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== Description ==
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Sponsored by [[wp:Penguin Books|Penguin Books]] and [[wp:De Montfort University|De Montfort University]], '''''A Million Penguins''''' was a wikinovel experiment where anyone could write and anyone can edit a novel-in-progress.
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}}(Page count as of: 2008-07-24<br>wikiFactor as of: 2007-02-10)


The site's content became parking space after late 2010, when the domain expired. Only the first 21 chapters—comprising the first section out of seven—have been preserved at the [[wp:Internet Archive|Internet Archive]].


==External links==
'''PenguinWiki''' – sponsored by [[wp:Penguin Books|Penguin Books]] of {{tag|London}} and {{tag|De Montfort University}} of Leicester, {{tag|England}} – '''''A Million Penguins''''' was created.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/feb/04/news.web20 Want to write a book? Just join the wiki queue] — ''The Guardian'', Vanessa Thorpe (arts and media correspondent), 4 February 2007, Guardian News and Media Limited, accessed: 13 May 2017</ref>  This {{tag|Dead|was}} a wiki-{{tag|Novel|novel}} experiment, where anyone could {{tag|Writing|write}} and anyone can edit a {{tag|fiction}}al novel-in-progress.  This unique {{tag|experiment}} in {{tag|Collaborative writing|collaborative}}, [[wiki]]-based {{tag|creative writing}} started 1 February {{tag|Founded in 2007|2007}},<ref>[[archive.org:20070210102941/http://www.amillionpenguins.com:80/wiki/index.php/Special:Ancientpages]]</ref> and ran for just five weeks.
*[[wp:Collaborative fiction#A Million Penguins|''A Million Penguins'' on Wikipedia]]
 
In late 2010, the content of <tt>aMillionPenguins.com</tt> became parking space after Penguin Books allowed the domain to lapse.  As of November 2013, all seven sections are {{tag|Archived|preserved}} by the [[wp:Internet Archive|Internet Archive WaybackMachine]] at [[Archive.org]], as follows:
 
[[archive.org:20080506070805/http://www.amillionpenguins.com:80/wiki/index.php?title=Welcome|Welcome page and Section 1]]&nbsp;• [[archive.org:20070911160139/http://www.amillionpenguins.com/wiki/index.php/Section_2|Section 2]]&nbsp;• [[archive.org:20070913221125/http://www.amillionpenguins.com/wiki/index.php/Section_3|Section 3]]&nbsp;• [[archive.org:20070912054712/http://www.amillionpenguins.com/wiki/index.php/Section_4|Section 4]]&nbsp;• [[archive.org:20070914051747/http://www.amillionpenguins.com/wiki/index.php/Section_5|Section 5]]&nbsp;• [[archive.org:20070911085200/http://www.amillionpenguins.com/wiki/index.php/Section_6|Section 6]]&nbsp;• [[archive.org:20070911085139/http://www.amillionpenguins.com/wiki/index.php/Section_7|Section 7]]
 
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*[https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2007/mar/12/livingwithamillionpenguins Living with ''A Million Penguins'': inside the wiki-novel] — ''The Guardian'', Kate Pullinger, 12 March 2007, Guardian News and Media Limited, accessed: 13 May 2017
*[[wp:Collaborative fiction#A Million Penguins|''A Million Penguins'']] — on [[English Wikipedia]]
*[[archive.org:20160322213808/http://www.katepullinger.com/blog/comments/a-million-penguins-five-years-on|''A Million Penguins'' five years on]] — blog post by Kate Pullinger, writer and PhD external examiner, for www.TransLiteracy.com, 25 January 2012 (archived by [[Archive.org]])
**[http://FlightPaths.net Flight Paths] — a networked novel by [http://KatePullinger.com Kate Pullinger], [http://ChrisJoseph.org Chris Joseph] and [http://FlightPaths.net/participants.html participants]


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PenguinWiki – A Million Penguins
Recent changes • [No WikiNode] • About • [No Mobile URL]
Founded by:
Status: Goal reached
Language: English
Edit mode: OpenEdit
Wiki engine: MediaWiki
Wiki license: Site retains copyright
Main topic: Collaborative writing
Wiki size: 491 article pages see stats
wikiFactor: 3 info / verify

(Page count as of: 2008-07-24
wikiFactor as of: 2007-02-10)


PenguinWiki – sponsored by Penguin Books of London and De Montfort University of Leicester, England – A Million Penguins was created.[1] This was a wiki-novel experiment, where anyone could write and anyone can edit a fictional novel-in-progress. This unique experiment in collaborative, wiki-based creative writing started 1 February 2007,[2] and ran for just five weeks.

In late 2010, the content of aMillionPenguins.com became parking space after Penguin Books allowed the domain to lapse. As of November 2013, all seven sections are preserved by the Internet Archive WaybackMachine at Archive.org, as follows:

Welcome page and Section 1 • Section 2 • Section 3 • Section 4 • Section 5 • Section 6 • Section 7

Citations
  1. ↑ Want to write a book? Just join the wiki queue — The Guardian, Vanessa Thorpe (arts and media correspondent), 4 February 2007, Guardian News and Media Limited, accessed: 13 May 2017
  2. ↑ archive.org:20070210102941/http://www.amillionpenguins.com:80/wiki/index.php/Special:Ancientpages
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