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 Web pages that allows users to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows others (often completely unrestricted) to edit the content. The term wiki also refers to the collaborative software (wiki engine) used to create such a website (see wiki software). In essence, the wiki is a vast simplification of the process of creating HTML pages, and thus is a very effective way to exchange information through collaborative effort. Wiki is sometimes interpreted as the acronym for 'what I know, is', which describes the knowledge contribution, storage and exchange up to some point." The most obvious potential problem with an encyclopedia that "anyone can edit" is quality control, and in fact, one of the Wikipedia's co-founders admitted serious problems with the quality and accuracy of some (perhaps a lot) of the Wikipedia content. While there is a tremendous amount of good information in Wikipedia, it should not be relied upon as a sole source. Neither should it be ignored as this example of a "disambiguation" page on "java" shows:

Wikipedia also has the advantage of offering a free encyclopedia in a number of languages besides English, including French, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, German, and Japanese. Rh