User:Cheng553020155/sandbox

Functions
The site is an open Internet encyclopedia espousing equality, collaboration, and sharing. The encyclopedia, with two other services provided by Baidu ("zhidao" and "post") is three of the main services that Baidu provides to its users.

The articles are written and edited by registered users and reviewed by behind-the-scenes administrators before release. There is no formal way to contact the administrators. Registered users' contributions are rewarded in a credit point system. Although the earlier test version was named "Baidu WIKI", official media releases and pages on the encyclopedia itself state that the system is not a wiki. However, its operation is akin to a wiki and they occasionally use the word "wiki" internally.

Numbers of entries
According to the latest list of entries, Baidu Baike has around 6,200,000 entries in its database, with 3800 increase in entries per day. Here are some milestones:

Copyright
Baidu Baike's copyright policy is outlined in the "terms of use" section of its help page. It states that by adding content to the site, users agree to assign Baidu rights to their original contributions. It also states that users cannot violate intellectual property law, and that contributions which quote works held under the Creative Commons and/or GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) must follow the restrictions of those licenses. However, on the bottom of each page, the copyright "©2024 Baidu" is displayed, contradicting its own terms of use.

Unlike Wikipedia which most editors are volunteers, Baidu Baike has its unique motivate mechanism which gives more rights to high level users. As users contribute more materials to Baidu Baike, they gain points and go up in level. A high level account requires long time commitment and give higher rank titles.

Baidu Baike has been criticized for violating the GFDL when using Wikipedia content, as well as other copyrights such as those belonging to Hudong.com, and encouraging plagiarism generally.