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Published online 18 March 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050314-17

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Reference revolution

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales offers a whole new species of information online.

Inspired by the power of the web, Jimmy Wales co-founded the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia in early 2001. The reference tool takes advantage of Wiki technology, which allows Internet users to modify websites other than their own.

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