Wikipedia

Wikipedia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search "WP" redirects here. For the website to make websites at WP.org, see  WordPress . Wikipedia The  logo of Wikipedia , a globe featuring  glyphs  from several writing systems Expand Screenshot URL wikipedia .org Slogan The Free Encyclopedia Commercial? No Type of site Internet encyclopedia Registration Optional, but needed to upload files, edit protected pages, or create pages in the English Wikipedia. Available  language (s) 284 active editions (295 in total) Users 65,000,000+ (total registered in all editions) [1] Content license Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 3.0  (most text also dual-licensed under  GFDL ) Media licensing varies Owner Wikimedia Foundation  (non-profit) Created by Jimmy Wales  (founder) Larry Sanger  (co-founder) Launched January 15, 2001 ; 17 years ago Alexa  rank 6 (August 2016) ...