Wikipedia:WikiNode
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A WikiNode is a standard page that shows how a wiki relates to other wiki projects and communities on the Web. It is part of the WikiNodes Project, which aims to create a fabric among wikis, allowing users to traverse "Wikiland" via topically related links.
This is the WikiNode for the English Wikipedia. If you are a newcomer, please visit our Welcome page, and enjoy your stay!
Wikipedia's sister projects
[edit]Wikipedia is written by volunteer editors and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other volunteer projects:
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Commons
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MediaWiki
Wiki software development -
Meta-Wiki
Wikimedia project coordination -
Wikibooks
Free textbooks and manuals -
Wikidata
Free knowledge base -
Wikinews
Free-content news -
Wikiquote
Collection of quotations -
Wikisource
Free-content library -
Wikispecies
Directory of species -
Wikiversity
Free learning tools -
Wikivoyage
Free travel guide -
Wiktionary
Dictionary and thesaurus
Wikipedia languages
[edit]This Wikipedia is written in English. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.
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Neighbors
[edit]Encyclopedia projects
[edit]Encyclopedias without WikiNodes
[edit]- Citizendium – An encyclopedia project that encourages the general public and experts to collaborate, using their real names.
- Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español – A Spanish language encyclopedia project.
- LoveToKnow 1911 – Wiki version of the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica. ...however, note [that] : As of 24 November 2013[update], the Main Page says, [quote:]
Thank you for visiting the 1911 encyclopedia. This site is no longer available.
- Wikinfo – A project to create a universal open content reference resource and a platform for the meshing of encyclopedic material, original and creative work and public domain material to further education and information.
- Wikiweise – a German language encyclopedia project.
- WikiZnanine – a Russian language encyclopedia project.
WikiNodes
[edit]- Conservapedia – A wiki-based web encyclopedia project written from a U.S. nationalist, social conservative, and Conservative Christian point of view.
- Uncyclopedia – A "content-free encyclopedia" and a parody of Wikipedia.
- UK LGBT Archive – a wiki aiming to become a comprehensive encyclopedia of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) history in the United Kingdom.
Other wiki communities
[edit]Without WikiNodes
[edit]- Wikia – A collection of wiki communities.
WikiNodes
[edit]- WikiWikiWeb – The original wiki: its primary focus is "People, Projects, and Patterns" in software development, but it stretches out to far more than that.
- Meatball Wiki – A community of active practitioners striving to teach each other how to organize people using online tools.
- CommunityWiki – A wiki community for talk about communities both online and offline.
- WikiIndex – a wiki of wikis, wiki people and wiki ideas.
- Free Culture – An international chapter-based student organization that promotes the public interest in intellectual property and information & communications technology policy.
- FrathWiki – A wiki for fantasy languages, worlds and cultures (avoiding 'innocent spam', i.e. people posting about personal projects, on Wikipedia).
Real-time communication
[edit]- IRC: server: freenode, channel: #Wikipedia
- Collaborative editing: moon-edit, server: is-root.de, port: 32123, page: en.Wikipedia