_ '''[[Welcome, newcomers|Welcome]] to [[Wikipedia]]''', a collaborative project to produce a complete encyclopedia from scratch. We started in January 2001 and already have '''about {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles.''' We want to make over 100,000, so let's get to work--''anyone'' can edit any article--copyedit, expand an article, write a little, write a lot. See the [[Wikipedia FAQ]] for information on how to edit pages and other questions. The content of Wikipedia is covered by the [[GNU Free Documentation License]], which means that it is free and will remain so forever. See [[open content]] and [[free content]] for background. ---- Please help distribute [http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020115/latu099_1.html Wikipedia's first press release]! ---- :'''Current Events and Breaking News''' :Encyclopedia articles about topics behind the news. :[[Current events]] ---- :'''Philosophy, Mathematics, and Natural Science''' :[[Astronomy and Astrophysics]] - [[Biology]] - [[Chemistry]] - [[Earth Sciences]] - [[Mathematics]] - [[Philosophy]] - [[Physics]] - [[Statistics]] :'''Social Sciences''' :[[Anthropology]] - [[Archaeology]] - [[Economics]] - [[Geography]] - [[History]] - [[History of Science and Technology]] - [[Language]] - [[Linguistics]] - [[Parapsychology]] - [[political science|Political Science]] - [[Psychology]] - [[Sociology]] :'''Applied Arts and Sciences''' :[[Agriculture]] - [[Architecture]] - [[Business and Industry]] - [[Communication]] - [[Computer science|Computer Science]] - [[Education]] - [[Engineering]] - [[Family and Consumer Science]] - [[Health Sciences]] - [[Law]] - [[Library and Information Science]] - [[Public Affairs]] - [[Technology]] - [[Transport]] :'''Culture''' :[[Classics]] - [[Cooking]] - [[Critical Theory]] - [[Dance]] - [[Entertainment]] - [[Film]] - [[Game|Games]] - [[Hobby|Hobbies]] - [[Literature]] - [[Music]] - [[Opera]] - [[Painting]] - [[Recreation]] - [[Religion]] - [[Sculpture]] - [[Sport|Sports]] - [[Theater]] - [[Tourism]] - [[Visual Arts and Design]] ---- :'''Other Category Schemes''' :[[Wikipedia category schemes|About Wikipedia category schemes]] - [[Complete list of encyclopedia topics]] - [[Library of Congress catalog scheme]] - [[Dewey Decimal System]] - [[Wikipedia arranged by topic]] - [[Centuries|Historical timeline]] - [[Historical anniversaries]] - [[Reference tables]] - [[Biographical Listing]] - [[Current events]] ---- :'''Wikipedia''' : '''About the project:''' [[Wikipedia Announcements|Announcements]] - [[How does one edit a page|How to edit a page]] - [[Wikipedia FAQ|FAQ]] - [[Wikipedia policy|Policy]] - [[Feature requests]] - [[Wikipedia bugs|Bug reports]] - [[Wikipedia-L|Mailing list]] - [[How does Wikipedia relate to Nupedia|Wikipedia and Nupedia]] - [[Wikipedians]] - [[Wikipedia Chat]] : '''Article pointers:''' [[New topics]] - [[Brilliant prose]] - [http://www.wikipedia.com/subscribe.cgi?HomePage Receive articles daily by e-mail] - [http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki.cgi?action=random Go to a random page] - [http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki.cgi?action=index Index of all pages] : '''Content requests:''' [[Requested articles]] - [[Wikipedia help desk|Help desk]] : '''Useful resources for us:''' [[Wikipedia utilities]] - [http://www.wikipedia.com/tarballs Tarballs of Wikipedia data] - [[Public Domain Resources|Public domain resources]] - [[Wikipedia commentary|Commentary]], which is being transferred to [http://meta.wikipedia.com meta.wikipedia.com] - [[SandBox]] : '''Selected press coverage:''' ''[http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/09/magazine/09POPULIST.html The New York Times -- December 9, 2001]'' - ''[http://archive.nytimes.com/2001/09/20/technology/circuits/20ENCY.html The New York Times -- September 20, 2001]'' - MIT's ''[http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/623905.asp Technology Review]'' : '''Links:''' [[Friends of Wikipedia]] Today is {{CURRENTDAYNAME}}, [[{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}]], [[{{CURRENTYEAR}}]], server time (U.S. Pacific Time). -----