Wikipedia has a home page???

I just noticed something, Wikipedia has a home page!

Should I be surprised? No. But why does it seem strange?

I know what you’re saying, “Great observation dude…:P”

Maybe it’s because I haven’t seen it in months or years…
Maybe it’s because I never intentionally visited the Wikipedia home page or that I almost never remembered how to spell “Wikipedia.com”…HOWEVER, I use Wikipedia all the time as a source of information.

I’ve grown to depend on Wikipedia for 50% of what I learn on the web, the other 50% are spit between blogs, random Google searches and miscellaneous article sites. Learning has never been so quick and easy!

My point is, Wikipedia isn’t known primarily by it’s cool home page, or by it’s domain name, or URL, or simplistic layout. Even though those things do help to a certain extent. It’s known by it’s availability and wide range of helpful content. What ever you need to know…all it takes is just a quick Google query and we get Wikipedia as the first or second result, providing us with what we wanted!

I just wanted to give everyone a quick reminder: The impression of the site IS important, the planning and marketing IS important but the content is and always has been the MOST important part of a web site or any web resource. It’s been said time and time again, content is king, content is king. However I think that community is king and content is queen. When you think of it, content wouldn’t exist(except in small portions) if it weren’t for the people who are a part of the community contributing day and night.

-Clinton