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  1. Apr 18, 2005 · Maybe 2,000 Nupedia members were subscribed to the general announcement list in January of 2001, when Wikipedia launched--I forget how many but an old project news page indicates that 2,000 is about right.

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › NupediaNupedia - Wikipedia

    Nupedia was an English-language online encyclopedia whose articles were written by volunteer contributors with relevant subject matter expertise, reviewed by expert editors before publication, and licensed as free content.

  3. Roughly 2,000 Nupedia members were subscribed to the general announcement list in January 2001 when Wikipedia launched. We operated the system initially using email and mailing lists, while planning and finalizing process details. That lasted from spring through fall 2000.

  4. After a Nupedia wiki was launched under nupedia.com on 10 January 2001, [34] Wales proposed launching the new project under its own name, and Sanger proposed Wikipedia, framing it as "a supplementary project to Nupedia which operates entirely independently."

  5. Aug 26, 2020 · Originally the procedures being developed were a rather clumsy adaptation of the hard-copy academic publishing model. Nupedia a seven step process and an advisory body drawn from its editors and reviewers. By January 2001, when Wikipedia was launched, they had 2,000 members. However by July 2001 they had only been able to produce 20 articles [16].

  6. Sep 9, 2024 · Nupedia was an English-language online encyclopedia whose articles were written by volunteer contributors with relevant subject matter expertise, reviewed by expert editors before publication, and licensed as free content. It was founded by Jimmy Wales and underwritten by Bomis, with Larry Sanger as editor-in-chief.

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  8. The Early History of Nupedia and Wikipedia: A Memoir. Larry Sanger. An impassioned debate has been raging, particularly since about the summer of 2004, concerning the merits of Wikipedia and the future of free online encyclopedias.