Wikipedia
A volunteer encyclopedia with a talk page under every article. Citations, not slogans. Featured articles are the standard; stubs are the rest of the map.
Atlas keeps it under Reference rather than News because the page you want is usually yesterday’s consensus, not this morning’s headline. Mobile and desktop share the same article; the difference is the table of contents.
Donate banners are loud. The dump and the API are quieter and more useful if you are building something on top.
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Notes · 2 041 votes · 4.8
★★★★★
Ira Novak
History pages with a long talk tab. I open the references before I trust the lead.
★★★★☆
Chris Adeyemi
Science biographies go stale. Still faster than a textbook index.
★★★★★
Elena Voss
Language editions are uneven. English and German saved me; a few others were stubs.