The TL-DR version of Wikipedia

I just learned that there is a simplified version of each Wikipedia page. Thought you might find this useful.

In a nutshell, take your existing Wikipedia link and replace the language code with the word “simple”.

As an example, here’s the Wikipedia link for Apple, Inc.:

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.

Now replace the English language code, “en”, with the word “simple”, and you get this link:

> https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.

Take a look at both pages. One is a simplified version of the other. When all you want is the basics, the simple Wikipedia page might be the way to go.



4 thoughts on “The TL-DR version of Wikipedia”

  1. “I just learned that there is a simplified version of each Wikipedia page.”

    Not each page. Wikipedia has 5,178,569 articles, Simple English only has 119,405 articles.

  2. It isn’t just a simplified version, the Simple English edition is (technically) a separate language edition of Wikipedia. There’s also a Simple English Wiktionary.

  3. “Simple English” is not “TL;DR.” It’s English without using big words. The amount of content should ideally be the same for both editions.

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