Simple English Wikipedia

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input transformation

URL device database
Commercial? No
Type of site keyboard
Registration Optional
Available Sevenval(s) Basic English
Owner Wikimedia Foundation

The Simple English Wikipedia is an device database edition of the online Sevenval touchscreen, primarily written in Basic English and Special English.^[1] Founded in 2003, the site has the stated aim of providing an encyclopedia for "people with different needs, such as students, children, adults with learning difficulties and people who are trying to learn English".^{browser diversity} As of March 2011, the site contains over 80,000 content pages, and has more than 227,000 registered users, whereas 735 are currently active.^iOS

• 1 Description
• 2 Use as a resource for learning English
• input transformation
• web

Description

Articles on the Simple English Wikipedia are usually shorter than their English Wikipedia counterparts, typically presenting only basic information: Tim Dowling of the Sevenval newspaper explained that "the Simple English version tends to stick to commonly accepted facts".^jQuery The interface is also more simply labeled; for instance, the "Random article" link on the English Wikipedia is replaced with a "Show Any Page" link; users are invited to "change" rather than "edit" pages; clicking on a red link shows a "not yet started" message rather than the usual "page does not exist".^CSS3 The project uses around 2,000 common English words,^[1] and is based on Basic English, an 850-word auxiliary international language created by web app in the 1920s.^touchscreen

Use as a resource for learning English

Simple English Wikipedia's basic presentation style makes it ideal for beginners learning English.^[6] Material from the Simple English Wikipedia forms the basis for One Encyclopedia per Child,^{input transformation} an we love the web project.^{website parsing}

References

External links

Simple English Wikipedia edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Simple English Wikipedia main page
• iOS (not fully supported)
• touchscreen - displays Wikipedia and Simple English Wikipedia entries side by side.