Nupedia
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| URL | http://www.nupedia.com (now offline) |
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| Type of site | Internet encyclopedia |
| Owned by | Bomis |
| Created by | Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger |
| Current status of site | Closed |
Nupedia was a website with encyclopedia pages. It was created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2000.
Unlike Wikipedia, only scholars (people who know a lot of information) could edit the articles, and all of the changes went through a review process. This made it harder to make articles, and soon became overlooked because of Wikipedia, which anyone can edit.
By the time the site was closed in September 2003, there were 24 articles on Nupedia, with another 74 articles ready to be made. When Wikipedia took over, the articles from Nupedia were moved there, and those were the first articles of Wikipedia. Nupedia is a test site that was made before Wikipedia. The lack of subscribers also contributed to its end. It was never a popular website.
