Encyc:About
Encyc is a free, general-interest encyclopedia written by volunteers using collaborative "wiki" software.
We're here because we like to write encyclopedia articles. There is a need for simple, well-written, user-friendly articles that are easy to change. Encyc is all about making the job of writing these documents easier, by reducing the barriers between people who know things and people who need information. Encyc is sensitive to the needs of our readers and wishes to provide the best experience possible.
All content submitted here is owned by the original contributors and licensed under the Creative Commons - Share Alike License in order to make it available for the widest number of people. It's the same setup that has made Wikipedia so successful, and makes sharing between Encyc and Wikipedia relatively easy.
Encyc has been in existence for more than six years, and is experiencing steady growth. Write a good article here, and it could be read by thousands of people. Some users have copied Wikipedia articles to Encyc, and enjoy working on them in a small group setting. You can make major changes, and let your personal writing style come through in your work.
Encyc has no complicated templates, advanced coding, or byzantine regulations for you to worry about. If you have a question, please pose it at the Questions discussion page. Better yet, start writing and see what happens.
Before using this website, please read our disclaimer.
Traffic numbers
Your writing has as good a chance of being read here as any other place on the internet. Our small scale, freedom from spam, relatively high traffic numbers, and policy of letting good content stand indefinitely, mean that your work here is time well spent.
The easiest place to get a feel for our traffic numbers is Alexa. Also check out Special:Statistics, our internal numbers.