List of content forks of Wikipedia

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Short description: Content forks of the open-source encyclopedia 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

  • Grokipedia, a 2025 AI-generated encyclopedia—developed by Elon Musk—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

  • 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  • WikiPilipinas, was a 2007 fork of a set Philippine-related articles from English Wikipedia which is no longer active.[11]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

References

  1. ↑ Lund, Arwid (2017). "3 Wikipedia". Wikipedia, Work and Capitalism. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 49. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-50690-6. 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. Critical point of view: a Wikipedia reader. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures. pp. 296-308. ISBN 978-90-78146-13-1. https://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/critical-point-of-view-a-wikipedia-reader/. 
  3. ↑ Zuckerman, Ethan (December 9, 2025). "Elon Musk versus Wikipedia continues an age-old battle over truth" (in en). Prospect Magazine. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technology/internet/wikipedia/71769/elon-musk-versus-wikipedia-age-old-battle-over-truth. 
  4. ↑ Harrison, Stephen (26 October 2021). "Why Wikipedia Banned Several Chinese Admins". Slate. https://slate.com/technology/2021/10/wikipedia-mainland-china-admins-banned.html. 
  5. ↑ Cohen, Noam (12 July 2023). "Russian Wikipedia’s Top Editor Leaves to Launch a Putin-Friendly Clone". Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-12/russian-wikipedia-editor-leaves-to-launch-a-putin-friendly-clone. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 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. 
  7. ↑ Reagle, Joseph (13 October 2020). "The Many (Reported) Deaths of Wikipedia". Wikipedia @ 20. MIT Press. pp. 9–20. doi:10.7551/mitpress/12366.003.0004. https://wikipedia20.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/l59g0pbd/release/2. Retrieved 18 December 2024. 
  8. ↑ Tkacz, Nathaniel (20 January 2011). "The Spanish Fork: Wikipedia's ad-fuelled mutiny". Wired. https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-spanish-fork/. 
  9. ↑ Tkacz, Nathaniel (2011). "The Politics of Forking Paths". in Lovink, Geert; Tkacz, Nathaniel. Critical point of view: a Wikipedia reader. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures. pp. 94-109. ISBN 978-90-78146-13-1. https://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/critical-point-of-view-a-wikipedia-reader/. 
  10. ↑ Christian, Jon (4 October 2017). "Everipedia is the Wikipedia for being wrong" (in en). The Outline. https://theoutline.com/post/2369/everipedia-is-the-wikipedia-for-being-wrong. 
  11. ↑ Jusay, Annalyn S. (September 3, 2007). "Wikipedia or WikiPilipinas? : the debate continues" (in en). The Manila Bulletin Online: p. 1. http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2007/09/03/TECH20070903102006.html. 
  • Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks, Wikipedia's internal list of its Mirrors and forks



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