Wikipedia

Since its establishment on January 15, 2001, Wikipedia has become one of the largest reference websites, attracting at least 684 million visitors a year by 2008 (http://siteanalytics.complete.com/wikipedia.org?metric+uv)
Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based, free-content encyclopedia project according to its website, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About. It is written collaboratively by volunteers from anywhere in the world, and anyone can make changes to its articles. Today, there are over 75,000 active contributors working on more than 10,000,000 articles in over 260 languages (http://en-wikipedia.org/wikistats/EN/TablesWikipediansEditsGt5.htm). There are nearly 3 million articles in English alone.

Wikipedia's greatest strength is also its greatest weakness because it is open to anyone. It can draw a large number of contributors from across the globe. It is also susceptible to incomplete or biased information.
All in all, Wikipedia is an important development on the Internet in the 21st Century.

Internet Use

I use the Internet virtually every day to check my e-mails at home and at work, and I respond to them as needed. I also use the Internet most days to search for information on the news, and often for product, travel, health, political, and financial information. Occasionally, I purchase items through the Internet. My Internet use has occasionally caused me to spend more time working at the office.

My wife's use of the Internet is quite similar. She works and goes to graduate school and checks her personal email every day and her work email when she is in her office. She, too, uses the Internet for information on the news, products, travel, health, politics, education, and finances. She often makes purchases through the Internet. My wife's Internet use has decreased the time she might spend watching TV.