Simple English Wikipedia
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 | |
| Available in | Simple English |
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| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation (non-profit) |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Users | 4 (registered) users and 1 administrators as of 8 June 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 191,200 articles.[4] The Simple English Wikipedia started on September 2001,[5] and is the 43rd-largest Wikipedia, as of January 2026.[6] It has 4 registered users, 0 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 (in simple). Simple English Wikipedia. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tim Dowling. Wikipedia too long-winded for you? Try the simple version. The Guardian (January 14, 2008). Retrieved May 17, 2009.
- ↑ Koen Smets. Automatic Vandalism Detection in Wikipedia: Towards a Machine Learning ApproachUniversity of Antwerp. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Special:Statistics. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
- ↑ Simple English Wikipedia – Meta. meta.wikimedia.org. 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.