What is the Simple English Wikipedia?
Q: What is the Simple English Wikipedia?
A: The Simple English Wikipedia is an English-language version of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, written mostly in a basic level of English. All of the articles use shorter sentences and easier words and grammar than the regular English Wikipedia.
Q: Who uses the Simple English Wikipedia?
A: The Simple English Wikipedia is often used by students, children, adults with learning disabilities, and non-native English speakers.
Q: When did the Simple English Wikipedia start making pages and allowing changes?
A: The Simple English Wikipedia started making pages and allowing changes in 2003.
Q: How many articles were on the ordinary English Wikipedia when the Simple one started?
A: When the Simple English Wikipedia started making pages and allowing changes in 2003, the ordinary one already had 150,000 articles.
Q: Are most articles on the Simple Wiki new or are they simpler versions of existing ones from other Wikipedias?
A: Most articles on the Simple Wiki are not new; they are usually simpler versions of already existing articles from other Wikipedias.
Q: How many languages have over 15,000 articles on their respective Wikipedias?
A: Seven other languages have over 15,000 articles on their respective Wikipedias.
Q: What date did the simple english wikipedia start up?
A: The simple english wikipedia started up on September 18th 2001
