The Enciclopedia Libre was founded by contributors to the Spanish Wikipedia who decided to start an independent project. Led by Edgar Enyedy, they left Wikipedia on 26 February 2002, and created the new website, provided by the University of Seville for free, with the freely licensed articles of the Spanish Wikipedia.[3]
The reasons for the split are explained on Enciclopedia Libre.[4] Key issues included concerns about censorship and the possibility of advertising on Wikipedia.[5] Edgar Enyedy stated the main reasons for splitting at that time as:[3]
Perceived expectation that Wikipedia would soon start hosting advertisements.[3]
Non-English Wikipedias were running older versions of MediaWiki.
When national groups offered help in software development and maintenance, access to theservers was denied.
The downloadable database dumps of Wikipedia content were highly outdated.
Wikipedia was hosted on a .com rather than a .org domain.
Post-split history
In 2011, Enyedy said that the sole reason for the failure of Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español as a long-term project was that it "was not intended to last. It was merely a form of pressure. Some of the goals were achieved, not all of them, but it was worth the cost." He further said "Nowadays, the romantic point of view is that EL survived and is still going strong." He argued that while the viewpoint is positive, it is not factual.[3]
While Enciclopedia Libre initially grew much more rapidly than the Spanish Wikipedia, the Spanish Wikipedia overtook it in 2004. Since then, the Spanish Wikipedia has grown at a much greater rate. As of December 2016, the Spanish Wikipedia hosts approximately twenty-six times as many articles as Enciclopedia Libre.
Historical article counts. The Spanish Wikipedia is shown in red; Enciclopedia Libre is blue.
^"Estadísticas". Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-06-20.
^"Lista de usuarios activos". Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-06-20.
^ abcdTkacz, Nathaniel (20 January 2011). "The Spanish Fork: Wikipedia's ad-fuelled mutiny". Wired UK. from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
^"Enciclopedia:Por qué estamos aquí y no en es.wikipedia.org". Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-06-20.
Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español at Wikipedia's sister projects
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Old website (in Spanish)
EL Taller — fork of Enciclopedia Libre (in Spanish)
Alvarez, Carlos "Enciclopedias en Internet". El País. 29 December 2005. (in Spanish)
January 13, 2023
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Espanol news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Espanol English Universal Free Encyclopedia in Spanish is a Spanish language wiki based online encyclopedia released under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike License 3 0 It uses the MediaWiki software It started as a fork of the Spanish Wikipedia Enciclopedia Libre Universal en EspanolScreenshot of the main page on 1 April 2006Type of siteWiki online encyclopediaAvailable inSpanishOwnerUniversity of SevilleCreated byEdgar EnyedyURLenciclopedia wbr us wbr esCommercialNoRegistrationNot required although in some events unregistered users have to register to view and edit Users3 921 registered users 0 active June 2022 1 2 Launched26 February 2002 20 years ago 2002 02 26 Current statusOnlineContent licenseCreative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3 0Written inMediaWiki made in PHP Contents 1 History 2 Post split history 3 Statistics 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditThe Enciclopedia Libre was founded by contributors to the Spanish Wikipedia who decided to start an independent project Led by Edgar Enyedy they left Wikipedia on 26 February 2002 and created the new website provided by the University of Seville for free with the freely licensed articles of the Spanish Wikipedia 3 The reasons for the split are explained on Enciclopedia Libre 4 Key issues included concerns about censorship and the possibility of advertising on Wikipedia 5 Edgar Enyedy stated the main reasons for splitting at that time as 3 Perceived expectation that Wikipedia would soon start hosting advertisements 3 Non English Wikipedias were running older versions of MediaWiki When national groups offered help in software development and maintenance access to the servers was denied The downloadable database dumps of Wikipedia content were highly outdated Wikipedia was hosted on a com rather than a org domain Post split history EditIn 2011 Enyedy said that the sole reason for the failure of Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Espanol as a long term project was that it was not intended to last It was merely a form of pressure Some of the goals were achieved not all of them but it was worth the cost He further said Nowadays the romantic point of view is that EL survived and is still going strong He argued that while the viewpoint is positive it is not factual 3 Statistics EditThis section has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article possibly contains original research Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message While Enciclopedia Libre initially grew much more rapidly than the Spanish Wikipedia the Spanish Wikipedia overtook it in 2004 Since then the Spanish Wikipedia has grown at a much greater rate As of December 2016 the Spanish Wikipedia hosts approximately twenty six times as many articles as Enciclopedia Libre Historical article counts The Spanish Wikipedia is shown in red Enciclopedia Libre is blue See also Edit Internet portal Spain portalSusning nu Former Swedish wiki Baidu Baike Chinese wiki List of online encyclopediasReferences Edit Estadisticas Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Espanol in Spanish Retrieved 2022 06 20 Lista de usuarios activos Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Espanol in Spanish Retrieved 2022 06 20 a b c d Tkacz Nathaniel 20 January 2011 The Spanish Fork Wikipedia s ad fuelled mutiny Wired UK Archived from the original on 4 May 2016 Retrieved 27 August 2022 Enciclopedia Por que estamos aqui y no en es wikipedia org Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Espanol in Spanish Retrieved 2022 06 20 Lih Andrew 2009 The Wikipedia Revolution How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World s Greatest Encyclopedia London Aurum p 9 ISBN 9781845134730 OCLC 280430641 External links EditEnciclopedia Libre Universal en Espanol at Wikipedia s sister projects Media from Commons Data from Wikidata Discussions from Meta Wiki Official website in Spanish Old website in Spanish EL Taller fork of Enciclopedia Libre in Spanish Alvarez Carlos Enciclopedias en Internet El Pais 29 December 2005 in Spanish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Espanol amp oldid 1115614362, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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