Wikisource, a collection of free source texts
- Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free media (images, audios, videos)
- Wikispecies, a directory of species data
- Wikijunior, a collection of free books for children (subproject of Wikibooks)
- Wikinews, a news source wiki
- Wikiversity, an educational, self-study wiki
[edit] Websites named after Wikipedia
The prefix wiki- (based on wiki software) and suffix -pedia (from the word encyclopedia) are used by many websites, some of which also use the MediaWiki software. However these websites are not related to the Wikimedia Foundation.
- Jurispedia (2004-08-07)
- Lostpedia (2005-09-22)
- Congresspedia (2005-12-23)
- Diplopedia (?)
- Intellipedia (?)
- LyricWiki (October 2005)
- Wookieepedia (03/04/2005)
- Veropedia (October 2007)
- Conservapedia (?)
- Wikileaks (2006)
