What is Simple English Wikipedia?
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Redirect|simple.wikipedia.org|the main page|WP:Main Page{{!}}Main Page}} {{Infobox website | name = {{Wiki favicon}} ''Simple English Wikipedia'' | screenshot = Simple English Wikipedia screenshot.png | collapsible = Yes | logo = Wikipedia-logo-v2-simple.svg | type = [[Online encyclopedia]] | language = [[Basic English|Simple English]] | owner = [[Wikimedia Foundation]] (non-profit) | url = {{Official URL}} | commercial = No | registration = Optional | num_users = {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} (registered) | launch_date = {{Start date and age|2001|9|18}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://simple.wikipedia.com/wiki.cgi?action=history&id=HomePage |title=History of Home Page |website=Simple English Wikipedia |language=simple |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011019070808/http://simple.wikipedia.com/wiki.cgi?action=history&id=HomePage |archive-date=October 19, 2001 |url-status=dead |access-date=January 13, 2025}}</ref> }} The '''Simple English Wikipedia''' is a [[Basic English|Simple English language]] version of [[Wikipedia]], an [[online encyclopedia]], written in a [[language]] that is easy to understand but is still natural and grammatical.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2240303,00.html |title=Wikipedia too long-winded for you? Try the simple version |author=Tim Dowling |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=January 14, 2008 |accessdate=May 17, 2009 |archive-date=June 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621045119/http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2240303,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Overview== The articles in the Simple English Wikipedia use shorter sentences and easier [[words]] and [[grammar]] than the regular [[English Wikipedia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aaai.org/Papers/Workshops/2008/WS-08-15/WS08-15-008.pdf |title=Automatic Vandalism Detection in Wikipedia: Towards a Machine Learning Approach |author=Koen Smets |publisher=University of Antwerp |accessdate=May 17, 2009 |arc