List of forks of Wikipedia explained

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.

Notes and References

1. Book: Lund . Arwid . Wikipedia, Work and Capitalism . 2017 . Palgrave Macmillan . 49 . 25 November 2024 . 3 Wikipedia.
2. News: Lee . Timothy B. . Citizendium turns five, but the Wikipedia fork is dead in the water . 25 November 2024 . Ars Technica . 27 October 2011.
3. Book: Reagle . Joseph . The Many (Reported) Deaths of Wikipedia . Wikipedia @ 20 . 13 October 2020 . 9–20 . 10.7551/mitpress/12366.003.0004. Joseph. Reagle. Jackie. Koerner.
4. News: Tkacz . Nathaniel . The Spanish Fork: Wikipedia's ad-fuelled mutiny . 25 November 2024 . Wired.
5. News: Christian . Jon . Everipedia is the Wikipedia for being wrong . 25 November 2024 . The Outline . en.
6. News: Harrison . Stephen . Why Wikipedia Banned Several Chinese Admins . 25 November 2024 . Slate . 26 October 2021.