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Nupedia is an open content, international, peer reviewed encyclopedia project formerly run by Larry Sanger; Larry also started Wikipedia when he got the idea of supplementing Nupedia with a less formal "wiki" encyclopedia project. So there is a historical connection between the projects. Both Nupedia and Wikipedia are originated by Bomis, a WebPortal company. So there is a wider management connection too.

There is no editorial connection between the projects, however. The participants in Nupedia do not necessarily condone the contents or methods of Wikipedia--and vice-versa!

Note: Nupedia is currently inactive.

Adding Nupedia articles to Wikipedia

To add a Nupedia article to Wikipedia, all you have to do is find the article, copy the contents, and paste it into the appropriate location (whatever you think is appropriate). Nupedia content is released under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. You should note that Nupedia is the source of the article and provide a link to the original.

Articles copied to Wikipedia

Quasispecies model -- Irish traditional music -- Donegal fiddle tradition -- Polymerase chain reaction -- Foot-and-mouth disease -- Plasmid -- Computation -- Pylos -- Vergil -- Atonality

Articles not (yet) copied to Wikipedia

Imperative programming -- Genotype and phenotype (see genotype, phenotype) -- Functional programming -- Karl Raimund Popper -- Case-based reasoning -- Procopius of Caesarea -- SNOBOL 4 -- Herodotus of Halicarnassus -- Charles S. Peirce -- Classical Era (Music) -- Hydatius

Articles that Wikipedia has superseded

New Zealand


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