italic=no (English: Universal Free Encyclopedia in Spanish) was a Spanish-language wiki-based online encyclopedia that started as a fork of the Spanish Wikipedia, released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 and using the same MediaWiki software.
To encourage intellectual freedom, Enciclopedia Libre allowed for a wider range of writing styles and content types. For instance, writers could reflect on philosophical questions, express personal interpretations of cultural issues, or present contrasting viewpoints on controversial subjects.
History
The reasons for the split are explained on Enciclopedia Libre. Key issues included concerns about censorship and the possibility of advertising on Wikipedia.
- Perceived expectation that Wikipedia would soon start hosting advertisements.
- 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- The downloadable database dumps of Wikipedia content were highly outdated.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
See also
- Susning.nu – former Swedish wiki
- Baidu Baike – Chinese wiki
- List of online encyclopedias
External links
- Old website
- EL Taller — fork of Enciclopedia Libre
- Alvarez, Carlos "Enciclopedias en Internet". El País. 29 December 2005.
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