Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a collaboratively developed, free content encyclopedia. It is very similar to Fossil Wiki, although it is a general knowledge encyclopedia, rather than being specific to one topic (as this wiki is paleontology specific). Because of this, it is not always particularly friendly to in-depth knowledge specific to some topics.

Wikipedia could be viewed as a "mother project" of sorts to Fossil Wiki&mdash;while there is no official relationship, it is doubtful that this site would ever have existed without the inspiration of Fossil Wiki. Wikipedia is a wiki that has general information on anything legitimate; in addition, there are also smaller wikis, like Fossil Wiki, that are devoted to specific topics.

It should also be noted that Fossil Wiki was created entirely independently of The Wikimedia Foundation and of any events occurring on Wikipedia, though many Fossil Wikians are also Wikipedians, and much information is shared between the two projects.