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'''PenguinWiki''' – sponsored by [[wp:Penguin Books|Penguin Books]] and {{tag|De Montfort University}}, created '''''A Million Penguins'''''; a wiki-{{tag|Novels|novel}} experiment, where anyone could write and anyone can edit a novel-in-progress.  This unique experiment in collaborative, [[wiki]]-based creative writing started 1 February {{tag|FoundedIn2007|2007}},<ref>[[archive.org:20070210102941/http://www.amillionpenguins.com:80/wiki/index.php/Special:Ancientpages]]</ref> and ran for just five weeks.
'''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.


In late 2010, the site's content became parking space after Penguin Books allowed the domain to be expired.  As of November 2013, all seven sections are {{tag|Archived|preserved}} by the [[wp:Internet Archive|Internet Archive WaybackMachine]] at [[Archive.org]]:
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:20100827183401/http://www.amillionpenguins.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page|Main 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]]
[[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
*[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
*[[wp:Collaborative fiction#A Million Penguins|''A Million Penguins'']] — on [[English Wikipedia]]
*[[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]])
*[[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]
**[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 – sponsored by Penguin Books of London and De Montfort University of Leicester, EnglandA 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 queueThe 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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