{{Wiki |name = Spanish Wikipedia /<br>Español Wikipedia wiki_logo |URL = https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Portada|logo = [[ImageFile:SpansihWikipediaLogoEs.JPGWikipedia logo v2.png|140pxSpanish Wikipedia logo]]| wiki_URL recentchanges URL= httphttps://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Especial:CambiosRecientes&limit=500|wikinode URL = No <!--https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/PortadaWikiNode-->| wiki_recentchanges_URL about URL = httphttps://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/EspecialWikipedia:RecentchangesAcerca_de| wiki_wikinode_URL mobile URL = Nohttps://es.m.wikipedia.org| wiki_status status = Vibrant| wiki_language language = Spanish| wiki_editmode editmode = OpenEdit| wiki_engine engine = MediaWiki| wiki_maintopic license = Multi-license|maintopic = Encyclopedia|backupurl = https://dumps.wikimedia.org/eswiki/}}==Description{{WikiTourBus|12|80|url=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ParadaDeBusesDeTurismo|url en=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:TourBusStop}}Spanish ¡Bienvenidos a Wikipedia, ''la enciclopedia libre''!<br>Edición en '''español de Wikipedia''', iniciada en el {{tag|Founded in 2001|2001}}.----Welcome to Wikipedia, ''the free encyclopedia''.<br>The '''{{tag|Wiki Spanish|Spanish}}''' language edition of '''{{tag|Wikipedia}}''' began in {{tag|Founded in 2001|2001}}, with its content originally released under the {{tag|Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License}}, until its migration to the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike license}} in 2009.
Concerns over selling ads (which never came to fruition) lead users to [[fork]] the project and create [[Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español]] in 2002. The latter encyclopedia is much smaller. ;External links*[https://www.Wired.co.uk/article/wikipedia-spanish-fork The Spanish Fork: Wikipedia's ad-fuelled mutiny] — at ''Wired UK'', 20 January 2011*[http://www.Wikistatistics.net/wiki/es/articles/365 Spanish Wikipedia Interactive Statistics] — from [[Wikistatistics.net]]*What are the hot [[wp:Edit war|EditWars]]? [http://es.wikirage.com Spanish Wikirage] knows{{WikipediaSize <!--see Template:Size for full detail-->|pages= 1664648 <!--type the plain number of pages - NO thousands separators-->|statistics URL= https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Especial:Estadísticas|wikiFactor= <!--41 - preferred; if unknown leave void; see: Category:wikiFactor for help-->|wikiFactor URL= <!--http://stats.grok.se/es/top-->}}<small>(Pages as of: 3 March 2021, wikiFactor as of: 2012-MM-DD)</small><!--YYYY-MM-DD; manually add/amend date when stats are verified and/or updated--> {{wikipedia}}