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The goal of the Javapedia Project is to create a complete and accurate online encyclopedia of all things Java. Anyone with a question about Java technology will hopefully be able to find an answer in it. Javapedia entries would cover all aspects of the Java language, class libraries, history, philosophy, you name it---if it relates to Java, it belongs in the Javapedia.
We expect there will be articles that tell the history of Java, capsule biographies of people involved with Java's development, talk about Java in relation to other programming languages, success stories and business cases for using Java, plus lots more that will surprise us all. The Javapedia will be created and maintained by the community. Everyone is invited to help.
Our model is the Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/), a free encyclopedia being constructed online by volunteers. Work on the Wikipedia started in January 2001, and as of November 2003 the community has written over 170,000 articles.
No one is in charge of what goes into the Javapedia; everyone is responsible. As with most wiki-based discussions we expect that a small group of volunteers will help grow and nurture the Javapedia by welcoming new contributors, adding more articles, reorganizing old articles and the links between them, and most importantly setting a positive tone for the community as a whole to follow.
Initially there will not be much in the Javapedia. If you don't find what you are looking for then please help by creating a new page with whatever you know about the missing topic. Later someone else who knows more will visit the page and add to it. If you read a page with mistakes on it or that is missing important information then please edit it and help improve it. Contribute what you know and remember that it is okay to leave a page you edit unfinished. That's how a wiki grows and becomes useful.
The Javapedia is an experiment. We think it will be useful, but that will depend on how willing people are to contribute to it.
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