What is Wikipedia?
Wikipedia is a free multilingual online encyclopedia collaboratively created and maintained by volunteer editors.
This means that anyone can access it at any time, provided they have internet access, although a few countries do block or censor Wikipedia.
Its combined editions comprise more than 55 million articles, with around 6.5 million of those in English. The share of Wikipedia articles in English is steadily decreasing as articles in the 270+ other languages represented on Wikipedia become more numerous. Thus, Wikipedia's value as a multilingual resource is increasing over time.
Wikipedia articles are created, written, edited, and improved by editors who donate their time and expertise to improve the encyclopedia's information. Anyone can edit an article at any time, including you!