Wikipedia:Simple English Wikipedia

The project began to see major contributions after 150,000+ articles in the original English Wikipedia and articles in each of seven other languages had been ... Wikipedia:SimpleEnglishWikipedia FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch AWikipediawithlesscomplexarticles "WP:Simple"redirectshere.YoumaybelookingforWikipedia:SimplifiedrulesetorWikipedia:TenSimpleRulesforEditingWikipedia. ShortcutsWP:SimpleWP:SEWWP:SEWP TheSimpleEnglishWikipediawasstartedasaresponsetoneedsofEnglishlearners(EALstudents)andEnglishteachers.Theprojectbegantoseemajorcontributionsafter150,000+articlesintheoriginalEnglishWikipediaandarticlesineachofsevenotherlanguageshadbeencreated.Itsarticlesareintendedtobelesscomplex,andcanbeusedforfreereadingsintheclassroom,computeractivities,andsoon.Non-EnglishWikipediascanalsobetranslatedfromthearticleshere. WhatSimpleEnglishWikipediais[edit] ShortcutWP:NOTSIMPLE TheSimpleEnglishWikipediausesfewerwordsandsimplergrammarthantheoriginalEnglishWikipedia.ItisfocusedonreaderswhotendtobequitedifferentfromthetypicalWikipediareaderwithdifferentneeds,forexample,peopleforwhomEnglishisnotafirstlanguage,students,children,translators,andpeoplewithlearningdisabilitiesorthosewhoreadbelowaproficientlevel.SimpleWikipediaisalsoagreattoolforstudents(asinelementary,middle,andhighschool)whodonotneedtheextrainformationthatregularWikipediaprovides. Ingeneral,SimpleEnglisharticlesaresimplificationsofthemostimportantpointsinexistingarticles,ratherthanbeingnew.ThisislikelytomakeSimpleEnglisharticlesagoodwaytointroducethosewrittenincomplexEnglish;ifsomeonehastroubleunderstandingaconceptincomplexEnglishtheycan"fallback"totheSimpleversion. However,vandalsoftenvandalizeintheSimpleEnglishWikipediainsteadoftheregularEnglishWikipedia,forthepurposeofhavingalesserchanceofbeingcaught,asitisvisitedlessfrequently. SimpleEnglish[edit] SimpleEnglishisasimplifiedformoftheEnglishlanguage.Itsintentionistomakecontentmoreunderstandabletothoselessfamiliarwiththelanguage. Itissuggestedthatarticlesbesimplifiedusingonlythe1000mostcommonandbasicwordsinEnglishandfewercomplexgrammaticalstructures—suchasshortersentences—ortoconformtoacertainskilllevelinoneofthestandardindices.Ofcourse,originalsubmissionsarealsowelcome;inthatcase,theycouldbesubmittedbothtothisandtothemainWikipedia(whereitiswritteninthenormallevelofEnglish).Mostarticleswilldrawfroma2000-worddefiningvocabularyusefulforexpressingconceptsinEnglish.ThisisstillsimplerEnglishthanmost"Englishasanadditionallanguage"or"EnglishasaSecondLanguage"(ESL)studentscanreadafterafewmonthsoflearning. MainPage–ThefrontpageoftheSimpleEnglishWikipediaproject. SimpleEnglishWikipedia–Anexpandeddescriptionoftheproject'sgoalsandthesimpleformofEnglishusedthere. AnEnglishWikipedian'sguide–ThedifferencesbetweentheEnglishWikipediaandtheSimpleEnglishWikipedia. Seealso[edit] FirefoxsearchpluginfortheSimpleEnglishWikipedia SimpleEnglishWikipedia—articleaboutSimpleEnglishWikipediainthemainnamespace. Vikidia–ArelatedMediaWikiProjectthatisdesignedforchildrenages8–13. Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Simple_English_Wikipedia&oldid=1069106126" Categories:Wikipedia-relatedprojectsHiddencategories:Projectpageswithshortdescription Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ProjectpageTalk English expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages Español日本語 Editlinks