TME:The Multilingual Encyclopedia differs from Wikipedia
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The Multilingual Encyclopedia and Wikipedia have similarities and differences.
Similarities[edit source]
- Wikipedia uses MediaWiki.
- Miraheze uses MediaWiki.
- Wikipedia is a wiki.
- The Multilingual Encyclopedia is a wiki.
Differences[edit source]
- Wikipedia requires all articles to have a "neutral point of view".
- The Multilingual Encyclopedia allows all articles written in any point of view. Opinions are welcome too.
- Wikipedia does not allow original research.
- The Multilingual Encyclopedia allows any article backed with original research.
- Wikipedia requires that the subjects of its articles have sufficient notability.
- The Multilingual Encyclopedia does not have a notability policy.
- Wikipedia articles must be "encyclopedic".
- Despite the name, the Multilingual Encyclopedia does not require its articles to be written like they're in an encyclopedia.
- Wikipedia images must be under a free license or fair use.
- The Multilingual Encyclopedia allows images under a non-commercial license as long as they're clearly marked.
- Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation.
- The Multilingual Encyclopedia is hosted by Miraheze.
- The English Wikipedia requires all its articles to be written in the English language.
- The Multilingual Encyclopedia allows articles written in any language.
External links[edit source]
Other wikis also have pages about not being Wikipedia.
