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Simple English Wikipedia was launched on September 18, 2001. [1]In 2012, Andrew Lih, a Wikipedian and author, told NBC News' Helen A.S. Popkin that the Simple English Wikipedia does not "have a high standing in the Wikipedia community," and added that it never had a clear purpose: "Is it for people under the age 14, or just a simpler version of complex articles?", wrote Popkin.
The Simple English Wikipedia uses fewer words and simpler grammar than the original English Wikipedia.It is focused on readers who tend to be quite different from the typical Wikipedia reader with different needs, for example, people for whom English is not a first language, students, children, translators, and people with learning disabilities or those who read below a proficient level.
Wikipedia:Simple diff and link guide; Wikipedia:Keep It Simple; Wikipedia:Keep it short and simple; Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide; Wikipedia:Nothing is in stone#How easy is it for Wikipedia to change? Wikipedia:Simple userbox solution; Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple; Wikipedia:Simplified explanation of user access ...
Simple Search box: reminiscent of Google in its simplicity; Shades of blue: blue tones, with colorful icons and search box; Tabs: four separate tabs for TFA+ITN, DYK+OTD, POTD+About Wikipedia, and Navigation; Three tabs: two additional tabs for search/browse, and Wikipedia as a project and community; TOC: with sections and a table of contents
Welcome to Wikipedia! We are building a free-information encyclopedia in many languages. We started in January 2001 and are now working on 6,923,605 articles in the English version. Learn how to edit pages, experiment in the sandbox, and visit our Community Portal to find out how you can contribute to Wikipedia.
As an example it was used to generate these copies of English WikiPedia 24 April 04, Simple WikiPedia 1 May 04(old database) format and English WikiPedia 24 July 04 Simple WikiPedia 24 July 04, WikiPedia Francais 27 Juillet 2004 (new format). BozMo uses a version to generate periodic static copies at fixed reference (site down as of October 2017).
Wikipedia is a free multilingual open-source wiki-based online encyclopedia edited and maintained by a community of volunteer editors, started on January 15th 2001 as an English-language encyclopedia.
We started in January 2001 and are now working on 6,922,639 articles in the English version. Learn how to edit pages, experiment in the sandbox, and visit our Community Portal to find out how you can contribute to Wikipedia. This page is also available without pictures. More main page alternatives