Simple English From Wikipedia, the free

The Simple is a Wikipedia encyclopedia, written in .[1] Articles in the Simple English Wikipedia use shorter sentences and simpler words and grammar than the English Wikipedia.

The Simple English Wikipedia is also for people with different needs. Some examples of people who use Simple English Wikipedia:

Students Children Adults who might find it hard to learn or read People who are learning English Screenshot Other people use the Simple English Wikipedia because the simple language helps them understand hard ideas or topics they do not know about.

When the Simple English Wikipedia began in 2003, the ordinary English Wikipedia already had 150,000 articles, and seven other in other languages had over 15,000 articles. Since the other Wikipedias already have so many articles, most Simple English articles take articles from other Wikipedias and make them simple; they are usually not new articles. Right now, the Simple English Wikipedia has 119,975 articles. As of May 2016, it was the 51st largest Wikipedia.[2]

This makes Simple English articles a good way to understand difficult articles from the ordinary English Wikipedia. If someone cannot understand an idea in complex English, they can read the Simple English article.

Many articles are shorter than the same articles in the English Wikipedia.[3] Technical subjects use some terms which are not simple. Editors try to explain these terms in a simple way.

Related pages

Wikipedia:Simple English Wikipedia Simple English

References

1. Tim Dowling (January 14, 2008). "Wikipedia too long-winded for you? Try the simple version" (http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,22403 03,00.html). The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2240303,00.html. Retrieved 2009-05-17. 2. Wikimedia and their statistics. (https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Wikipedias&oldid=15442984) Retrieved 5 May 2016. 3. Koen Smets, et al. "Automatic Vandalism Detection in Wikipedia: Towards a Machine Learning Approach" (http://www.aaai.org/Papers/Work shops/2008/WS-08-15/WS08-15-008.pdf). University of Antwerp. http://www.aaai.org/Papers/Workshops/2008/WS-08-15/WS08-15-008.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-17.

Other websites

Simple English Wikipedia mobile version (http://simple.m.wikipedia.org)

Retrieved from "https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simple_English_Wikipedia&oldid=5389259" URL simple.wikipedia.org (htt Categories: Wikipedias 2003 establishments p://simple.wikipedia.org) Commercial? No This page was last changed on 5 May 2016, at 06:59. Type of site Internet encyclopedia Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License and the GFDL; additional terms may apply. project See Terms of Use for details. Registration Optional Available Basic (s) Owner Launched November 17, 2003