[Foundation-l] Why "Wikipedia" and not "the Wikipedia"?

Ziko van Dijk zvandijk at googlemail.com
Sat Jun 27 15:12:22 UTC 2009


Hello,
Could someone explain to me why "Wikipedia" is without definite
article? In English you say "the Britannica", so why not "the
Wikipedia"? I am wondering that also in German Wikipedians and
non-Wikipedians tend to drop the article, although we say "der
Brockhaus".
Kind regards
Ziko

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Ziko van Dijk
NL-Silvolde



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