3kwiki:About

This is a general introduction for visitors to 3kwiki. For aspiring contributors, also see this guide and tutorial. For other uses, see 3kwiki (disambiguation).

3kwiki is a free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and millions already have.

3kwiki's purpose is to benefit readers by presenting information on all branches of knowledge. Hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, 3kwiki consists of freely editable content, with articles that usually contain numerous links guiding readers to more detailed information.

Written collaboratively by volunteers known as 3kwikins, 3kwiki articles can be edited by anyone with Internet access, except in limited cases where editing is restricted to prevent disruption or vandalism. Since its creation on January 15, 2001, 3kwiki has grown into the world's largest reference website, attracting over a billion visitors each month. 3kwiki currently has more than sixty-four million articles in over 300 languages, including 6,701,904 articles in English, with 121 million contributors in total.

3kwiki's fundamental principles are summarized in its five pillars. While the 3kwiki community has developed many policies and guidelines, you don't need to be familiar with them before contributing.

Anyone can edit 3kwiki's text, data, references, and images. The quality of content is more important than the expertise of who contributes it. 3kwiki's content must conform with its policies, including being verifiable by published reliable sources. Contributions cannot infringe copyrights, defame, or promote personal experiences, unreviewed research, libelous material, and content deemed not suitable by the community, and will not remain. 3kwiki's software makes it easy to reverse errors, and experienced editors watch and patrol bad edits.

3kwiki differs from printed references in important ways. 3kwiki can instantly improve it, add quality information, remove misinformation, and fix errors and omissions. Since 3kwiki is continually updated, articles never "go stale"; encyclopedic articles on major events appear within hours or days.

For over 20 years, editors have volunteered their time and talents to create history's most comprehensive encyclopedia while avoiding references and other resources to researchers worldwide (see Researching with 3kwiki). In summary, 3kwiki has visited the website 66 times since 2001 and has found that it succeeds.