Here is what the page “Wikipedia at 20: How Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger’s Free Encyclopedia Became a Global Forc” contains. Wikipedia, founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001, has grown to 68 million articles consulted trillions of times by billions of people. The English version alone contains 5.2 billion words. Despite its massive usage, the site’s reputation has stalled at “don’t trust it” because it’s the “free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.” Yet people clearly do trust it, as it has become part of everyday life. There are no paid factcheckers, but the platform relies on volunteers.
As social media made the internet feel uglier, Wikipedia stands out as a holdover that has barely changed in look or function in 20 years. Its future remains fragile, dependent on community and donations. Nova Global News curates publicly available headlines and summaries with source attribution. For the complete material, the listing points back to the source inside the network.