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- How do I change Wikipedia to simple English?
- Is Wikipedia only available in English?
- Why is there a simple English Wikipedia?
- What is translation Wikipedia?
- What is so bad about Wikipedia?
- How do Wikipedia make money?
- Why do teachers hate Wikipedia?
- Is Wikipedia really dying?
- Who Writes Wikipedia content?
- What is the basic of English?
- How can I make Wikipedia easier to read?
- Is Wikipedia reliable?
How do I change Wikipedia to simple English?
An easy way of switching from the standard English entry to the simplified one is to swap the '. en' prefix to 'simple' in the URL. For example, the Quantum Mechanics article is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics.
Is Wikipedia only available in English?
The English Wikipedia is the English-language edition of the free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. ... The Simple English Wikipedia (simplewiki) is a variation in which most articles use only basic English vocabulary.
Why is there a simple English Wikipedia?
The Simple English Wikipedia was started as a response to needs of English learners (EAL students) and English teachers. 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 created.
What is translation Wikipedia?
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text.
What is so bad about Wikipedia?
There have been documented problems caused by open, anonymous gatherings of people in Wikipedia, such as the writing of vitriol (noted in 2003) or wiki-gangs (noted in July 2005). Another problem is that anyone can edit articles at any time, so people can vandalize articles, as long as they have an account.
How do Wikipedia make money?
Wikipedia gets most of its money through donations, but also sells goods on the Wikipedia store. Of all the tools that the Internet has given us, perhaps the most useful is free-content Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia. ... Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, and is funded primarily by reader donations.
Why do teachers hate Wikipedia?
Wikipedia is not a reliable source for citations elsewhere on Wikipedia. Because it can be edited by anyone at any time, any information it contains at a particular time could be vandalism, a work in progress, or just plain wrong.
Is Wikipedia really dying?
Wikipedia has been dying since at least 100 years ago.
Who Writes Wikipedia content?
Steven Pruitt has made nearly 3 million edits on Wikipedia and written 35,000 original articles.
What is the basic of English?
Basic English is an English-based controlled language created by linguist and philosopher Charles Kay Ogden as an international auxiliary language, and as an aid for teaching English as a second language. Basic English is, in essence, a simplified subset of regular English.
How can I make Wikipedia easier to read?
An easy way of switching from the standard English entry to the simplified one is to swap the '. en' prefix to 'simple' in the URL. For example, the Quantum Mechanics article is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics.
Is Wikipedia reliable?
Wikipedia allows anyone to create pages or edit them — by tweaking, updating or deleting revisions, for example. A 2005 study in the journal Nature found that the information provided on Wikipedia is almost as reliable as that of the benchmark, Encyclopedia Britannica.
