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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.
English, an adjective for something of, from, or related to England. English, an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity. English studies, the study of English language and literature.
In 2005, Wikipedia became the most popular reference website on the Internet, according to Hitwise, with English Wikipedia alone exceeding 750,000 articles. Wikipedia's first multilingual and subject portals were established in 2005.
Wikipedia currently has more than sixty-two million articles in more than 300 languages, including 6,821,493 articles in English, with 122,498 active contributors in the past month. Wikipedia's fundamental principles are summarized in its five pillars.
The English word "free" has several meanings. The word "free" in "The Free Encyclopedia" refers first and foremost to the licensing terms of Wikipedia's content. Text is contributed to Wikipedia under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) — copyleft licenses ...
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 is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia English 6,796,000+ articles
