Simple English Wikipedia: Structure and Editorial Guidelines

ArticleResource

The Simple English Wikipedia provides over 284,000 articles written in simplified English. Aimed at learners and children, the platform uses basic vocabulary and shorter sentences while maintaining detailed topic coverage.

Key points

  1. Features 284,817 openly licensed articles under CC BY-SA 4.0 and GFDL.
  2. Uses Basic English vocabulary and shorter sentence structures to present complex topics clearly.
  3. Maintains the principle that simple language does not require omitting detailed information.
  4. Operated by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation alongside other sister projects.

Why it matters

Simplified reference works lower linguistic barriers for non-native speakers, learners, and readers requiring accessible text formats.

Analysis

The project's editorial philosophy balances accessibility with depth, encouraging contributors to expand articles with relevant detail while strictly limiting syntactic and lexical complexity.

Mentioned links

Found in

Summary generated by AI (Gemini 3.8 Flash, 27 September 2026). It may contain errors – the original source is authoritative.

Related entries

Similar in content, found by the AI search.

  • Link:ASD Simplified Technical English Maintenance Group (STEMG)

    ASD-STE100: International Standard for Simplified Technical English

    The official website of the ASD Simplified Technical English Maintenance Group (STEMG) provides information on ASD-STE100. The controlled natural language standardises technical documentation and is available as Issue 9, released in January 2025.

    SEO & content· Resource

  • Repository:0xpili/simplified-technical-english

    Simplified Technical English as an Agent Skill for LLMs

    An open-source project provides prompt guidelines and checking tools to help LLMs like Claude write and review technical documentation according to the ASD-STE100 standard.

    790starsPython

    AI & LLMs· Tool

  • Repository:danyuchn/iso-24495-skill

    ISO 24495 Skill: Plain Language Standard for Claude Code

    A Claude Code skill that rewrites text into plain language based on the international standard ISO 24495-1:2023. It provides bilingual support for English and Traditional Chinese, guided by four core reader-outcome principles: relevant, findable, understandable, and usable.

    139stars

    AI & LLMs· Tool

  • Link:Guus Schreiber, Yves Raimond

    W3C RDF 1.1 Primer: Fundamentals of the Resource Description Framework

    The W3C RDF 1.1 Primer provides an introduction to the Resource Description Framework (RDF). RDF offers a standard data model to express and exchange machine-readable information about resources across applications, enabling Linked Data on the Web.

    Web development· Resource

  • Link:specification.website

    The Website Specification: Open Reference for Modern Web Standards and Best Practices

    The Website Specification (specification.website) is a platform-agnostic, open-source guide licensed under MIT, detailing the technical features a good website should implement. It spans HTML foundations, SEO, accessibility, security, and agent readiness, offering direct Markdown access, an MCP server, and an Agent Skill.

    Web development· Resource

  • Repository:freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp

    freeCodeCamp: Open-Source Learning Platform and Full-Stack Curriculum

    The freeCodeCamp repository hosts the entire codebase and interactive curriculum behind the non-profit platform, providing free, self-paced instruction in web development, computer science, machine learning, and professional languages.

    455kstarsTypeScript

    Web development· Resource

Back to the knowledge base

Let's talk about your project

Get in touch

Locations

  • Mattersburg
    Johann Nepomuk Bergerstraße 7/2/14
    7210 Mattersburg, Austria
  • Vienna
    Ungargasse 64-66/3/404
    1030 Wien, Austria

Parts of this content were created with the assistance of AI.