Anthere wrote:
I would be curious to know who started the simple english wikipedia. If it was discusssed/voted in the main english wikipedia...
and mostly why it was set... whose public it is addressed to...
It is quite old; I rather doubt if there was a lot of discussion/debate/vote in the way we do things now. Someone asked for it, it was created, I have no further recollection.
I do know that the audience it is addressed to is "adult learners of English" or something of that nature. That is to say, it is not necessarily intended that the concepts be simple, only that the language be kept easy to read.
--Jimbo