A malitere Wikipedia dị ka ọrụ na-agbakwunye maka Nupedia, ọrụ encyclopedia n'ịntanetị n'efu nke ndị ọkachamara dere ma nyochaa n'okpuru usoro nhazi. E hiwere ya na Machị 9, 2000, n'okpuru ikike nke Bomis, ụlọ ọrụ weebụ. Ndị isi ya bụ Bomis CEO Jimmy Wales na Larry Sanger, onye isi nchịkọta akụkọ maka Nupedia na mgbe e mesịrị Wikipedia. Nupedia ka enyere ikike n'okpuru ikike nke Nupedia Open Content License, mana ọbụlagodi tupu e guzobe Wikipedia, Nupedia gbanwere na GNU Free Documentation License na-agba ume nke Richard Stallman. A na-akwụ Wales ụgwọ maka ịkọwapụta ebumnuche nke ime ka encyclopedia a na-ahụ anya n'ihu ọha, ebe a na-akwụ Sanger ụgwọ maka atụmatụ nke wiki iji ruo ihe mgbaru ọsọ ahụ.
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