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== Description == | == Description == | ||
'''LyricWiki''' is a free site which is a single source where anyone can go to get reliable lyrics for any song from any artist "without being hammered by invasive ads." (- emphasis on ''invasive'': it has ads on the site.) | '''LyricWiki''' is a free site which is a single source where anyone can go to get reliable lyrics for any song from any artist "without being hammered by invasive ads." (- emphasis on ''invasive'': it has ads on the site for users who are not logged in.) | ||
LyricWiki contains lyrics to more than 1, | LyricWiki contains lyrics to more than 1,125,000 songs on nearly 65,000 albums by 43,000 artists. The more than 1.5 million content pages are categorized by artist, album, song-name, genre and hometown of band. Some songs also have translations. | ||
This wiki was named the [[DreamHost]] Site of the Month ([http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/DHSOTM DHSOTM]) for April 2006, and was shortly thereafter [http://www.digg.com/music/Song_Lyric_Database_Wiki_-_Over_200,000_songs_already featured on Digg] and in a [http://www.lifehacker.com/software/lyrics/collaborative-lyrics-at-lyricwikiorg-170975.php Lifehacker article]. | This wiki was named the [[DreamHost]] Site of the Month ([http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/DHSOTM DHSOTM]) for April 2006, and was shortly thereafter [http://www.digg.com/music/Song_Lyric_Database_Wiki_-_Over_200,000_songs_already featured on Digg] and in a [http://www.lifehacker.com/software/lyrics/collaborative-lyrics-at-lyricwikiorg-170975.php Lifehacker article]. | ||
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{{Size | {{Size | ||
| statistics URL = http://lyrics.wikia.com/Special:Statistics?action=raw | | statistics URL = http://lyrics.wikia.com/Special:Statistics?action=raw | ||
| pages = | | pages = 1551100 <!-- type number of pages in "good" field here, if unknown leave void --> | ||
| wikiFactor = | | wikiFactor = 25 | ||
| wikiFactor URL = http://lyrics.wikia.com/Special:Mostvisitedpages | | wikiFactor URL = http://lyrics.wikia.com/Special:Mostvisitedpages | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Information on the wikiFactor'''<br><small>The actual wF is a lot higher than the given one: the count does not increase if a page is loaded out of the cache, which happens for approx. 50% to 90% of all pageviews.</small> | |||
[[Category:Entertainment]] | [[Category:Entertainment]] | ||
[[Category:Wikia]] | [[Category:Wikia]] | ||
Revision as of 23:55, 26 March 2011
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| Status: | Vibrant |
| Language: | English |
| Edit mode: | OpenEdit |
| Wiki engine: | MediaWiki |
| Wiki license: | [[:Category:Wiki {{{license}}}|{{{license}}}]] |
| Main topic: | Lyrics |
Description
LyricWiki is a free site which is a single source where anyone can go to get reliable lyrics for any song from any artist "without being hammered by invasive ads." (- emphasis on invasive: it has ads on the site for users who are not logged in.)
LyricWiki contains lyrics to more than 1,125,000 songs on nearly 65,000 albums by 43,000 artists. The more than 1.5 million content pages are categorized by artist, album, song-name, genre and hometown of band. Some songs also have translations.
This wiki was named the DreamHost Site of the Month (DHSOTM) for April 2006, and was shortly thereafter featured on Digg and in a Lifehacker article.
This is probably the largest mediawiki on the internet other than wikipedia (source source 2).
Website was at lyricwiki.org, but is now hosted at Wikia.
| Wiki size: | 1,551,100 article pages see stats |
| wikiFactor: | 25 info / verify |
Information on the wikiFactor
The actual wF is a lot higher than the given one: the count does not increase if a page is loaded out of the cache, which happens for approx. 50% to 90% of all pageviews.