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Founded by:	Paul Youlten and Rosa Blaus
Status:	Dead
Language:	Multilingual
Edit mode:	OpenEdit
Wiki engine:	MediaWiki
Wiki license:	GNU Free Documentation License
Main topic:	Business

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Founded by:	unknown
Status:	Dead
Language:	Multilingual
Edit mode:	OpenEdit
Wiki engine:	Wikia
Wiki license:	Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike
Main topic:	Business
Backups:	2012-01-04

Latest revision as of 21:53, 22 May 2023

Yellowikis (Wikia)

Wiki size:	8,333 article pages^{see stats}
wikiFactor:	3 ^{info / verify}

(Page count as of: 2013-05-28
wikiFactor as of: 2012-11-17)

Yellowikis, global business listings done the wiki-way, was a Wikia entertainment wiki site, founded in 2007. It was closed by Wikia sometime late 2013.

Yellowikis.org[edit]

Wiki size:	5,063 article pages^{see stats}
wikiFactor:	4 ^{info / verify}

(Page count as of: 2007-05-31
wikiFactor as of: 2007-02-04)

Description[edit]

EN[edit]

Yellowikis – Open Business Listings, originally on the Yellowikis.org domain, was a business directory, aiming to be like Yell.com, YellowPages.com, Dun and Bradstreet, and Hoovers all rolled into one; but in an open, freely editable wiki format, for both companies and users. Global, multilingual, and a lot more ecologically friendly!

The site launched in January 2005 using the MediaWiki software, and its content was released under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). As of 2006, the directory was still quite empty.

FR[edit]

Yellowikis – Open Business Listings, à l'origine sur le domaine Yellowikis.org, est un répertoire d'entreprises, visant à devenir comme les Yell.com, YellowPages.com, Dun and Bradstreet, et Hoovers tout en un; mais sur un format ouvert, librement éditable ala wiki tant pour les sociétés que les utilisateurs. Global, multilingue, et beaucoup plus amical sur le plan écologique!

Le site s'est lancé en janvier 2005 en utilisant la balise MediaWiki logiciel, et son contenu a été publié sous la licence GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). En 2006, le répertoire était encore assez vide.

Voir aussi: Wikipedia:Yellowikis.

Languages[edit]

Yellowikis was available in the following languages:– Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, and Ukrainian.

Yellowikis.org domain status[edit]

Yellowikis on the Yellowikis.org domain is unreachable. The Internet Archive WaybackMachine at Archive.org indicates the last captures were in 2007. Since 2005, Yellowikis has also been hosted on the Wikia wiki farm; #Yellowikis (Wikia), ^[1] its content latterly released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 license (CC-BY-SA 3.0).

Yell threatens to shut down Yellowikis[edit]

05-Jul-2006

From Wikinews comes this story:

Yell, the worlds biggest yellow pages publisher, today threatened to shut down Yellowikis, the wiki based yellow pages directory.

Yell accused Yellowikis co-founders Paul Youlten and Rosa Blaus (his 15 year-old daughter) of "misrepresentation", "passing off", and suggested that using the name Yellowikis could "constitute an 'instrument of fraud'".

Yell is demanding that Paul and Rosa close down the website, transfer the domain names to Yell, and agree to pay damages to Yell for loss of profits. Yell made $2.4bn in 2005, whereas Yellowikis had a loss of $500. The $500 was used to print T-shirts promoting Yellowikis at the Wikimania conference in Frankfurt.

Paul Youlten said: "This threat from Yell to shut us down looks like a sign of desperation. The whole yellow pages industry is in crisis. Use of the paper directories is collapsing as people get broadband Internet connections in their homes. Small and medium sized businesses are beginning to notice that their customers are ringing them up and saying 'I found you on Google' and not 'I found you in the yellow pages'".

Rosa Blaus said: "Maybe they are a bit jealous of Yellowikis because we allow companies to add videos, skype IDs, email addresses, instant messaging, in as many categories and languages as they like for free".

Rosa Blaus suggested to her father that they set up Yellowikis after she noticed small businesses were deleted from Wikipedia for not being "encyclopaedic".

Yellowikis has been growing at 8.7% month-on-month, and has 494 editors and about 5,000 articles listed.

The threat of legal action came after an article published in The Independent newspaper mentioned Yellowikis.

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-: [[Wikipedia:Yell Group|Yell]], the worlds biggest yellow pages publisher, today threatened to shut down [[Yellowikis]], the wiki based yellow pages directory.
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+===Description===
+====EN====
+'''Yellowikis – ''Open Business Listings''''', originally on the [[Archive.org:20070420081327/http://www.yellowikis.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page|Yellowikis.org]] domain, was a '''{{tag|business}} {{tag|directory}}''', aiming to be like Yell.com, YellowPages.com, [http://www.dnb.com/us/ Dun and Bradstreet], and [http://www.hoovers.com Hoovers] all rolled into one; but in an open, freely editable [[wiki]] format, for both companies and users.  Global, {{tag|Wiki Multilingual|multilingual}}, and a lot more ecologically friendly!
+The site launched in January {{tag|Founded in 2005|2005}} using the {{tag|MediaWiki}} software, and its content was released under the {{tag|Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License}} (GFDL).  As of 2006, the directory was still quite empty.
+See also: [[Wikipedia:Yellowikis]].
+====FR====
+'''Yellowikis – ''Open Business Listings''''', à l'origine sur le domaine [[Archive.org:20070420081327/http://www.yellowikis.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page|Yellowikis.org]], est un '''{{tag|directory|répertoire}} d'{{tag|business|entreprises}}''', visant à devenir comme les Yell.com,  YellowPages.com, [http://www.dnb.com/us/ Dun and Bradstreet], et [http://www.hoovers.com Hoovers] tout en un; mais sur un format ouvert, librement éditable ala [[wiki]] tant pour les sociétés que les utilisateurs.  Global, {{tag|Wiki Multilingual|multilingue}}, et beaucoup plus amical sur le plan écologique!
+Le site s'est lancé en janvier {{tag|Founded in 2005|2005}} en utilisant la balise {{tag|MediaWiki}} logiciel, et son contenu a été publié sous la licence {{tag|Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License}} (GFDL).  En 2006, le répertoire était encore assez vide.
-Yell accused Yellowikis co-founders Paul Youlten and Rosa Blaus (his 15 year-old daughter) of "misrepresentation", "passing off" and suggested that using the name ''Yellowikis'' could "constitute an 'instrument of fraud'."
+Voir aussi: [[Wikipedia:Yellowikis]].
-Yell is demanding that Paul and Rosa close down the website, transfer the domain names to Yell and agree to pay damages to Yell for loss of profits. Yell made $2.4bn in 2005, whereas Yellowikis had a loss of $500. The $500 was used to print T-shirts promoting Yellowikis at the Wikimania conference in Frankfurt.
+====Languages====
+Yellowikis was available in the following [[:Category:Wiki language|languages]]:–  {{tag|Wiki Arabic|Arabic}}, {{tag|Wiki Catalan|Catalan}}, {{tag|Wiki Chinese|Chinese}}, {{tag|Wiki Traditional Chinese|Traditional Chinese}}, {{tag|Wiki Czech|Czech}}, {{tag|Wiki Danish|Danish}}, {{tag|Wiki Dutch|Dutch}}, {{tag|Wiki English|English}}, {{tag|Wiki Finnish|Finnish}}, {{tag|Wiki French|French}}, {{tag|Wiki German|German}}, {{tag|Wiki Hungarian|Hungarian}}, {{tag|Wiki Italian|Italian}}, {{tag|Wiki Japanese|Japanese}}, {{tag|Wiki Norwegian|Norwegian}}, {{tag|Wiki Polish|Polish}}, {{tag|Wiki Portuguese|Portuguese}}, {{tag|Wiki Romanian|Romanian}}, {{tag|Wiki Russian|Russian}}, {{tag|Wiki Spanish|Spanish}}, {{tag|Wiki Swedish|Swedish}}, {{tag|Wiki Thai|Thai}}, and {{tag|Wiki Ukrainian|Ukrainian}}.
-Paul Youlten said: "This threat from Yell to shut us down looks like a sign of desperation. The whole yellow pages industry is in crisis. Use of the paper directories is collapsing as people get broadband Internet connections in their homes. Small and medium sized businesses are beginning to notice that their customers are ringing them up and saying 'I found you on Google' and not 'I found you in the yellow pages'."
+===Yellowikis.org domain status===
+Yellowikis on the Yellowikis.org domain is {{tag|Dead|unreachable}}.  The Internet Archive WaybackMachine at [[Archive.org]] indicates the last captures were in 2007.  Since 2005, Yellowikis has also been hosted on the {{tag|Wikia}} wiki farm; [[#Yellowikis (Wikia)]], <sup>[http://yellowikis.wikia.com/wiki/Special:AncientPages]</sup> its content latterly released under the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 license}} (CC-BY-SA 3.0).
-Rosa Blaus said: "Maybe they are a bit jealous of [[Yellowikis]] because we allow companies to add videos, skype IDs, email addresses, instant messaging, in as many categories and languages as they like for free."
+===Yell threatens to shut down Yellowikis===
+''05-Jul-2006''
-Rosa Blaus suggested to her father that they set up Yellowikis after she noticed small businesses were deleted from Wikipedia for not being "encyclopaedic".
+From [[English Wikinews|Wikinews]] comes this story:
+:{{Wp|Yell Group|Yell}}, the [[:Category:Earth|worlds]] biggest yellow pages [[:Category:Publishing|publisher]], today threatened to shut down Yellowikis, the wiki based yellow pages {{tag|directory}}.
-Yellowikis has been growing at 8.7% month-on-month and has 494 editors and about 5,000 articles listed.
+Yell accused Yellowikis co-founders Paul Youlten and Rosa Blaus (his 15 year-old daughter) of "misrepresentation", "passing off", and suggested that using the name ''Yellowikis'' could "constitute an 'instrument of fraud'".
-The threat of legal action came after an article published in ''The Independent'' newspaper mentioned Yellowikis.
+Yell is demanding that Paul and Rosa close down the website, transfer the domain names to Yell, and agree to pay damages to Yell for loss of profits.  Yell made $2.4bn in 2005, whereas Yellowikis had a loss of $500.  The $500 was used to print T-shirts promoting Yellowikis at the [[Wikimania 2005|Wikimania]] conference in [[:Category:Frankfurt|Frankfurt]].
-==Description==
+Paul Youlten said: "This threat from Yell to shut us down looks like a sign of desperation.  The whole yellow pages [[:Category:Industry|industry]] is in crisis.  Use of the paper directories is collapsing as people get [[:Category:Broadband|broadband]] Internet connections in their homes.  Small and medium sized businesses are beginning to notice that their customers are ringing them up and saying 'I found you on [[:Category:Google|Google]]' and not 'I found you in the yellow pages'".
-'''Yellowikis''' is a '''business directory''', aiming to be like [http://www.yellowpages.com Yellow Pages],  [http://www.dnb.com/us/ Dun and Bradstreet] and [http://www.hoovers.com Hoovers] all rolled into one - but in an open, freely editable wiki format, for both companies and users. Global, multilingual and a lot more ecologically friendly!
-The site launched in January 2005 and the directory is still quite empty. Add your favourite companies to it!
+Rosa Blaus said: "Maybe they are a bit jealous of Yellowikis because we allow companies to add videos, skype IDs, email addresses, instant messaging, in as many categories and languages as they like for free".
-----
-'''Yellowikis''' est un '''répertoire d'entreprises''', visant à devenir comme les [http://www.yellowpages.com Yellow Pages],  [http://www.dnb.com/us/ Dun and Bradstreet] et [http://www.hoovers.com Hoovers] tout en un - mais sur un format ouvert, librement éditable ala wiki tant pour les sociétés que les utilisateurs. Global, multilingue et beaucoup plus amical sur le plan écologique !
-Le site s'est lancé en janvier 2005 et le répertoire est encore tout à fait vide. Ajoutez-y vos sociétés favorites !
+Rosa Blaus suggested to her father that they set up Yellowikis after she noticed small businesses were deleted from [[English Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] for not being "[[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopaedic]]".
-'''Additional categories'''
+Yellowikis has been growing at 8.7% month-on-month, and has 494 editors and about 5,000 articles listed.
-* {{tag|Wiki French}}
-* {{tag|Wiki Arabic}}
-* {{tag|Wiki Czech}}
-* {{tag|Wiki Danish}}
-* {{tag|Wiki German}}
-* {{tag|Wiki Spanish}}
-* {{tag|Wiki Italian}}
-* {{tag|Wiki Hungarian}}
-* {{tag|Wiki Dutch}}
-* {{tag|Wiki Japanese}}
-* {{tag|Wiki Polish}}
-* {{tag|Wiki Portuguese}}
-* {{tag|Roman}}
-* {{tag|Wiki Russian}}
-* {{tag|Wiki Finnish}}
-* {{tag|Wiki Swedish}}
-* {{tag|Wiki Thai}}
-* {{tag|Wiki Ukrainian}}
-* {{tag|Wiki Chinese}}
-* {{tag|Chinese Traditional}}
-see also: [[Wikipedia:Yellowikis]]
+The threat of [[:Category:Law|legal]] action came after an article published in ''The Independent'' newspaper mentioned Yellowikis.
-[[category:RecentChanges.info]]
+[[Category:RecentChanges.info]]

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