Seeking information from wikipedia?

Question

Suppose we are looking for information about a topic on wikipedia but it is not available currently, is there a provision to make a request sort of submission seeking information about this topic from the wikipedia community ?

Answer 1

Yes. There are two ways to do that:



1. Add a request: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles



2. You can post monetary bounties for articles or other tasks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bounty_board

Answer 2

Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation



The functions of the Wikimedia Foundation are executed almost entirely by volunteers. As of October 4, 2006, the Wikimedia Foundation had 3 paid employees: two programmers (software manager Brion Vibber in California and server administrator Chad Perrin in Tampa); and, "to answer the phones", administrative assistant Barbara Brown.

Answer 3

The definition of a "wiki" is a website allows it's visitors/members to edit it's content. The purpose of Wikipedia is not just to give you information, but to allow you to contribute to the collection. This includes creating new entries. For more information on a wiki, see Wikipedia's entry for it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

Answer 4

excuse me... but the wikipedia community is us only... u hav to sign into ur account and then can change articles only if u r an old user.. if u created ur account recently u gotta get old enuf but u can still create an empty link on the topic u wanna search so that others can fill in information on that topic

Answer 5

There is no provision in wikipedia to make any request. You have to put in search what yuo are looking for and click search to get it.

Answer 6

Sure. You can contact Wikipedia at the page below



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us

Answer 7

yes this is possible

hit this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles

and follow the guidelines given on the above page.

Answer 8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page



near the top you'll see this



Overview · Editing · Questions · Help



click questions and ask about it.

Answer 9

No, i don't think so. But, I think you can ask what ur looking for here (in Yahoo! answers) and people will suggest you where you can get the info. :)

Answer 10

wikipedia is falsie information. nothing there is reliable. your better of using the best algorithm around. which is google.

Answer 11

wait

Answer 12

no

Answer 13

yes...

Answer 14

no.