<a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/wikipedia:Welcome%2C+newcomers" title="wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers">Welcome</a> to <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>, a collaborative project to produce a complete encyclopedia from scratch. We started in January 2001 and already have about 30,000 articles. We want to make over 100,000, so let's get to work--with few exceptions, anyone can edit any article--copyedit, expand an article, write a little, write a lot. See the <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/wikipedia:FAQ" title="wikipedia:FAQ">Wikipedia FAQ</a> for information on how to edit pages and other questions.
The content of Wikipedia is covered by the <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/GNU+Free+Documentation+License" title="GNU Free Documentation License">GNU Free Documentation License</a>, which means that it is free and will remain so forever. See <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/wikipedia:copyrights" title="wikipedia:copyrights">wikipedia:copyrights</a> for the details and <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/open+content" title="open content">open content</a> and <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/free+content" title="free content">free content</a> for background.
- Current events and breaking news
- Encyclopedia articles about the topics behind the news.
- <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Current+events" title="Current events">Current events</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Israeli-Palestinian+conflict" title="Israeli-Palestinian conflict">Israeli-Palestinian conflict</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Accountancy+scandals" title="Accountancy scandals">Accountancy scandals</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/African+Union" title="African Union">African Union</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Hominid" title="Hominid">Hominid</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Jacques+Chirac" title="Jacques Chirac">Jacques Chirac</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/John+Walker+Lindh" title="John Walker Lindh">John Walker Lindh</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Avul+Pakir+Jainulabdeen+Abdul+Kalam" title="Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam">Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam</a>
- <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Recent+celebrity+deaths" title="Recent celebrity deaths">Recent celebrity deaths</a>: <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Rod+Steiger" title="Rod Steiger">Rod Steiger</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Ted+Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a>
- New server and software coming: See <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/wikipedia:Software+Phase+III" title="wikipedia:Software Phase III">Software Phase III</a>.
- Philosophy, Mathematics, and Natural Science
- <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Astronomy+and+astrophysics" title="Astronomy and astrophysics">Astronomy and astrophysics</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Biology" title="Biology">Biology</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">Chemistry</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Earth+science" title="Earth science">Earth science</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">Mathematics</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">Philosophy</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Physics" title="Physics">Physics</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Statistics" title="Statistics">Statistics</a>
- Social Sciences
- <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Anthropology" title="Anthropology">Anthropology</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Archaeology" title="Archaeology">Archaeology</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">Economics</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Geography" title="Geography">Geography</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/History" title="History">History</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/History+of+science+and+technology" title="History of science and technology">History of science and technology</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Language" title="Language">Language</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Linguistics" title="Linguistics">Linguistics</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Political+science" title="Political science">Political science</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Psychology" title="Psychology">Psychology</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Sociology" title="Sociology">Sociology</a>
- Applied Arts and Sciences
- <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">Agriculture</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Architecture" title="Architecture">Architecture</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Business+and+industry" title="Business and industry">Business and industry</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Communication" title="Communication">Communication</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Computer+science" title="Computer science">Computer Science</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Education" title="Education">Education</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Engineering" title="Engineering">Engineering</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Family+and+consumer+science" title="Family and consumer science">Family and consumer science</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Health+science" title="Health science">Health science</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Law" title="Law">Law</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Library+and+information+science" title="Library and information science">Library and information science</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Public+affairs" title="Public affairs">Public affairs</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Technology" title="Technology">Technology</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Transport" title="Transport">Transport</a>
- Culture
- <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Classics" title="Classics">Classics</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Cooking" title="Cooking">Cooking</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Critical+theory" title="Critical theory">Critical theory</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Dance" title="Dance">Dance</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Entertainment" title="Entertainment">Entertainment</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Film" title="Film">Film</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Game" title="Game">Games</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Hobby" title="Hobby">Hobbies</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Literature" title="Literature">Literature</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Music" title="Music">Music</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Opera" title="Opera">Opera</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Painting" title="Painting">Painting</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Recreation" title="Recreation">Recreation</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">Religion</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Sculpture" title="Sculpture">Sculpture</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Sport" title="Sport">Sports</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Theater" title="Theater">Theater</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">Tourism</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Visual+arts+and+design" title="Visual arts and design">Visual arts and design</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Handicraft" title="Handicraft">Handicraft</a>
- Other Category Schemes
- <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Wikipedia+category+schemes" title="Wikipedia category schemes">About Wikipedia category schemes</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Library+of+Congress+catalog+scheme" title="Library of Congress catalog scheme">Library of Congress catalog scheme</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Dewey+Decimal+System" title="Dewey Decimal System">Dewey Decimal System</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Wikipedia+arranged+by+topic" title="Wikipedia arranged by topic">Wikipedia arranged by topic</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Centuries" title="Centuries">Historical timeline</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Historical+anniversaries" title="Historical anniversaries">Historical anniversaries</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Reference+tables" title="Reference tables">Reference tables</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Biographical+Listing" title="Biographical Listing">Biographies</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Current+events" title="Current events">Current events</a>
- Wikipedias in other languages
- <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Non-English+Wikipedias" title="Non-English Wikipedias">About the non-English Wikipedias</a> - <a href="http://af.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://af.wikipedia.com/">Afrikaans</a> - <a href="http://ar.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://ar.wikipedia.com/">Arabic (Araby)</a> - <a href="http://eu.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://eu.wikipedia.com/">Basque (Euskara)</a> - <a href="http://ca.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://ca.wikipedia.com/">Catalan (Català)</a> - <a href="http://zh.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://zh.wikipedia.com/">Chinese (Hanyu)</a> - <a href="http://dk.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://dk.wikipedia.com/">Danish (Dansk)</a> - <a href="http://nl.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://nl.wikipedia.com/">Dutch (Nederlands)</a> - <a href="http://eo.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://eo.wikipedia.com/">Esperanto</a> - <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://fr.wikipedia.com/">French (Français)</a> - <a href="http://de.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://de.wikipedia.com/">German (Deutsch)</a> - <a href="http://he.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://he.wikipedia.com/">Hebrew (Ivrit)</a> - <a href="http://hu.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://hu.wikipedia.com/">Hungarian (Magyar)</a> - <a href="http://it.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://it.wikipedia.com/">Italian (Italiano)</a> - <a href="http://ja.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://ja.wikipedia.com/">Japanese (Nihongo)</a> - <a href="http://la.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://la.wikipedia.com/">Latin (Latina)</a> - <a href="http://no.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://no.wikipedia.com/">Norwegian (Norsk)</a> - <a href="http://pl.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://pl.wikipedia.com/">Polish (Polska)</a> - <a href="http://pt.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://pt.wikipedia.com/">Portuguese (Português)</a> - <a href="http://ru.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://ru.wikipedia.com/">Russian (Russkiy)</a> - <a href="http://sh.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://sh.wikipedia.com/">Serbocroatian (Srpskohrvatska)</a> - <a href="http://sl.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://sl.wikipedia.com/">Slovene (Slovensko)</a> - <a href="http://es.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://es.wikipedia.com/">Spanish (Castellano)</a> - <a href="http://sv.wikipedia.com/" class="external" title="http://sv.wikipedia.com/">Swedish (Svensk)</a>
- Wikipedia
- About the project: <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Wikipedia+Announcements" title="Wikipedia Announcements">Announcements</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/wikipedia:FAQ" title="wikipedia:FAQ">FAQ</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/wikipedia:Policies+and+guidelines" title="wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policy</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Feature+requests" title="Feature requests">Feature requests</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/wikipedia:bug_reports" title="wikipedia:bug_reports">Bug reports</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/How+does+Wikipedia+relate+to+Nupedia" title="How does Wikipedia relate to Nupedia">Wikipedia and Nupedia</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Wikipedians" title="Wikipedians">Wikipedians</a>
- Discussion and commentary: <a href="http://meta.wikipedia.com" class="external" title="http://meta.wikipedia.com">Wikipedia Commentary</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Wikipedia-L" title="Wikipedia-L">Mailing list</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Wikipedia+Chat" title="Wikipedia Chat">Wikipedia Chat</a>
- Article pointers: <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/special:NewPages" title="special:NewPages">New topics</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/wikipedia:Brilliant+prose" title="wikipedia:Brilliant prose">Brilliant prose</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/special:RandomPage" title="special:RandomPage">Go to a random page</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/special:AllPages" title="special:AllPages">Index of all pages</a>
- Content requests: <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Requested+articles" title="Requested articles">Requested articles</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Wikipedia+help+desk" title="Wikipedia help desk">Help desk</a>
- Useful resources for us: <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Wikipedia+utilities" title="Wikipedia utilities">Wikipedia utilities</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/tarballs" class="external" title="http://www.wikipedia.com/tarballs">Wikipedia database download</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/wikipedia:public+domain+resources" title="wikipedia:public domain resources">Public domain resources</a> - <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/wikipedia:Sandbox" title="wikipedia:Sandbox">Sandbox</a>
- Selected press coverage: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/09/magazine/09POPULIST.html" class="external" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/09/magazine/09POPULIST.html">The New York Times Magazine (December 9, 2001)</a> - <a href="http://archive.nytimes.com/2001/09/20/technology/circuits/20ENCY.html" class="external" title="http://archive.nytimes.com/2001/09/20/technology/circuits/20ENCY.html">The New York Times (September 20, 2001)</a> - <a href="http://www.techreview.com/articles/heim090401.asp" class="external" title="http://www.techreview.com/articles/heim090401.asp">MIT's Techreview (September 4, 2001)</a>
- Links: <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Friends+of+Wikipedia" title="Friends of Wikipedia">Friends of Wikipedia</a>
