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{{Wiki
{{Wiki <!--see 'Template:Wiki' for full detail and hidden help advice-->
|name=MyWikiBiz
|name             = MyWikiBiz
|URL=https://mywikibiz.com/Main_Page
|URL             = https://mywikibiz.com/Main_Page
|recentchanges URL=https://mywikibiz.com/Special:RecentChanges
|logo            = https://MyWikiBiz.com/logo.gif
|wikinode URL=No
|wide logo        = y<!--insert 'y' when the logo is too wide AND / OR the title name is too long-->
|about URL=https://mywikibiz.com/Directory:MyWikiBiz
|recentchanges URL= https://mywikibiz.com/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=0&limit=500&days=900
|mobile URL=No
|wikinode URL     = No<!--https://YourWikiURL.org/wiki/WikiNode, if none, use 'No'-->
|founder=Gregory J. Kohs
|about URL       = https://mywikibiz.com/Directory:MyWikiBiz
|status=Active
|mobile URL       = https://mywikibiz.com?useformat=mobile
|language=English
|founder         = Gregory J. Kohs
|editmode=ByInvitation
|status           = Active
|engine=MediaWiki
|language         = English
|license=GNU Free Documentation License
|editmode         = Pay to edit
|maintopic=Directory
|engine           = MediaWiki
|license         = GNU Free Documentation License
|maintopic       = Directory
|backupurl        = <!--database dump backup file URL; found at '/Special:Statistics' on Wikia & some other MediaWiki sites; archived URL may also be used-->
|backupdate      = 20YY-MM-DD<!--YYYY-MM-DD, ISO 8601 extended date of backup URL; if unknown, dynamic or NO date, DELETE this field-->
}}
}}
{{Size
{{Size <!--see 'Template:Size' for extensive full detail-->
|pages=9135
|pages= 9135<!--plain numeric value for number of CONTENT pages (or Files on a commons wiki); NO thousands separators-->
|statistics URL=https://mywikibiz.com/Special:Statistics
|statistics URL= https://mywikibiz.com/Special:Statistics
}}
|wikiFactor= 24<!--(wF), preferred; see: Category:wikiFactor; if wF unknown leave void; archived wF value may be used-->
MyWikiBiz is an online business directory created in {{tag|founded in 2006|2006}} with a similar spirit to encyclopedia sites like [[Everipedia]], [[Encyc (MediaWiki)|Encyc]] and [[EverybodyWiki]]; truly open knowledge bases without the notability guidelines found on sites like [[Wikipedia]]. Though the main namespace contains over 9,000 pages, the business directory pages are in the Directory namespace, and there are tens of thousands of these pages. Though it is unclear what the main namespace was originally designed to be used for on this site, the main namespace has become an almanac of general information, with some articles in an encyclopedic format, some having a dictionary-like definition format, some having a how-to format, among other styles. The Directory namespace pages, on the other hand, have a very structured format, not all that different than the structured data on [[WikiIndex]], and any business or website can have a directory page. According to various articles produced by people in the wiki community, MyWikiBiz was originally a Wikipedia article-writing company, and businesses would pay MyWikiBiz to make a Wikipedia article. However, some of these articles did not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines, as well as the idea of paid Wikipedia editing, or as Colbert once called it in 2007, "wikilobbying", going against the open nature of Wikipedia. Later in 2006, MyWikiBiz became a business directory, where these businesses could promote themselves without falling afoul of any major online encyclopedia's notability guidelines. Though the site is not discussed as much as it used to be thanks to big tech companies like Google and Facebook allowing business listings, MyWikiBiz is still the leading business directory of the wikisphere.
|wikiFactor URL= https://web.archive.org/web/20190626045649/https://MyWikiBiz.com/Special:PopularPages<!--wF source; archived URL if available-->
}}(Page count as of: 2023-08-09<br>wikiFactor as of: 2019-06-26)<!--YYYY-MM-DD; manually add/amend ISO 8601 date when stats are verified and/or updated-->
 
 
'''MyWikiBiz''' is an online {{tag|business}} directory {{tag|Founded in 2006|created in 2006}} with a similar spirit to [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedia]] sites like [[Everipedia]], [[Encyc (MediaWiki)|Encyc]] and [[EverybodyWiki]]; truly open [[:Category:Knowledge|knowledge]] bases without the [[notability]] guidelines found on sites like [[English Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]. Though the main [[namespace]] contains over 9,000 pages, the business {{tag|directory}} pages are in the Directory {{Mw|Manual:Namespace|namespace}}, and there are tens of thousands of these pages. Though it is unclear what the main [https://www.collinsdictionary.com/submission/25170/namespace namespace] was originally designed to be used for on this site, the main namespace has become an {{Cambridge-Dictionary|almanac}} of general {{tag|information}}, with some articles in an {{Cambridge-Dictionary|encyclopedic}} format, some having a {{Cambridge-Dictionary|dictionary}}-like definition format, some having a [[:Category:How to|how-to]] format, among other styles. The Directory namespace pages, on the other hand, have a very structured format, not all that different than the [[WikiIndex:Structured data|structured data]] on [[WikiIndex]], and any business or {{tag|website}} can have a directory page. According to various articles produced by people in the [[:Category:Wiki community|wiki community]], MyWikiBiz was originally a Wikipedia article-writing company, and businesses would pay MyWikiBiz to make a Wikipedia article. However, some of these articles did not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines, as well as the idea of paid Wikipedia editing, or as Colbert once called it in 2007, "wikilobbying", going against the open nature of Wikipedia. Later in 2006, MyWikiBiz became a business directory, where these businesses could promote themselves without falling afoul of any major online encyclopedia's notability guidelines. Though the site is not discussed as much as it used to be thanks to big tech companies like [[:Category:Google|Google]] and [[:Category:Facebook|Facebook]] allowing business listings, MyWikiBiz is still the leading business directory of the [[wikisphere]].
 
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