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==Is it "''the'' Wikipedia," or just plain "Wikipedia"?==
:Wikipedia, as a proper noun, does not take an article. When referring to the project as a whole, plain "Wikipedia" is standard usage. There is only one project known as Wikipedia without any further description or qualification, and that project has many languages: Wikipedia currently is in over 260 languages.
:* When referring to individual editions of the project, each of which is usually described by its language, the ''edition'' takes an article: "the Romanian-language Wikipedia", "a Romance-language Wikipedia".
:* When describing Wikipedia as one of many encyclopedias, reference works, or projects, an article is appropriate: "the Wikipedia encyclopedia", or "the Wikipedia project". In each case the article is attached to the common, not the proper noun (''the'' encyclopedia, ''the'' project).
:* When referring to one of these language editions, in comparison with other editions, an article is likewise used: 
:*: "The smallest Wikipedia" = the smallest language edition of Wikipedia
:*: "A recently-started Wikipedia" = a Wikipedia language edition started recently