The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia is a 2009 popular history book by new media researcher and writer Andrew Lih.

Lih describes the importance of early influences on Wikipedia including Usenet, HyperCard, Slashdot, and MeatballWiki.

The book also covers the Citizendium project, originally a fork of Wikipedia by co-founder Larry Sanger.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Until just a couple of years ago, the largest reference work ever published was something called the Yongle Encyclopedia.

[4] The Telegraph said that the author "conveys a vivid sense of Wikipedian talent and provides a useful primer on the computing culture that gave it birth.