Wikipedia is the free encyclopedia on the internet. It started in 2001 and now has millions of articles in more than three hundred languages, including 中文.

WikipediaWikipedia（維基百科） is the free encyclopedia on the internet是網路上的免費百科全書。It started in 2001它在2001年開始, and now has millions of articles in more than three hundred languages, including 中文現在有超過三百種語言、數百萬篇文章，包括中文。

Nobody is paid to write it: ordinary volunteers write the articles, and almost any article can be changed by almost anyone. Because of that it grows and is corrected very fast — when something happens in the world, the article is often updated the same day, which a paper encyclopedia could never do.

Nobody is paid to write it沒有人是領錢來寫它的: ordinary volunteers write the articles是普通的志工在寫這些文章, and almost any article can be changed by almost anyone而且幾乎任何文章都可以被幾乎任何人修改。Because of that it grows and is corrected very fast因為這樣，它成長和被更正的速度非常快 — when something happens in the world, the article is often updated the same day世界上發生什麼事，文章常常當天就更新, which a paper encyclopedia could never do這是紙本百科全書永遠做不到的事。

The same openness is its weak point. An article may be wrong, may be one-sided, or may have been damaged a few minutes ago by someone playing a joke.

The same openness is its weak point同樣的開放性也是它的弱點。An article may be wrong, may be one-sided一篇文章可能是錯的、可能偏頗, or may have been damaged a few minutes ago by someone playing a joke或者幾分鐘前才被某個惡作劇的人破壞過。

Good articles give a list of sources at the bottom; that list is often the most useful part of the page, because it points you to where the information really came from. Teachers usually say the same thing: read Wikipedia to understand a topic, then cite the sources it points to, not Wikipedia itself.

Good articles give a list of sources at the bottom好的文章會在最下面附上資料來源清單; that list is often the most useful part of the page那份清單常常是整個頁面裡最有用的部分, because it points you to where the information really came from因為它會指向資訊真正的出處。Teachers usually say the same thing老師通常都會說同樣的話: read Wikipedia to understand a topic讀Wikipedia是為了了解一個主題, then cite the sources it points to, not Wikipedia itself但要引用它指向的來源，而不是Wikipedia本身。

It is a proper name, so it takes a capital W and no "the": we say "on Wikipedia", not "on the Wikipedia". In everyday speech people shorten it to "Wiki" — "I found it on Wiki" — which is common but loose.

It is a proper name它是一個專有名詞, so it takes a capital W and no 'the'所以W要大寫，前面也不加'the': we say 'on Wikipedia', not 'on the Wikipedia'我們會說'on Wikipedia'，不會說'on the Wikipedia'。In everyday speech people shorten it to 'Wiki'日常口語裡大家會把它縮寫成'Wiki' — 'I found it on Wiki'像'I found it on Wiki'（我在Wiki上找到的） — which is common but loose這種說法常見，但不精確。

In Taiwan people say 維基百科, or often just 維基.

In Taiwan people say 維基百科在台灣大家會說維基百科, or often just 維基或常常直接說維基。