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'''Wikitravel'''—a [[wiki]] [[:Category:Travel guide|travel guide]], founded in [[:Category:FoundedIn2003|2003]] by [[Evan Prodromou]] and Michelle Anne Jenkins, now currently owned by {{tag|Internet Brands|Internet Brands, Inc.}}, is an [[:Category:Advertising|ad]]-supported ([[:Category:GoogleAds|GoogleAds]]) free, [[:Category:Earth|world]]wide [[:Category:Travel|travel]] guide in many [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]]. They have several thousand destination guides and other articles written and edited by [http://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:Wikitravellers 'Wikitravellers'] from around the globe (some of whom just sit at home describing what's good about their surroundings). Wikitravel wikis supported the [[:Category:OpenID|OpenID]] universal log-in until the March 2013 software upgrade. The individual language projects do not support [[mw:Extension:CentralAuth|CentralAuth]], so users must register for each one individually, as well as Wikitravel Shared—the multi-lingual media repository for the project.
[[File:WikiTravel.png|frame|left|[[:Category:Wikitravel|WikiTravel]] original logo|alt=]]
'''<big>Wikitravel</big> – ''The Free Travel Guide''''' (originally stylised '''WikiTravel''') — is a [[:Category:Travel guide|travel guide]] in a [[wiki]] format, [[:Category:Founded in 2003|founded in 2003]] by [[Evan Prodromou]] and Michelle Anne Jenkins.  Now owned by {{tag|Internet Brands|Internet Brands, Inc.}} (IB), Wikitravel is an [[:Category:Advertising|advertising]]-supported ([[:Category:Google advertising|Google Ads]] and Adtrue) free, [[:Category:Earth|world-wide]] [[:Category:Travel|travel]] guide in twenty-one (21) different [[:Category:Wiki language|languages]]. The Wikitravel [[What is a Wiki|wiki sites]] have several thousand {{Cambridge-Dictionary|destination}} guides and other articles written and edited by [https://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:Wikitravellers 'Wikitravellers'] from around the [[:Category:Global|globe]] (some of whom just sit at home describing what's good about their surroundings). [[:Category:Wikitravel|Wikitravel]] wiki sites previously supported the [[:Category:OpenID|OpenID]] universal {{Cambridge-Dictionary|log-in}} until the March 2013 software upgrade. The individual language Wikitravel wiki sites do <u>not</u> support {{Mw|Extension:CentralAuth|CentralAuth}}, so [[editor]]s must register with a [[username]] for each wiki site individually, as well as [[Wikitravel Shared]], their multilingual image and media repository (and central '[[:Category:Meta|meta]]' wiki) for the Wikitravel project.


One of the more interesting [http://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:Goals_and_non-goals project goals] is to create destination guides which are useful as printouts, i.e., not always linking to sub-pages, but distilling the most useful information about each travel destination. For a good example see the "destination of the month" on the [[Wikitravel (en)|English Wikitravel]] [http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page main page].
One of the more interesting [https://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:Goals_and_non-goals project goals] is to create destination [[:Category:Guide|guides]] which are useful as {{Cambridge-Dictionary|printout}}s, i.e., <u>not</u> always linking to sub-pages (or separate [[article]] pages), but {{Cambridge-Dictionary|distill}}ing the most useful information about each travel [[:Category:Places|destination]] in to one single article. For a good example, see the 'destination of the month' on the [[Wikitravel (en)|English Wikitravel]] [https://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page main page].


In April 2006, Wikitravel and [[World66]], both [[:Category:open content|open content]] wiki travel guides, were acquired by Internet Brands, Inc., an [[:Category:United States|American]] commercial 'for profit' company that operates a number of consumer information websites. [http://web.archive.org/web/20080308215814/http://investors.internetbrands.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=274198] Following this acquisition, Internet Brands have progressively alienated their core Wikitravel editors, by placing increasing amounts of adverts on wiki pages, failing to provide technical support and software upgrades, and denying database downloads of user-submitted content. As a result, a group of German Wikitravel editors [[fork]]ed their [[Wikitravel (de)|German-]] and [[Wikitravel (it)|Italian-language Wikitravel]]s to a new site which they called [[Wikivoyage]]; with other language versions subsequently doing the same.
In April 2006, Wikitravel, along with [[World66]], both [[:Category:Open content|open content]] wiki travel guides, were acquired by Internet Brands, {{Cambridge-Dictionary|incorporated|Inc.}}, an [[:Category:United States of America|American]] commercial 'for profit' company that operates a number of consumer information websites.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080308215814/http://investors.InternetBrands.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=274198] Following this acquisition, Internet Brands progressively {{Cambridge-Dictionary|alienate}}d their core Wikitravel [[editor]]s, by placing increasing amounts of [[:Category:Advertising|adverts]] on wiki pages, failing to provide technical support and [[:Category:Software|software]] upgrades, and denying [[:Category:Wiki database backup|wiki database downloads]] of [[user]]-submitted content. As a result, a group of [[Wikitravel (de)|German Wikitravel]] editors [[fork]]ed their German- and [[Wikitravel (it)|Italian-language Wikitravel]] wiki sites to a new site which they called '[[:Category:Wikivoyage|Wikivoyage]]'; with other Wikitravel language versions subsequently doing the same.


As of early 2013, [[:Category:Wikivoyage|Wikivoyage]] has become an integral new project of the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF)—and whilst the two sites still co-exist, Wikitravel has declined in its quality of editing. As a seemingly act of desparation, on the main front page of the English Wikitravel, there is a prominent claim—''"(Wikitravel) ... is the premier travel wiki on the Internet"''—with [http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1809858_1809957_1811566,00.html a link to Time.com]. However, the content contained within that ''Time'' link is extremely stale and out-dated; it was published in 2007 under the title: "50 Best Websites 2008"!
In early 2013, [[:Category:Wikivoyage|Wikivoyage]] became an integral new '{{WMF-Meta|Wikimedia projects|project}}' of the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF); and whilst the two sites (Wikitravel and Wikivoyage) still {{Cambridge-Dictionary|co-exist}}, Wikitravel has {{Cambridge-Dictionary|decline}}d in its quality of editing. As a {{Cambridge-Dictionary|seemingly}} act of {{Cambridge-Dictionary|desperation}}, on the [[Wiki main page|main front page]] of the English Wikitravel, there was a {{Cambridge-Dictionary|prominent}} claim: "(Wikitravel) ... is the premier travel wiki on the Internet", with a link to [[Archive.org:20130908023737/https://content.Time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1809858_1809957_1811566,00.html|Time Lists]]. However, the content contained within that ''Time'' link is extremely stale and out-dated; it was published in 2007 under the title: '50 Best Websites 2008'!
*[http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/WikiTravel MeatballWiki article on Wikitravel]
*{{WMF-Meta|Wikitravel}} — an early discussion from 2003-2005, at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikitravel English Wikipedia on Wikitravel]
*[[Meatball:WikiTravel|Article on Wikitravel]] — at [[MeatballWiki]]
*[http://www.wikistatistics.net/internet-brands Wikitravel Interactive Statistics], from Wikistatistics
*{{Wp|Wikitravel}} — at the [[English Wikipedia]]
*[https://code.google.com/p/wikiteam/downloads/list?can=2&q=wikitravel Wikitravel downloads]&nbsp;— [[Wikiteam]]
*{{WM-Wikidata|Q2017|Wikitravel (Q2017)}} — at [[Wikimedia Wikidata]]
*[http://gyrovague.com/2012/07/12/wikitravel-editors-abandon-internet-brands-join-up-with-wikipedia/ Wikitravel editors abandon Internet Brands, join up with Wikipedia]&nbsp;— Gyrovague.com
{{Wikistats v2.2-project|wr|Wikitravel wikis|Wikitravel|cat=no}}
*[http://governancexborders.com/2012/07/13/challenges-of-merging-communities-the-case-of-wikitravel-and-wikivoyage/ Challenges of Merging Communities: The Case of WikiTravel and WikiVoyage]&nbsp;— governance across borders
*[[Archive.org:20160601185232/http://www.Wikistatistics.net/internet-brands|Wikitravel Interactive Statistics]] — from [[Wikistatistics.net]], via [[Archive.org]] from 2016
;See also
*[https://code.google.com/p/wikiteam/downloads/list?can=2&q=wikitravel Wikitravel downloads]<sup>[fix me]</sup> — [[Archive Team#WikiTeam|WikiTeam]]
*[[JAMGuides]]&nbsp;– a mirror of Wikitravel which uses the [[:Category:JAMWiki|JAMWiki]] engine. After the Wikivoyage merge with the WMF, JAMGuides redirects to Wikivoyage.
*[https://gyrovague.com/2012/07/12/wikitravel-editors-abandon-internet-brands-join-up-with-wikipedia/ Wikitravel editors abandon Internet Brands, join up with Wikipedia] — Gyrovague.com; 2012-07-12
*[[Wikivoyage]]&nbsp;– a fork done by some German and Italian Wikitravellers in 2006, which aims to be a non-commercial alternative with transparent and democratic internal structures, along with their plans in 2012 to [http://web.archive.org/web/20121101112005/http://www.wikivoyage.org/general/Migration_FAQ migrate] to the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]]
*[https://governancexborders.com/2012/07/13/challenges-of-merging-communities-the-case-of-wikitravel-and-wikivoyage/ Challenges of merging communities: the case of WikiTravel and WikiVoyage] — governance across borders; 2012-07-13
 
*{{Everything2|Wikitravel}} — personal commentary by Tempestas on 2007-07-08, at [[Everything2]]
;<big><big>All [[:Category:Wikitravel|Wikitravels]] in these [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]]</big> <sup>([[edit:Template:Wikitravel|edit]])</sup></big>&nbsp;— [http://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:WikiNode Wikitravel WikiNode]
*[[Archive.org:20170914005231/http://Couchwiki.org/en/User_talk:Guaka#Attribution|Wikitravel owners Internet Brands threaten legal action against a tiny community wiki]] — at [[Couchwiki]]
<big>'''10,000+''':
*{{Wv|Wikivoyage:Wikivoyage and Wikitravel|Wikivoyage and Wikitravel}} — at the [[English Wikivoyage]]
[[Wikitravel (en)|English]]&nbsp;(en),
;''See also
[[Wikitravel Shared]]&nbsp;<small>(image&nbsp;depository)</small>
*[[:Category:JAMGuides|JAMGuides]] — former original fork of Wikitravel powered by the [[:Category:JAMWiki|JAMWiki]] engine; after the Wikivoyage merge with the WMF, JAMGuides.com URLs redirected to Wikivoyage
*[[:Category:Wikivoyage|Wikivoyage]] — subsequent fork by German and Italian Wikitravellers in 2006, which aimed to be a non-commercial alternative with transparent and democratic internal structures, along with their plans in 2012 to [[Archive.org:20121101112005/http://www.Wikivoyage.org/general/Migration_FAQ|migrate]] to the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF)
*[https://code.google.com/archive/p/oxygenguide/ OxygenGuide] — an independent offline copy of the Wikivoyage travel guide, restyled for smartphones, based on work by all volunteers of Wikivoyage and Wikitravel
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;<big><big>All [[:Category:Wikitravel|Wikitravel]] wiki sites in these [[:Category:Wiki language|languages]]</big> <sup>([[Template:Wikitravel|view]] / [[edit:Template:Wikitravel|edit]] / [[Template talk:Wikitravel|talk]])</sup></big> — <span class=plainlinks>[https://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:WikiNode WikiNode (en)]&nbsp;• [https://wikitravel.org/de/Wikitravel:WikiNode WikiNode (de)]</span>
<big>'''10,000+''':<!--multilingual first, then alphabetical by longhand anglophile language-->
[[Wikitravel Shared]]&nbsp;<small>(image&nbsp;depository)</small>&nbsp;•
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'''1,000+''':
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[[Wikitravel (de)|Deutsch]]&nbsp;(de),
[[Wikitravel (nl)|Dutch&nbsp;/&nbsp;Nederlands]]&nbsp;(nl)&nbsp;•
[[Wikitravel (es)|Español]]&nbsp;(es),
[[Wikitravel (fi)|Finnish&nbsp;/&nbsp;suomi]]&nbsp;(fi)&nbsp;•
[[Wikitravel (fi)|Finnish]]&nbsp;(fi),
[[Wikitravel (fr)|French&nbsp;/&nbsp;Français]]&nbsp;(fr)&nbsp;•
[[Wikitravel (fr)|Français]]&nbsp;(fr),
[[Wikitravel (de)|German&nbsp;/&nbsp;Deutsch]]&nbsp;(de)&nbsp;•
[[Wikitravel (it)|Italian]]&nbsp;(it),
[[Wikitravel (it)|Italian&nbsp;/&nbsp;Italiano]]&nbsp;(it)&nbsp;•
[[Wikitravel (ja)|Japanese]]&nbsp;(ja),
[[Wikitravel (ja)|Japanese&nbsp;/&nbsp;日本語]]&nbsp;(ja)&nbsp;•
[[Wikitravel (nl)|Dutch]]&nbsp;(nl),
[[Wikitravel (ko)|Korean&nbsp;/&nbsp;한국어]]&nbsp;(ko)&nbsp;•
[[Wikitravel (pl)|Polish]]&nbsp;(pl),
[[Wikitravel (pl)|Polish&nbsp;/&nbsp;Polskie]]&nbsp;(pl)&nbsp;•
[[Wikitravel (pt)|Portuguese]]&nbsp;(pt),
[[Wikitravel (pt)|Portuguese&nbsp;/&nbsp;Português]]&nbsp;(pt)&nbsp;•
[[Wikitravel (ru)|Russian]]&nbsp;(ru),
[[Wikitravel (ru)|Russian&nbsp;/&nbsp;русский]]&nbsp;(ru)&nbsp;•
[[Wikitravel (sv)|Swedish]]&nbsp;(sv)
[[Wikitravel (es)|Spanish&nbsp;/&nbsp;Español]]&nbsp;(es)&nbsp;•
[[Wikitravel (sv)|Swedish&nbsp;/&nbsp;svenska]]&nbsp;(sv)
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<small>'''Bubbling under''':
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[[Wikitravel (ar)|Arabic]]&nbsp;(ar),
[[Wikitravel (ar)|Arabic&nbsp;/&nbsp;عربى]]&nbsp;(ar)&nbsp;•
[[Wikitravel (ca)|Catalan]]&nbsp;(ca),
[[Wikitravel (ca)|Catalan&nbsp;/&nbsp;Català]]&nbsp;(ca)&nbsp;•
[[Wikitravel (eo)|Esperanto]]&nbsp;(eo),
[[Wikitravel (zh)|Chinese&nbsp;/&nbsp;中文]]&nbsp;(zh)&nbsp;•
[[Wikitravel (he)|Hebrew]]&nbsp;(he),
[[Wikitravel (eo)|Esperanto]]&nbsp;(eo)&nbsp;•
[[Wikitravel (hi)|Hindi]]&nbsp;(hi),
[[Wikitravel (he)|Hebrew&nbsp;/&nbsp;עִברִית]]&nbsp;(he)&nbsp;•
[[Wikitravel (hu)|Hungarian]]&nbsp;(hu),
[[Wikitravel (hi)|Hindi&nbsp;/&nbsp;हिंदी]]&nbsp;(hi)&nbsp;•
[[Wikitravel (ko)|Korean]]&nbsp;(ko),
[[Wikitravel (hu)|Hungarian&nbsp;/&nbsp;Magyar]]&nbsp;(hu)&nbsp;•
[[Wikitravel (ro)|Romanian]]&nbsp;(ro),
[[Wikitravel (ro)|Romanian&nbsp;/&nbsp;Română]]&nbsp;(ro)</small><noinclude>
[[Wikitravel (zh)|Chinese]]&nbsp;(zh)</small><includeonly>
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Latest revision as of 20:25, 7 July 2024

WikiTravel original logo

Wikitravel – The Free Travel Guide (originally stylised WikiTravel) — is a travel guide in a wiki format, founded in 2003 by Evan Prodromou and Michelle Anne Jenkins. Now owned by Internet Brands, Inc. (IB), Wikitravel is an advertising-supported (Google Ads and Adtrue) free, world-wide travel guide in twenty-one (21) different languages. The Wikitravel wiki sites have several thousand destination guides and other articles written and edited by 'Wikitravellers' from around the globe (some of whom just sit at home describing what's good about their surroundings). Wikitravel wiki sites previously supported the OpenID universal log-in until the March 2013 software upgrade. The individual language Wikitravel wiki sites do not support CentralAuth, so editors must register with a username for each wiki site individually, as well as Wikitravel Shared, their multilingual image and media repository (and central 'meta' wiki) for the Wikitravel project.

One of the more interesting project goals is to create destination guides which are useful as printouts, i.e., not always linking to sub-pages (or separate article pages), but distilling the most useful information about each travel destination in to one single article. For a good example, see the 'destination of the month' on the English Wikitravel main page.

In April 2006, Wikitravel, along with World66, both open content wiki travel guides, were acquired by Internet Brands, Inc., an American commercial 'for profit' company that operates a number of consumer information websites.[1] Following this acquisition, Internet Brands progressively alienated their core Wikitravel editors, by placing increasing amounts of adverts on wiki pages, failing to provide technical support and software upgrades, and denying wiki database downloads of user-submitted content. As a result, a group of German Wikitravel editors forked their German- and Italian-language Wikitravel wiki sites to a new site which they called 'Wikivoyage'; with other Wikitravel language versions subsequently doing the same.

In early 2013, Wikivoyage became an integral new 'project' of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF); and whilst the two sites (Wikitravel and Wikivoyage) still co-exist, Wikitravel has declined in its quality of editing. As a seemingly act of desperation, on the main front page of the English Wikitravel, there was a prominent claim: "(Wikitravel) ... is the premier travel wiki on the Internet", with a link to Time Lists. However, the content contained within that Time link is extremely stale and out-dated; it was published in 2007 under the title: '50 Best Websites 2008'!

See also
  • JAMGuides — former original fork of Wikitravel powered by the JAMWiki engine; after the Wikivoyage merge with the WMF, JAMGuides.com URLs redirected to Wikivoyage
  • Wikivoyage — subsequent fork by German and Italian Wikitravellers in 2006, which aimed to be a non-commercial alternative with transparent and democratic internal structures, along with their plans in 2012 to migrate to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF)
  • OxygenGuide — an independent offline copy of the Wikivoyage travel guide, restyled for smartphones, based on work by all volunteers of Wikivoyage and Wikitravel
All Wikitravel wiki sites in these languages (view / edit / talk) — WikiNode (en) • WikiNode (de)

10,000+: Wikitravel Shared (image depository) • English (en)
1,000+: Dutch / Nederlands (nl) • Finnish / suomi (fi) • French / Français (fr) • German / Deutsch (de) • Italian / Italiano (it) • Japanese / 日本語 (ja) • Korean / 한국어 (ko) • Polish / Polskie (pl) • Portuguese / Português (pt) • Russian / русский (ru) • Spanish / Español (es) • Swedish / svenska (sv)
Bubbling under: Arabic / عربى (ar) • Catalan / Català (ca) • Chinese / 中文 (zh) • Esperanto (eo) • Hebrew / עִברִית (he) • Hindi / हिंदी (hi) • Hungarian / Magyar (hu) • Romanian / Română (ro)

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