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WIKIPEDIA users have noticed a new pop-up when using the website. It asks readers to donate money to keep the site going. But why is one of the biggest websites in the world asking for donations?

If you’re a regular visitor to Wikipedia, you may have seen a desperate plea pop up on the site, urging users for donations to keep the encyclopedia online. The impassioned pitch for cash gives the ...

The user-compiled encyclopedia has helped students and sometimes horrified their teachers. So how accurate is the information? What should users be aware of? https ...

Wikipedia, one of the world’s top 10 most visited websites, and a resource used by billions every month, is getting its first makeover on the desktop in over a decade. The Wikimedia Foundation, which ...

Here are some of the pros and cons to college students using Wikipedia in their research and assignments, from two research and instruction librarians at the University of Dayton. What comes to mind ...

Wikipedia's founder Jimmy Wales warned Elon Musk that the company is "not for sale." Wales' was responding to a tweet asking Elon Musk how much he thought Wikipedia was worth. The founder previously ...

If you’ve been using the mobile app, you’ll get data about all the rabbit holes you went down. If you’ve been using the mobile app, you’ll get data about all the rabbit holes you went down. is the ...

Remember when Wikipedia was a joke? In its first decade of life, the website appeared in as many punch lines as headlines. The Office's Michael Scott called it “the best thing ever,” because “anyone ...

Wikipedia is one of the most trafficked sites in the world, with something like 4.3 million articles in English and a total of 22 million articles written in 285 languages. But how much is it worth?