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The '''English Wikipedia''' is the [[English language]] edition of the [[Wikipedia]] encyclopedia. English is the first [[language]] in which Wikipedia was written. It was started on 15 January 2001. It is the largest [[encyclopedia]] in the world, and [[list of Wikipedias|the largest version of Wikipedia]] since April 2019.<ref>about 10 percent more than the [[Cebuano Wikipedia]].  See [[:m:List of Wikipedias]].</ref> It has more than 6,085,700 articles as of May 2020.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics Statistics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]. Retrieved May 10, 2020</ref> In October 2015, the total volume of the compressed texts of the English Wikipedia's articles added up to 11.5 [[gigabyte]]s.
The '''English Wikipedia''' is the [[English language]] edition of the [[Wikipedia]] encyclopedia. English is the first [[language]] in which Wikipedia was written. It was started on 15 January 2001. It is the largest [[encyclopedia]] in the world, and the largest version of Wikipedia since April 2019.<ref>about 10 percent more than the [[Cebuano Wikipedia]].  See [[:m:List of Wikipedias]].</ref> It has more than 6,085,700 articles as of May 2020.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics Statistics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]. Retrieved May 10, 2020</ref> In October 2015, the total volume of the compressed texts of the English Wikipedia's articles added up to 11.5 [[gigabyte]]s. It is often referred to as the Regular English Wikipedia to distinguish itself from the [[Simple English Wikipedia]].


The [[Simple English Wikipedia]] is a variation in which most of the articles use only basic English vocabulary ([[Main Page|simplewiki]]).  There is also the [[Old English|Old English (Ænglisc/Anglo-Saxon)]] Wikipedia ([[:ang:Hēafodtramet|angwiki]]). It has a newsletter called The Signpost.
The [[Simple English Wikipedia]] is a variation in which most of the articles use only basic English vocabulary ([[Main Page|simplewiki]]).  There is also the [[Old English|Old English (Ænglisc/Anglo-Saxon)]] Wikipedia ([[:ang:Hēafodtramet|angwiki]]). It has a newsletter called The Signpost.
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