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Basic/Learning English edition of Misplaced Pages

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Type of siteOnline encyclopedia
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OwnerWikimedia Foundation
URLsimple.wikipedia.org
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Users1,541,836 users, 15 administrators as of 5 January 2025
LaunchedSeptember 18, 2001
Content licenseCreative Commons Attribution/
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The Simple English Misplaced Pages is a modified English-language edition of Misplaced Pages written primarily in Basic English and Learning English. It is one of seven Wikipedias written in an Anglic language or English-based pidgin or creole. 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."

Simple English Misplaced Pages's basic presentation style makes it helpful for beginners learning English. Its simpler word structure and syntax, while missing some nuances, can make information easier to understand when compared with the regular English Misplaced Pages.

History

Simple English Misplaced Pages was launched on September 18, 2001.

In 2012, Andrew Lih, a Wikipedian and author, told NBC News' Helen A.S. Popkin that the Simple English Misplaced Pages does not "have a high standing in the Misplaced Pages community," and added that it never had a clear purpose: "Is it for people under the age 14, or just a simpler version of complex articles?", wrote Popkin.

Material from the Simple English Misplaced Pages formed the basis for One Encyclopedia per Child, a project in One Laptop per Child that ended in 2014.

As of January 2025, the site contains over 263,000 content pages. It has more than 1,542,000 registered users, of whom 1,527 have made an edit in the past month.

Website structure

The articles on the Simple English Misplaced Pages are usually shorter than their English Misplaced Pages counterparts, typically presenting only basic information. Tim Dowling of The Guardian newspaper explained that "the Simple English version tends to stick to commonly accepted facts". The interface is also more simply labeled; for instance, the "Random article" link on the English Misplaced Pages is replaced with a "Show any page" link; users are invited to "change" rather than "edit" pages; clicking on a red link shows a "page not created" message rather than the usual "page does not exist". The project encourages, but does not enforce, the use of a vocabulary of around 1,500 commonly used English words that is based on Basic English, an 850-word controlled natural language created by Charles Kay Ogden in the 1920s.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Simple English Misplaced Pages". Meta. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. ^ Parris, Sheri R. (2009). Adolescent Literacy, Field Tested: Effective Solutions for Every Classroom. International Reading Assoc. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-87207-695-2. A version of Misplaced Pages, called Simple English Misplaced Pages, contains entries using the 2,000 or so most common words in English, and is well suited for younger readers.
  3. Simple English Misplaced Pages, 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2016
  4. Fabien Snauwaert (2010). How to Learn English, the ebook 📘. how-to-learn-english.com. p. 34. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  5. Popkin, Helen A.S. (7 December 2012). "You're not smart enough to read Misplaced Pages". NBC News. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  6. "One Encyclopedia Per Child". Wiki.laptop.org. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  7. Lawrence A. Tomei, Robert Morris (2008). Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration. Idea Group Inc (IGI). p. 544. ISBN 978-1-59904-881-9.
  8. Robertson, Adi (16 April 2018). "OLPC's $100 laptop was going to change the world — then it all went wrong". The Verge. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  9. Special:Statistics. Retrieved January 5, 2025
  10. ^ Tim Dowling (14 January 2008). "Misplaced Pages too long-winded for you? Try the simple version". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  11. Ayers, Phoebe; Matthews, Charles; Yates, Ben (2008). How Misplaced Pages works: and how you can be a part of it. No Starch Press. p. 417. ISBN 9781593271763.

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