User:BlankVerse/Sandbox

A suggestion for possible expansion of wiki articles, using the English Wikipedia as an example. For many non-Wikimedia wikis, there should also be someplace to mention the parent website.

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[{{{URL}}} {{{logo}}}]	[{{{URL}}} BlankVerse/Sandbox] [{{{recentchanges URL}}} Recent changes] [No WikiNode] [No About] [No Mobile URL]
Founded by:
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Language:	[[:Category:Wiki {{{language}}}|{{{language}}}]]
Edit mode:	[[:Category:{{{editmode}}}|{{{editmode}}}]]
Wiki engine:	[[:Category:{{{engine}}}|{{{engine}}}]]
Wiki license:	[[:Category:Wiki {{{license}}}|{{{license}}}]]
Main topic:	[[:Category:{{{maintopic}}}|{{{maintopic}}}]]

Introduction

brief intro paragraph

2nd expansion paragraph covering Wikipedia:NPOV, etc.

About

• Wikipedia:About

Policies and Guidelines

• Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines

Manual of Style

• Wikipedia:WP:MOS

Governance

• Wikipedia:Administrators

Dispute resolution

• Wikipedia:WP:RFC
• Wikipedia:WP:RFM
• Wikipedia:WP:RFAR

Community

• Wikipedia:Community Portal

Many of the Wikipedia editors are high school and college age young males, predominantly from North America and Western Europe. This not only effects what topics get the most attention, but may also effect their behavior. Do not be surprised when some editors choose edit wars over page content instead of discussion and compromise.

News and information

• Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost
• Wikipedia:Announcements

Controveries

• Seigenthaler (sp?)

Related Wikis

• Meta Wikimedia: Wikimedia project coordination: parent wiki with policies and guidelines covering all Wikimedia projects
• Commons Wikimedia: Shared media repository (mostly images)
• Simple English Wikipedia
• English language versions of
  • Wikiquote
  • Wikibook
  • Wiktionary
  • Wikinews

See also:

• List of Wikipedias at Meta Wikimedia
• Complete list of Wikimedia projects at Meta Wikimedia

TourBusStop & WikiNode

• Wikipedia:TourBusStop
• Wikipedia:WikiNode

Statistics

A table with a date column, plus columns for the number of articles, users, and admins (from Special:Statistics for MediaWiki wikis). For larger wikis, maybe a column for their Alexa rating as well. [note:current stats in the table are fake.]

Statistics

date	articles	users	admins	Alexa
1/1/2006	700,000	35,000	500	40
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• Wikipedia:Special:Statistics
• Current Alexa rating

Blogs and discussion groups

• http://www.wikipedia-watch.org
• The Wikipedia Review

Additional data

• Sponsoring organization: Wikimedia http://wikimediafoundation.org
• Copyright policy: GFDL
• Contact info: ????
• Date founded: ????

Reviews of this wiki

• English Wikipedia/Reviews [reviews added by WikiIndex visitors added onto a subpage]
• Wikipedia:Wikipedia [Wikipedia article on the Website]
• Wikipedia article at Everything2
• Amazon.com user reviews

Mirror websites

The Wikipedia has numerous mirror websites. Some of them have cooperative agreements with the Wikipedia, while others have only posted an old download of the database that is never updated, and they have removed all reference to the Wikipedia and the GFDL licence. Here are two of the better mirrors:

• Answers.com
• Reference.com

Forks of the Wikipedia

Most forks of the Wikipedia have been started by someone who had disagreements over policy or editorial content as an editor on the Wikipedia.

• WikInfo http://wikinfo.org

Mashups

• Placeopedia

Parodies and Satires

• Uncyclopedia Uncyclopedia

Other Websites

• http://a9.com: search engine supports Wikipedia searches
• http://clusty.com search engine that emphasizes Wikipedia in its search results

Wiki zeitgeist (aka folksonomy, collaborative tagging, social bookmarking)

• http://del.icio.us/search/?all=Wikipedia

InterWiki Map

• [1] at Meta Wikimedia

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For other Wikis

• Parent websites (non-Wikis)
• Wiki farm (e.g. WikiCities)