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|recentchanges URL= https://AboutUs.com/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&days=30&limit=500
|recentchanges URL= https://aboutus.com/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&days=30&limit=500
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}}(As of: 2022-09-22)<!--YYYY-MM-DD; manually add/amend ISO 8601 date when stats are verified and/or updated-->
}}(As of: 2022-09-22)<!--YYYY-MM-DD; manually add/amend ISO 8601 date when stats are verified and/or updated-->


==Description==
==Description==
'''AboutUs''' is a wiki site of {{tag|websites}} that originally, [[:Category:OpenEdit|anyone could edit]].  Previously in Beta, AboutUs encourages people to register with their [[AboutUs:IPreferRealPeople|real names]].  The AboutUs [[wiki]] is powered by the ever-popular {{tag|MediaWiki}} software, and is rendered by a fresh {{tag|custom skin}}.[https://GitHub.com/OSAS/strapping-mediawiki]  In terms of [[:Category:Wiki License|licensing]], all editable content is made available under the terms of {{tag|Wiki MultiLicense|two licenses}}: those being the {{tag|Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License}} (GNU FDL, or more commonly GFDL), and / or the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0}} (CC-BY-SA 3.0).  However, all non-editable content, together with all content in the 'Learn' section are {{tag|Wiki Site retains copyright|copyright AboutUs}}.  AboutUs point out the importance of [[attribution]] – when re-published, it must include a link back to the original article.[https://AboutUs.com/FinePrint]
'''AboutUs''' is a wiki site of {{tag|website}}s that originally, [[:Category:OpenEdit|anyone could edit]].  Previously in Beta, AboutUs encourages people to register with their [[AboutUs:IPreferRealPeople|real names]].  The AboutUs [[wiki]] is powered by the ever-popular {{tag|MediaWiki}} software, and is rendered by a fresh {{tag|custom skin}}.[https://github.com/OSAS/strapping-mediawiki]  In terms of [[:Category:Wiki license|licensing]], all editable content is made available under the terms of {{tag|Wiki Multi-license|two licenses}}: those being the {{tag|Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License}} (GNU FDL, or more commonly GFDL), and / or the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0}} (CC-BY-SA 3.0).  However, all non-editable content, together with all content in the 'Learn' section are {{tag|Wiki Site retains copyright|copyright AboutUs}}.  AboutUs point out the importance of [[attribution]] – when re-published, it must include a link back to the original article.[https://aboutus.com/FinePrint]


[[Ward Cunningham]] was the chief technology officer at AboutUs from 2009 to 2011.
[[Ward Cunningham]] was the chief technology officer at AboutUs from 2009 to 2011.
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As of February 2018, the AboutUs wiki has over 28,000,000 wiki pages according to our stats page, which obviously needs to be honed down a bit: [[AboutUs:Special:Statistics|stats]].  Only about 983,674 have been edited, but that does not mean the pages that have not been edited cannot be edited.
As of February 2018, the AboutUs wiki has over 28,000,000 wiki pages according to our stats page, which obviously needs to be honed down a bit: [[AboutUs:Special:Statistics|stats]].  Only about 983,674 have been edited, but that does not mean the pages that have not been edited cannot be edited.


==Related wiki==
==Related wiki sites==
*[[Wikidweb]] — is another wiki that discusses the web as a whole
*[[Wikidweb]] — was another wiki site that discussed the web as a whole, dead since mid-2018
*[[WhoIsBehind.org]] — also discusses the web as a whole
*[[WhoIsBehind.org]] — also discusses the web as a whole
*[[WebsiteWiki]] — is a similar wiki in [[:Category:Wiki German|German]], focused on [[:Category:Germany|German]] sites
*[[WebsiteWiki]] — is a similar wiki in [[:Category:Wiki German|German]], focused on [[:Category:Germany|German]] sites
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