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Wikiquote
is a
free
compendium
of
quotations
that is being written collaboratively by the readers.
The site is a
Wiki
, meaning that anyone, including you, can edit any entry right now by clicking on the
edit this page
link that appears in every Wikiquote entry.
The project was started on June 27, 2003, and there are 65,365 articles in
that are being worked on with many more entries pending in
other languages
Every day many contributors from around the world make hundreds of edits and create many new articles.
All the site's content is covered by the
Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
and the
GNU Free Documentation License
. Contributions remain the property of their creators, while the
copyleft
licensing ensures that the content will always remain freely distributable and reproducible.
See
Wikiquote:Copyrights
for more information.
Note:
Wikiquote contains content that may be considered offensive, vulgar or profane by some users.
See the
content disclaimer
for more information.
More about Wikiquote
Wikiquote
, an article about quotations and why they are important.
Wikimedia Foundation
, the non-profit parent organization of Wikiquote and similar projects.
Frequently asked questions
History of Wikiquote
(only covers 2003–2006)
Announcements
(inactive page)
Press releases
(inactive page)
Exploring Wikiquote
Recent changes
, see articles that are being worked on right now.
Random article
New articles
Contributing to Wikiquote
Welcome, newcomers!
, a starting point for new contributors.
Policies and guidelines for contributors
Help pages
, help on editing articles and more.
Getting in touch
Village pump
, a forum to ask questions not answered in the
FAQs
or
help pages
Bug reports and feature requests
Wikiquotians
, lists of Wikiquote contributors.
Meta-Wiki
, a site that works alongside all the Wikimedia Foundation projects, including Wikiquote and Wikipedia.
Other language versions
Wikiquote in other languages
other languages
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Wikipedia
, a multilingual Wiki encyclopedia. (See
Wikipedia
for background)
Wiktionary
, a multilingual Wiki dictionary and thesaurus. (See
Wiktionary
for background)
Wikisource
, a collection of public domain source texts used on Wikipedia.
Indymedia
is similar to Wikipedia as a radically transparent information collection and synthesis network for ordinary people, but is different in that it's focussed primarily on new information on current events and is strongly based in local, non-virtual, autonomous citizens' groups. (See
w:Indymedia
for background.)
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