How Wikipedia Came Into Existence?

You might not know the guy who created Wikipedia but he taught you a lot. Well let's talk about a guy who created Wikipedia and how it came into existence.

He was born in a family that had great love for education. At the age of 3 his mother bought him an Encyclopedia. And just in a little while he memorized it.

As a child he was taught in a One Room School that encouraged self-education. As he grew up, he decided to become a teacher. And layer he taught in several universities. He was against the regular schooling system and believed that people could learn more through self-education.

So, he decided to create a website where anyone could learn anything without any school. He called this site "Wikipedia".
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But this was only the beginning of his struggle. As he had to organize and write about thousands of topics. For years, he stayed up at nights; learning and writing about new things. Later as the site grew many people joined the idea and started contributing.

And just after a few years, Wikipedia became the world's largest online encyclopedia. But then Jimmy Wales was faced with an important choice...To make the website a business or make the site free. He realized that his love for education was far more than his love for money. So he decided to make the website free forever and made it a non-profit organization.

Today Wikipedia is the world's largest information site. And Jimmy Wales is one of the most influential people in the world.

"Money is not the goal, real value comes from existence."




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