List of content forks of Wikipedia

Wikipedia's free content licenses, and a culture that includes a "right to fork", has led to content forks of the open-source encyclopedia. ^{[1] [2]} This is different from online encyclopedias that make use of Wikipedia's development model and MediaWiki software to develop their content from scratch.

Active forks

• Qiuwen Baike, a 2023 fork of the Chinese Wikipedia that aims to be compliant with Chinese government policies. ^[3]
• Ruwiki, a 2023 fork of the Russian Wikipedia that aims to be compliant with Russian government policies. ^[4]

Defunct forks

• Citizendium, was a 2006 fork of English Wikipedia, founded by Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger, which was unforked in 2007. ^{[5] [6]}
• Enciclopedia Libre, was a 2002 fork of the Spanish Wikipedia created in opposition to perceived plans to add advertising to Wikipedia. ^{[7] [8]}
• Everipedia, was as a 2015 fork of English Wikipedia, which was later unforked. ^{[9] [5]}
• WikiPilipinas, was a 2007 fork of a set Philippine-related articles from English Wikipedia which is no longer active. ^[10]

See also

• List of online encyclopedias
• List of wikis

References

1. Lund, Arwid (2017). "3 Wikipedia". Wikipedia, Work and Capitalism. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 49. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
2. Famiglietti, Andrew (2011). "The Right to Fork: A Historical Survey of De/centraliztion in Wikipedia". In Lovink, Geert; Tkacz, Nathaniel (eds.). Critical point of view: a Wikipedia reader. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures. pp. 296–308. ISBN   978-90-78146-13-1.
3. Harrison, Stephen (26 October 2021). "Why Wikipedia Banned Several Chinese Admins". Slate. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
4. Cohen, Noam (12 July 2023). "Russian Wikipedia's Top Editor Leaves to Launch a Putin-Friendly Clone". Bloomberg. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
5. Jankowski, Steve (2 October 2023). "The Wikipedia imaginaire: a new media history beyond Wikipedia.org (2001–2022)". Internet Histories. 7 (4): 333–353. doi: 10.1080/24701475.2023.2246261 .
6. Reagle, Joseph (13 October 2020). "The Many (Reported) Deaths of Wikipedia". In Reagle, Joseph; Koerner, Jackie (eds.). Wikipedia @ 20. MIT Press. pp. 9–20. doi: 10.7551/mitpress/12366.003.0004 . Retrieved 18 December 2024.
7. Tkacz, Nathaniel (20 January 2011). "The Spanish Fork: Wikipedia's ad-fuelled mutiny". Wired. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
8. Tkacz, Nathaniel (2011). "The Politics of Forking Paths". In Lovink, Geert; Tkacz, Nathaniel (eds.). Critical point of view: a Wikipedia reader. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures. pp. 94–109. ISBN   978-90-78146-13-1.
9. Christian, Jon (4 October 2017). "Everipedia is the Wikipedia for being wrong". The Outline. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
10. Jusay, Annalyn S. (September 3, 2007). "Wikipedia or WikiPilipinas? : the debate continues". The Manila Bulletin Online. p. 1. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2025.

External links

• Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks, Wikipedia's internal list of its Mirrors and forks