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It is one of the most popular websites in the world and has the goal of being a comprehensive collection of all of the knowledge in the world.In this episode, we'll learn about the history of this amazing website, why it succeeded where others failed, how it actually works, and its importance as a source of truth. Some statistics about how big Wikipedia is History of encyclopedias Bomis.com and the dot-com-boom The founding of Nupedia Why Nupedia didn't work Launching Wikipedia Why (and how) Wikipedia was different Wikipedia's early growth Early criticisms of Wikipedia Who pays for Wikipedia? The surprising second and third most popular languages on Wikipedia Automating article creation Criticisms of Wikipedia's trustworthiness Trump vs. Biden on Wikipedia Influence of the contributors on what is published on Wikipedia Why you should edit Wikipedia Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/history-of-wikipedia