Wikipedia: Company and Its Founders: Company and Its Founders

Wikipedia: Company and Its Founders: Company and Its Founders

by Jennifer Joline Anderson
Wikipedia: Company and Its Founders: Company and Its Founders

Wikipedia: Company and Its Founders: Company and Its Founders

by Jennifer Joline Anderson

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Overview

This title examines the remarkable lives of Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger and their work building the groundbreaking company Wikipedia. Readers will learn about Wales and Sanger’s backgrounds and education, as well as their early careers. Also covered is a look at how Wikipedia operates and issues the company faces, such as establishing reliability, developing international sites, and dealing with abusive users. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Technology Pioneers is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781617148125
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
Publication date: 01/28/2011
Series: Technology Pioneers Series
Pages: 112
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile: 1050L (what's this?)
Age Range: 12 - 15 Years

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 A New Kind of Encyclopedia 6

Chapter 2 Growing Up Curious 14

Chapter 3 The Internet Explosion 24

Chapter 4 The Nupedia Concept 34

Chapter 5 Making a Wiki 42

Chapter 6 Wikipedia Takes Off 50

Chapter 7 Going International 60

Chapter 8 Trolls, Vandals, and Edit Wars 70

Chapter 9 Controversy 80

Chapter 10 New Ventures 88

Timeline 96

Essential Facts 100

Glossary 102

Additional Resources 104

Source Notes 106

Index 110

About the Author 112

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