To mark the tenth anniversary of the fifth most popular website in the world, we will be publishing a series of articles, interviews, retrospective musings and podcasts about the web’s most frequented encyclopaedia
Having founded Wikipedia with Larry Sanger and others in 2001, Jimmy Wales has since taken on the figurehead role for the collaborative encyclopaedia. Wired.co.uk catches up with him »
One of Wikipedia’s main challenges is broadening its base of contributors. Although there is no shortage of people who want to contribute, many are put off by the less-than-welcoming reception they get as a newbie. A new campaign hopes to address this »
In 2002 the whole team working on the Spanish Wikpedia jumped ship to set up their own collaborative encyclopaedia, Enciclopedia Libre. Wired.co.uk examines how this "Spanish fork" came to happen and its impact on Wikipedia as a whole »
It's been 10 years to the day since Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger stood at a server rack, flipped an "on" switch, and unknowingly laid the foundations to one of humanity's most impressive digital accomplishments ever »
With its stringent ruleset, and a history of controversial editorial decisions, is Wikipedia the right place to home gaming’s heritage? »
Kids are taught to Google at school from an early age. Perhaps they should have Wikipedia lessons, too? »
The origins of the Oxford English Dictionary are surprisingly similar to those of Wikipedia, but that didn't stop it becoming an academic standard »
As the fifth most visited site in the world, Wikipedia rouses a wide range of opinions. Wired.co.uk has garnered viewpoints from a range of experts »
Here's ten impressive, enlightening or just plain weird facts about the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit »
As part of Wired.co.uk's Wikipedia Week, here's a timeline of some of the most important moments in the site's ten-year history (and a little earlier, too!) »
As Wikipedia celebrates its 10th anniversary, Wired.co.uk speaks to Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation about the collaborative encyclopaedia's role in the web and its plan for world domination »
Blind mole rats don't get cancer, and geneticists have worked out why -- their cells kill themselves with a poisonous protein when they multiply too much »
Deep inside university college london is a collection of some of the world’s most curious substances -- from solid sky to magnetic fluids. Wired explores the strangest of stuff »
Wired.co.uk review the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 -- it's similar to the Galaxy Note 10.1, but it drops the price and the spec to deliver a more affordable Android tablet »