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{{Wiki | {{Wiki | ||
|URL= | |URL = https://AboutUs.com | ||
|logo=[[File:AboutUsLogo.png]] | |logo = [[File:AboutUsLogo.png|AboutUs current logo]] | ||
|recentchanges URL= | |recentchanges URL= https://AboutUs.com/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&days=30&limit=500 | ||
|wikinode URL= | |wikinode URL = https://AboutUs.com/WikiNode | ||
|about URL= | |about URL = https://AboutUs.com/AboutUs.com | ||
|status= | |status = Active | ||
|language=Multilingual | |language = Multilingual | ||
|editmode= | |editmode = LoginToEdit | ||
|engine=MediaWiki | |engine = MediaWiki | ||
|maintopic= | |license = MultiLicense | ||
|maintopic = Directory | |||
}}{{TOCright}} | }}{{TOCright}} | ||
[[File:AboutUsLogo.jpg|thumb|left|AboutUs earlier beta logo]] | |||
{{Size | {{Size | ||
|pages = | |pages= 28,739,639 <!--excluding talk pages, redirects, and other non-article pages--> | ||
|statistics URL = | |statistics URL= https://AboutUs.com/Special:Statistics | ||
}}(As of: 2018-02-16) | |||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
'''AboutUs''' is a wiki of {{tag|websites}} that anyone | '''AboutUs''' is a wiki 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] | ||
==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
AboutUs has been criticized for displaying public whois data information from websites. The website has a bot which scrapes information from a website and uses it to make a starter AboutUs wiki | AboutUs has been criticized for displaying public whois data {{tag|information}} from websites. The website has a bot which scrapes information from a website, and uses it to make a starter page on the AboutUs wiki. The initial seeding of the wiki had a bot that disregarded websites protected by a robots.txt. That was quickly fixed and efforts are ongoing to revert the edits that are in conflict. Websites are still vulnerable, due to the fact that the wiki encourages AboutUs [[user]]s to add additional information about the website to it. | ||
===Response=== | ===Response=== | ||
AboutUs uses publicly available information to create a starter wiki page on every website that is searched for on its system | AboutUs uses publicly available information to create a starter wiki page on every website that is searched for on its system (after the initial 2+ million seeding). Unlike [[:Category:Weblog|weblogs]], or the whois system, it is very easy to change or request removal of information (from the history). | ||
It is a bit jarring to people who are not used to an open edit internet, that anyone, anywhere can write about them or the things they care about in such a manner. I suppose it was also jarring to people when weblogs exploded on the scene. | It is a bit jarring to people who are not used to an open edit internet, that anyone, anywhere can write about them or the things they care about in such a manner. I suppose it was also jarring to people when weblogs exploded on the scene. | ||
==Wiki pages== | ==Wiki pages== | ||
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== | ||
* [[Wikidweb]] is another wiki that discusses the web as a whole | *[[Wikidweb]] — is another wiki that discusses the web as a whole | ||
* [[Whoisbehind]] also discusses the web as a whole | *[[Whoisbehind]] — also discusses the web as a whole | ||
* [[Quarkbase]] is another wiki that discusses the web as a whole, with one page per website | *[[Quarkbase]] — is another wiki that discusses the web as a whole, with one page per website | ||
* [[WebsiteWiki]] is a similar wiki in German, focused on German sites | *[[WebsiteWiki]] — is a similar wiki in [[:Category:Wiki German|German]], focused on [[:Category:Germany|German]] sites | ||
[[Category:FoundedIn2006]]<!--https://AboutUs.com/AboutUs.com--> | |||
Revision as of 13:34, 16 February 2018
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| Founded by: | |
| Status: | Active |
| Language: | Multilingual |
| Edit mode: | LoginToEdit |
| Wiki engine: | MediaWiki |
| Wiki license: | MultiLicense"MultiLicense" is not in the list (Custom license, Attribution to contributing authors, Copyright to contributing authors, Site retains copyright, WTFPL, Licence Art Libre, Open Content License, Apache License, BSD Documentation License, FreeBSD Documentation License, ...) of allowed values for the "Wiki license" property. |
| Main topic: | Directory |
| Wiki size: | 28,739,639 article pages see stats |
(As of: 2018-02-16)
Description
AboutUs is a wiki of websites that originally, anyone could edit. Previously in Beta, AboutUs encourages people to register with their real names. The AboutUs wiki is powered by the ever-popular MediaWiki software, and is rendered by a fresh custom skin.[1] In terms of licensing, all editable content is made available under the terms of two licenses: those being the GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL, or more commonly GFDL), and / or the 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 copyright AboutUs. AboutUs point out the importance of attribution – when re-published, it must include a link back to the original article.[2]
Criticism
AboutUs has been criticized for displaying public whois data information from websites. The website has a bot which scrapes information from a website, and uses it to make a starter page on the AboutUs wiki. The initial seeding of the wiki had a bot that disregarded websites protected by a robots.txt. That was quickly fixed and efforts are ongoing to revert the edits that are in conflict. Websites are still vulnerable, due to the fact that the wiki encourages AboutUs users to add additional information about the website to it.
Response
AboutUs uses publicly available information to create a starter wiki page on every website that is searched for on its system (after the initial 2+ million seeding). Unlike weblogs, or the whois system, it is very easy to change or request removal of information (from the history).
It is a bit jarring to people who are not used to an open edit internet, that anyone, anywhere can write about them or the things they care about in such a manner. I suppose it was also jarring to people when weblogs exploded on the scene.
Wiki pages
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: 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
- Wikidweb — is another wiki that discusses the web as a whole
- Whoisbehind — also discusses the web as a whole
- Quarkbase — is another wiki that discusses the web as a whole, with one page per website
- WebsiteWiki — is a similar wiki in German, focused on German sites
- Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments
- All
- Wikis with a WikiNode
- Active
- Wiki Multilingual
- LoginToEdit
- MediaWiki
- Wiki MultiLicense
- Directory
- Wiki with 10,000,001 to 100,000,000 pages
- Websites
- Custom skin
- Wiki GNU Free Documentation License
- Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike
- Wiki Site retains copyright
- Information
- FoundedIn2006