Due to its use of free content licenses, and a culture which includes a "right to fork",[1] a number of content forks of the open-source encyclopedia Wikipedia have been created:
- Citizendium, a 2006 fork of English Wikipedia, founded by Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger, which was unforked in 2007.[2][3]
- Enciclopedia Libre, a 2002 fork of the Spanish Wikipedia created in opposition to perceived plans to add advertising to Wikipedia.[4]
- Everipedia, launched as a 2015 fork of English Wikipedia, and later unforked.[5]
- Qiuwen Baike, a 2023 fork of the Chinese Wikipedia that aims to be compliant with Chinese government policies.[6]
- Ruwiki (Wikipedia fork), a 2023 fork of the Russian Wikipedia that aims to be compliant with Russian government policies.
References
edit- ^ Lund, Arwid (2017). "3 Wikipedia". Wikipedia, Work and Capitalism. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 49. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Lee, Timothy B. (27 October 2011). "Citizendium turns five, but the Wikipedia fork is dead in the water". Ars Technica. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Reagle, Joseph (13 October 2020). "The Many (Reported) Deaths of Wikipedia". In Reagle, Joseph; Koerner, Jackie (eds.). Wikipedia @ 20. pp. 9–20. doi:10.7551/mitpress/12366.003.0004.
- ^ Tkacz, Nathaniel. "The Spanish Fork: Wikipedia's ad-fuelled mutiny". Wired. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Christian, Jon. "Everipedia is the Wikipedia for being wrong". The Outline. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Harrison, Stephen (26 October 2021). "Why Wikipedia Banned Several Chinese Admins". Slate. Retrieved 25 November 2024.