Editing History of Wikipedia (section)

====2001====
In January 2001, Wikipedia began as a side-project of Nupedia, to allow collaboration on articles prior to entering the peer-review process.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Larry Sanger |author-link=Larry Sanger |date=10 January 2001 |title=Let's make a wiki |work=Nupedia-l mailing list |publisher=Internet Archive |url=http://www.nupedia.com/pipermail/nupedia-l/2001-January/000676.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030414014355/http://www.nupedia.com/pipermail/nupedia-l/2001-January/000676.html |archive-date=14 April 2003}}</ref> The name was suggested by Sanger on 11 January 2001 as a [[portmanteau]] of the words ''[[wiki]]'' ([[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] for "quick") and ''encyclopedia''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=[Nupedia-l] Re: [Advisory-l] The wiki... |url=http://www.nupedia.com/pipermail/nupedia-l/2001-January/000680.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030414021138/http://www.nupedia.com/pipermail/nupedia-l/2001-January/000680.html |archive-date=14 April 2003 |website=nupedia.com}}</ref> The ''wikipedia.com'' and ''wikipedia.org'' domain names were registered on 12<ref>[[Network Solutions]] (2007) ''[http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?domain=wikipedia.com WHOIS domain registration information results for wikipedia.com from Network Solutions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927193149/http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?domain=wikipedia.com |date=27 September 2007 }}''. Retrieved 27 July 2007.</ref> and 13 January,<ref>[[Network Solutions]] (2007). [http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?domain=wikipedia.org "WHOIS domain registration information results for wikipedia.org from Network Solutions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194913/http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?domain=wikipedia.org |date=27 September 2007 }}". Retrieved 27 July 2007.</ref> respectively, with ''wikipedia.org'' being brought online on the same day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wikipedia.org Site Info |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006010812/http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page |archive-date=6 October 2010 |access-date=6 September 2010 |publisher=[[Alexa Internet]]}}</ref> The project formally opened on 15 January ("[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Day|Wikipedia Day]]"), with the first international Wikipedias – the French, German, [[Catalan language|Catalan]], [[Swedish language|Swedish]], and Italian editions – being created between March and May. The "neutral point of view" ([[wikipedia:Neutral point of view|NPOV]]) policy was officially formulated at this time, and Wikipedia's first [[slashdot effect|slashdotter wave]] arrived on 26 July.<ref name="slashdot26july" /> The first media report about Wikipedia appeared in August 2001 in the newspaper ''[[Western Mail (Wales)|Wales on Sunday]]''.<ref>[[Western Mail (Wales)|Wales on Sunday]] (26 August 2001) ''Knowledge at your fingertips. Game On: Internet Chat.''(writing, "Both Encarta and Britannica are official publications with well-deserved reputations. But there are other options, such as homemade encyclopaedias. One is Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.com) which uses clever software to build an encyclopaedia from scratch. Wiki is software installed on a web server that allows anyone to edit any of the pages. On Wikipedia, anyone can write about any subject they know about. The idea is that over time, enough experts will offer their knowledge for free and build up the world's ultimate hand-built database of knowledge. The disadvantage is that it's still an ongoing project. So far about 8,000 articles have been written and the editors are aiming for 100,000.")</ref>

The [[September 11 attacks]] spurred the appearance of breaking news stories on the homepage, as well as information boxes linking related articles.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011010233257/http://www.wikipedia.com/ October 2001 homepage screenshot] shows the "Breaking News" header up top, as well as 11 September 2001 block of articles under "Current events"; the [https://web.archive.org/web/20011010230439/http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/September_11%2C_2001_Terrorist_Attack 9/11 page] shows the activist nature of the page, as well as the large number of subtopics created to cover the event.</ref> At the time, approximately 100 articles related to 9/11 had been created.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keegan |first=Brian |date=17 November 2020 |title=How 9/11 Made Wikipedia What It Is Today |url=https://slate.com/technology/2020/11/wikipedia-september-11-breaking-news.html |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2021 |website=Slate |language=en |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506060557/https://slate.com/technology/2020/11/wikipedia-september-11-breaking-news.html }}</ref> After the September 11 attacks, a link to the Wikipedia article on the attacks appeared on [[Yahoo!]]'s home page, resulting in a spike in traffic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pasternack |first=Alex |date=11 September 2021 |title=How 9/11 turned a new site called Wikipedia into history's crowdsourced front page |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90674998/how-9-11-turned-a-new-site-called-wikipedia-into-historys-crowdsourced-front-page |access-date=11 September 2021 |website=Fast Company |language=en-US |archive-date=11 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911121514/https://www.fastcompany.com/90674998/how-9-11-turned-a-new-site-called-wikipedia-into-historys-crowdsourced-front-page |url-status=live }}</ref>