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Screenshot .png) The main page of the English WikiPilipinas as of September 1, 2022 | |
Type of site | Online community |
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| Available in | English, Filipino, and other Philippine languages |
| Owner | Vibal Foundation |
| Created by | Vibal Foundation |
| URL | wikipilipinas |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | August 29, 2007 |
| Current status | Online |
WikiPilipinas (formerly known as Wikipiniana) is an online, free content website which bills itself as a combination "non-academic encyclopedia", web portal, directory and almanac for Philippine-based knowledge. Like Wikipedia, it contains various articles on Philippine-related topics. Unlike Wikipedia, many of the articles cover topics that would otherwise be deemed unencyclopedic by the stricter Wikipedia. The service for example, promotes the concept of original research and eschews the larger encyclopedia's neutral point-of-view principle.
Conceived in late 2006 by Philippine publishing magnate Gaspar Vibal, WikiPilipinas (as Wikipiniana) officially went live on June 12, 2007, with several thousand Philippine-related articles forked from the English Wikipedia. Its name was officially changed from Wikipiniana to WikiPilipinas a few weeks later on July 7. The service was formally launched at the 28th Manila International Book Fair in late August of the same year.