The Simple English Wikipedia[2] is a Simple English language or Learning English version of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, written in a language that is easy to understand, but still is natural and correct.[2]
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Screenshot  The website of the Main Page on the Simple English Wikipedia | |
Type of site | Online encyclopedia |
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| Available in | Simple English |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation (non-profit) |
| URL | simple |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Users | 1,817,155 (registered) users and 23 administrators as of 21 July 2026 |
| Launched | September 18, 2001[1] |
Overview
The articles in the Simple English Wikipedia use shorter sentences and easier words and grammar than the regular English Wikipedia.[3] This makes articles easier to understand and change.
History
When Simple English Wikipedia started making pages and allowing changes in 2003, the English Wikipedia already had 150,000 articles. Seven other Wikipedia in other languages also had over 15,000 articles.
Articles in Simple English Wikipedia are simpler versions of articles from the English Wikipedias. Right now, the Simple English Wikipedia has 283,446 articles.[4] The Simple English Wikipedia started on September 2001,[5] and is the 43rd-largest Wikipedia, as of January 2026.[6] It has 1,817,155 registered users, 3,059 active in the last month.[4]
Common uses
The Simple English Wikipedia is intended to be used by:[7]
Related pages
- English Wikipedia
- Wikipedia administrators
- Wikipedia:Simple English Wikipedia
- Wikipedia:Simple English Wiktionary
- Simple English — a list of articles about attempts to simplify English
References
- ↑ "History of Home Page". Simple English Wikipedia (in Simple English). Archived from the original on October 19, 2001. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
- 1 2 Tim Dowling (January 14, 2008). "Wikipedia too long-winded for you? Try the simple version". The Guardian. Archived from the original on June 21, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
- ↑ Koen Smets. "Automatic Vandalism Detection in Wikipedia: Towards a Machine Learning Approach" (PDF). University of Antwerp. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
- 1 2 Special:Statistics. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
- ↑ "Simple English Wikipedia – Meta". meta.wikimedia.org. Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ↑ Wikimedia list of Wikipedias and their statistics. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
- ↑ https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simple%20English%20Wikipedia. Retrieved July 11, 2024.