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	Wikicities; [No Recent changes] • [No WikiNode] • [No About] • [No Documentation]
Main topic:	Wiki farm
Founded by:	Jimmy Wales (founder); Angela Beesley Starling (co-founder)
Owner / CEO:	Owner and/or CEO; (owner and/or CEO)
Engine:	MediaWiki
Farm topic:	Wiki farm
Farm license:	Wiki farm license
Status:	Wikia"Wikia" is not in the list (Active, Dormant, Dead, Acquired) of allowed values for the "Farm status" property.

Revision as of 00:50, 20 July 2023

For the category listing the original Wikicities wiki sites, see: category: Wikia.

original Wikicities wiki logo

original Wikicities, 'hosted by' banner

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Wikicities

From Wikicities

Welcome to Wikicities.
Wikicities is a collection of wikis run by various communities. A Wikicity is an informational site which anyone can edit. Every Wikicities wiki site runs on MediaWiki, the same software used on many wikis, including Wikipedia.

You can start a new Wikicity in any language today, or help to edit an existing one from the list of Wikicities.

Support on both the technical and social aspects of running a wiki community are provided.

Wikicities are hosted for free and supported by advertising. Wikicities are open to the public to edit, although administrators can choose to restrict editing of some pages using page protection. Wikicities are not owned by their founders. They are run as community projects, and should strive towards consensus as the primary means for organizing their wikis.

A Wikicity can be in any language, and many languages already have full interface translations available. You can even request language sub-domains of one Wikicity.

Wikicities operate on a shared-login system. This means you only need to create a username once, and you can edit any Wikicity.

All of the content of Wikicities will be available under a free content licence. This means the information can be reused, not only in other Wikicities, but by anyone.

All Wikicities are hosted on dedicated Linux servers using squid cache acceleration for high performance. Hosting includes site backups, server administration, and site statistics. There is no limit to the size your Wikicity can be!

What is a wiki?

A wiki site is a website that allows users to easily create pages and edit pages others have created. The markup is very simple and requires no knowledge of HTML. For example, surrounding a word with [[double square brackets]] will turn that word or group of words into a link. You can make text italicized just by surround the text with double ''inverted commas''.

Editing is very easy to learn, and allows anyone to create a website. Every edit made to Wikicities is stored for as long as the Wikicity exists. This means you can easily check which edits have been made. You can also easily remove bad edits as you can change back to an older version of the page.

Example Wikicities

Local soccer league Wikicity

fans write about the teams, and analyze the games together.

OurTown Wikicities

residents and visitors of a town collect local history information, details of local facilities and popular places to go in the town.

Collectors clubs

are you an avid collector? Share details of your collection on a wiki, and collaborate with others in providing information about the objects you collect.

Fan sites

get together with other fans of a television program, band, or anything else and gather information about that, share news of celebrity appearances, and more.

Existing Wikicities

Pages in category “Wikicities”

The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.

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Media in category "Wikicities"

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 {{Wiki farm <!--see 'Template:Wiki farm' for full detail and hidden help advice-->
 |URL              = https://archive.is/Y1WeS<!--http://www.Wikicities.com/index.php/Wikicities-->
-|logo             = [[File:WikicitiesLogo.png|another [[Wikicities]] logo|alt=]]<!--you may upload and wikilink, or hotlink to a URL-->
+|logo             = [[File:WikicitiesLogo.png|another Wikicities wiki logo|alt=]]<!--you may upload and wikilink, or hotlink to a URL-->
 |wide logo        = y<!--insert 'y' when the logo is too wide AND / OR the title is too long-->
 |recentchanges URL= No<!--http://www.Wikicities.com/index.php/Special:Recentchanges, if none, use 'No'-->
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 |status           = Wikia<!--'Active' if available, 'Dead' if not, 'Dormant' if available but no staff support-->
 }}{{For|the category listing the original Wikicities wiki sites|category: Wikia}}
-[[File:WikiCities logo.png|frame|original [[Wikicities]] logo|alt=]]
+[[File:WikiCities logo.png|frame|original '''Wikicities''' wiki logo|alt=]]
-[[File:-Wikicities, hosted by - mini-banner.png|frame|original [[Wikicities]], 'hosted by' banner|alt=]]
+[[File:-Wikicities, hosted by - mini-banner.png|frame|original '''Wikicities''', 'hosted by' banner|alt=]]
-[[File:Wikicities wordmark.png|frame|[[Wikicities]] wordmark|alt=]]
+[[File:Wikicities wordmark.png|frame|'''Wikicities''' wordmark|alt=]]
 ==Wikicities==
 ;From Wikicities<br>
 Welcome to '''Wikicities'''.<br>
-Wikicities is a collection of [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]] run by various communities.  A Wikicity is an informational site which anyone can [[edit]].  Every Wikicities wiki site runs on {{tag|MediaWiki}}, the same software used on many wikis, including [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]].
+Wikicities is a collection of [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]] run by various communities.  A Wikicity is an {{Cambridge-Dictionary|informational}} site which anyone can [[edit]].  Every Wikicities wiki site runs on {{tag|Free MediaWiki wiki farm|MediaWiki}}, the same software used on many wikis, including [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]].
-You can start a new Wikicity in [[:Category:Wiki language|any language]] today, or help to edit an existing one from the [https://archive.ph/hntwI list of Wikicities].
+You can start a new Wikicity in [[:Category:Wiki language|any language]] today, or help to edit an existing one from the [[archive.is:hntwI|list of Wikicities]].
 Support on both the technical and social aspects of running a [[wiki community]] are provided.
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 Wikicities are {{tag|Free wiki farm|hosted for free}} and supported by [[:Category:Advertising|advertising]].  Wikicities are [[:Category:OpenEdit|open to the public to edit]], although [[administrator]]s can choose to restrict editing of some pages using page protection.  Wikicities are not owned by their [[founder]]s.  They are run as community projects, and should strive towards [[consensus]] as the primary means for organizing their wikis.
-A Wikicity can be in any language and many languages already have full interface translations available.  You can even request language sub-domains of one Wikicity.
+A Wikicity can be in any [[:Category:Wiki language|language]], and many [[:Category:Language|languages]] already have full interface translations available.  You can even request language sub-{{Cambridge-Dictionary|domain}}s of one Wikicity.
-Wikicities operate on a shared-login system.  This means you only need to create a [[username]] once, and you can edit any Wikicity.
+Wikicities operate on a {{Mw|Extension:CentralAuth|shared-login}} system.  This means you only need to create a [[username]] once, and you can edit any Wikicity.
-All of the content of Wikicities will be available under a [[:Category:Open content|free content]] [[:Category:Wiki license|licence]].  This means the information can be reused, not only in other Wikicities, but by anyone.
+All of the content of Wikicities will be available under a [[:Category:Open content|free content]] [[:Category:Wiki license|licence]].  This means the information can be {{Cambridge-Dictionary|reuse}}d, not only in other Wikicities, but by anyone.
-All Wikicities are hosted on dedicated [[:Category:Linux|Linux]] servers using squid cache acceleration for high performance.  Hosting includes [[:Category:Wiki Backups|site backups]], server administration, and site [[:Category:Statistics|Statistics]].  There is no limit to the size your Wikicity can be!
+All Wikicities are hosted on dedicated [[:Category:Linux|Linux]] servers using {{Wp|Squid (software)|squid}} cache acceleration for high performance.  Hosting includes [[:Category:Wiki Backups|site backups]], server administration, and site [[:Category:Statistics|statistics]].  There is no limit to the size your Wikicity can be!
 ===What is a wiki?===
-A [[wiki]] is a website that allows [[user]]s to easily create pages and edit pages others have created.  The [[:Category:Wiki syntax|markup]] is very simple and requires no knowledge of [[:Category:HTML|HTML]].  For example, surrounding a word with <nowiki>[[double square brackets]]</nowiki> will turn that word or group of words into a [[Wikilink|link]].  You can make text italicized just by surround the text with double ''<nowiki>''</nowiki>inverted commas<nowiki>''</nowiki>''.
+A [[wiki]] site is a website that allows [[user]]s to easily create pages and edit pages others have created.  The [[:Category:Wiki syntax|markup]] is very simple and requires no knowledge of [[:Category:HTML|HTML]].  For example, surrounding a word with <nowiki>[[double square brackets]]</nowiki> will turn that word or group of words into a [[Wikilink|link]].  You can make text {{Cambridge-Dictionary|italicize}}d just by surround the text with double ''<nowiki>''</nowiki>inverted commas<nowiki>''</nowiki>''.
 [[Edit]]ing is very easy to learn, and allows anyone to create a website.  Every edit made to Wikicities is stored for as long as the Wikicity exists.  This means you can easily [[Edit history|check which edits have been made]].  You can also easily remove bad edits as you can [[Revert|change back to an older version]] of the page.
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 :fans write about the teams, and analyze the games together.
 OurTown Wikicities
-:residents and visitors of a town collect local history information, details of local facilities and popular places to go in the town.
+:residents and visitors of a [[:Category:Town|town]] collect local [[:Category:History|history]] information, details of local facilities and popular places to go in the town.
 Collectors clubs
-:are you an avid collector? Share details of your collection on a wiki, and collaborate with others in providing information about the objects you collect.
+:are you an avid collector?  Share details of your collection on a wiki, and collaborate with others in providing information about the objects you collect.
 Fan sites
-:get together with other fans of a television program, band, or anything else and gather information about that, share news of celebrity appearances, and more.
+:get together with other fans of a [[:Category:TV show|television program]], [[:Category:Band|band]], or anything else and gather information about that, share news of celebrity appearances, and more.
 ===Existing Wikicities===