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The largest, the English Wikipedia, has over 6.8 million articles. As of January 2021, the English Wikipedia receives 48% of Wikipedia's cumulative traffic, with the remaining split among the other languages. The top 10 editions represent approximately 85% of the total traffic.
It is a co-official language of the United Nations, the European Union, and many other international and regional organisations. It has also become the de facto lingua franca language of diplomacy, science, technology, international trade, logistics, tourism, aviation, entertainment and the internet. [10]
Wikipedia ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a free online encyclopedia website in 336 languages of the world. 324 languages are currently active and 12 are closed. People can freely use it, share it, and change it, without having to pay. It is also one of the biggest wiki organizations.
Browse Wikipedia's category pages, which index articles by subject. Category:Main topic classifications – Arts, History, Technology, and more. Wikipedia:Contents/Categories – Hand-crafted list of topic categories. Category:People – Biographies.
Wikipedia currently has more than sixty-two million articles in more than 300 languages, including 6,814,998 articles in English, with 123,674 active contributors in the past month. Wikipedia's fundamental principles are summarized in its five pillars.
Wikipedia started on January 15, 2001 and it has over 35,000,000 articles in many languages, including 250,789 in Simple English. Most of these articles are in languages other than English. Every day, hundreds of people from around the world make hundreds of changes and create lots of new articles.
What is Wikipedia? Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that is written by many of its readers. It is a special type of website called a wiki, that makes working together easy. Many people are always improving Wikipedia, making many changes every day.
