List of content forks of Wikipedia
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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
[edit]- Grokipedia, a 2025 AI-generated encyclopedia—developed by xAI—which makes widespread uses of forked Wikipedia articles.[3]
- Qiuwen Baike, a 2023 fork of the Chinese Wikipedia that aims to be compliant with Chinese government policies.[4]
- Ruwiki, a 2023 fork of the Russian Wikipedia that aims to be compliant with Russian government policies.[5]
Defunct forks
[edit]- Citizendium, was a 2006 fork of English Wikipedia, founded by Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger, which was unforked in 2007.[6][7]
- Enciclopedia Libre, was a 2002 fork of the Spanish Wikipedia created in opposition to perceived plans to add advertising to Wikipedia.[8][9]
- Everipedia, was a 2015 fork of English Wikipedia, which was later unforked.[10][6]
- WikiPilipinas, was a 2007 fork of a set Philippine-related articles from English Wikipedia which is no longer active.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Lund, Arwid (2017). "3 Wikipedia". Wikipedia, Work and Capitalism. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 49. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Zuckerman, Ethan (December 9, 2025). "Elon Musk versus Wikipedia continues an age-old battle over truth". Prospect Magazine. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ↑ Harrison, Stephen (26 October 2021). "Why Wikipedia Banned Several Chinese Admins". Slate. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ Cohen, Noam (12 July 2023). "Russian Wikipedia's Top Editor Leaves to Launch a Putin-Friendly Clone". Bloomberg. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Tkacz, Nathaniel (20 January 2011). "The Spanish Fork: Wikipedia's ad-fuelled mutiny". Wired. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Christian, Jon (4 October 2017). "Everipedia is the Wikipedia for being wrong". The Outline. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ 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
[edit]- Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks, Wikipedia's internal list of its Mirrors and forks