Wikicities: Difference between revisions
Hoof Hearted (talk | contribs) (Hoof Hearted moved page Wikicities to Category:Wikicities: Lets try to list the 947 wiki sites founded on Wikicities before the rebrand to Wikia) |
Hoof Hearted (talk | contribs) (Meta wiki site from redirect) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Wiki <!--see 'Template:Wiki' for full detail and hidden help advice--> | |||
|name = <s>Wikicities</s> | |||
|URL = https://web.archive.org/web/20060312083900/http://www.Wikicities.com/wiki/Wikicities<!--https://archive.is/Y1WeS--> | |||
|logo = [[File:WikicitiesLogo.png|another Wikicities wiki logo|alt=]] | |||
|wide logo = y<!--insert 'y' when the logo is too wide AND / OR the title is too long--> | |||
|recentchanges URL= https://web.archive.org/web/20060312084544/http://www.Wikicities.com/wiki/Special:Recentchanges | |||
|wikinode URL = No<!--http://www.Wikicities.com/wiki/WikiNode, if none, use 'No'--> | |||
|about URL = https://web.archive.org/web/20060312090524/http://www.Wikicities.com/wiki/About_Wikicities | |||
|mobile URL = No | |||
|founder = [[Jimmy Wales]], [[Angela Beesley Starling|Angela Beesley]] | |||
|status = Dead | |||
|language = English | |||
|editmode = OpenEdit | |||
|engine = MediaWiki | |||
|license = GNU Free Documentation License | |||
|maintopic = Wikicities | |||
|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--> | |||
}} | |||
This '''Wikicities''' page is for the {{tag|meta}} wiki site for the {{tag|Wikicities}} free MediaWiki wiki farm. From early to mid-2006, Wikicities was rebranded to the name of its parent company, [[Wikia]]. | |||
{{Size <!--see 'Template:Size' for extensive full detail--> | |||
|pages= 759<!--plain numeric value for number of CONTENT pages (or Files on a commons wiki); NO thousands separators--> | |||
|statistics URL= https://web.archive.org/web/20060317200330/http://www.Wikicities.com/wiki/Special:Statistics | |||
|wikiFactor= <!--(wF), preferred; see: Category:wikiFactor; if wF unknown leave void; archived wF value may be used--> | |||
|wikiFactor URL= http://www.Wikicities.com/wiki/Special:Popularpages<!--wF source; archived URL if available--> | |||
}}(As of: 2006-03-17)<!--YYYY-MM-DD; manually add/amend ISO 8601 date when stats are verified and/or updated--> | |||
{{Wikicities}} | |||
[[Category:Wikicities| ]] | |||
Latest revision as of 19:24, 28 May 2024
| |
|---|---|
Recent changes • [No WikiNode] • About • [No Mobile URL] | |
| Founded by: | Jimmy Wales, Angela Beesley |
| Status: | Dead |
| Language: | English |
| Edit mode: | OpenEdit |
| Wiki engine: | MediaWiki |
| Wiki license: | GNU Free Documentation License |
| Main topic: | Wikicities |
This Wikicities page is for the meta wiki site for the Wikicities free MediaWiki wiki farm. From early to mid-2006, Wikicities was rebranded to the name of its parent company, Wikia.
| Wiki size: | 759 article pages see stats |
(As of: 2006-03-17)
- For the category listing all of the original Wikicities wiki sites, see: category: Wikicities.
- For the category listing the current Wikia (now known as Fandom) wiki sites (along with any original Wikicities wiki sites still in existence), see: category: Wikia.
Wikicities, located at Wikicities.com, was the original name used by a for-profit commercial wiki farm founded in October 2004 by Jimmy Wales (who previously founded Wikipedia, and originally registered the Wikicities.com domain in 2001) and his then new business partner Angela Beesley.[1]
The first Wikicity wiki site to be hosted on Wikicities was Wikianswers, which launched on 2nd November 2004. On 4 January 2005, Wikicities was hosting fifty wiki sites. On 3 February 2005, its 500th user had registered, and was hosting one hundred wiki sites. Not all wiki sites hosted on Wikicities were founded on Wikicities — existing wiki sites independently hosted were tempted to migrate to Wikicities — with Memory Alpha, a well-established and extensive site about Star Trek joining Wikicities on 10 February 2005.[1]
Wikicities from its foundation was owned by a wiki company called Wikia; Wikicities subsequently changed its operating name to Wikia, and all existing Wikicities wiki sites became a sub-domanin of Wikia.com.
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
- Wikianswers (http://Wikianswers.Wikicities.com/index.php/Main_Page) — the first wiki site hosted on Wikicities[1]
- Node-wiki for university-wikis (http://UniversityWikiNodeWiki.Wikicities.com)
- Sitelibrary.net (http://Sitelibrary.Wikicities.com/index.php/Main_Page)
- WikiMac (http://WikiMac.Wikicities.com/index.php/Main_Page) (also in Chinese (http://Zh.WikiMac.Wikicities.com/index.php/Main_Page))
- G.Knowledge (http://GKnowledge.Wikicities.com/index.php/Main_Page)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 News – Wikicities; Wikicities.com; 2004; via archive.is (archived 20 September 2014).
External links
- List of Wikicities — at Archive.org on 12 March 2006