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'''Everything2''', found at <code>Everything2.com</code> and commonly abbreviated '''E2''', is {{tag|NotAWiki|not a wiki}}, but is a [[:Category:Websites|website]] which functions similarly, insomuch that other people can [[edit]] someone else's existing article.  Its tagline is ''Read with us. Write for us.'', and on its homepage, it states "Our fiction is more entertaining than Wikipedia's".  [[User]]s can make a write-up about any [[:Category:Wiki Topic|topic]], and then other users can add onto that write-up, forming a 'node', but they cannot change what the original creator wrote.
'''Everything2''', found at <tt>Everything2.com</tt>, and commonly abbreviated '''E2''', is {{tag|NotAWiki|not a wiki}}, but is a [[:Category:Websites|website]] which functions similarly, insomuch that other people can [[edit]] someone else's existing article.  Its tagline is ''Read with us. Write for us.'', and on its homepage, it states "Our fiction is more entertaining than Wikipedia's".  [[User]]s can make a write-up about any [[:Category:Wiki Topic|topic]], and then other users can add onto that write-up, forming a 'node', but they cannot change what the original creator wrote.


The Everything2 community focuses on all kinds of {{tag|writing}}, including personal 'daylogs', which act almost like a {{tag|bliki}}.  Registration for an account is necessary, and one can only edit existing articles or create new articles after {{tag|ConfirmEmail|confirming email}} during original account registration.  Users will notice that Everything2 supports [[redirect]]s, in a seemingly identical manner as [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]].  For a time, Everything2 was considered an alternative or competitor to [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]].
Powered by its own custom-developed [[Everything2:Everything+Engine|Everything Engine]] (compiled in [[:Category:Perl|Perl]]), the Everything2 community focuses on all kinds of {{tag|writing}}, including personal 'daylogs', which act almost like a {{tag|bliki}}.  Registration for an account is necessary, and one can only edit existing articles or create new articles after {{tag|ConfirmEmail|confirming email}} during original account registration.  Users will notice that Everything2 supports [[redirect]]s, in a seemingly identical manner as [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]].  For a time, Everything2 was considered an alternative or competitor to [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]].


'''''Copyright'''''
The layout of the Everything2 website is visually similar to [[TV Tropes]], a wiki site powered by [[:Category:PmWiki|PmWiki]].
 
;''Copyright
Everything2 ™ is brought to you by Everything2 Media, LLC.  All content {{tag|copyright}}© {{tag|Wiki Copyright to original source author|original author}} unless stated otherwise.
Everything2 ™ is brought to you by Everything2 Media, LLC.  All content {{tag|copyright}}© {{tag|Wiki Copyright to original source author|original author}} unless stated otherwise.


'''''See also'''''
;''See also
*[[DMOZ]] – another collaborative project which is somewhat similar to a wiki.
*[[DMOZ]] – another collaborative project which is somewhat similar to a wiki.


'''''External links'''''
;''External links
*[[Everything2:An+Introduction+to+Everything2|An Introduction to Everything2]] — on Everything2.com
*[[Everything2:An+Introduction+to+Everything2|An Introduction to Everything2]] — on Everything2.com
*[[Everything2:Everything2+Help|Everything2 Help]] — on Everything2.com
*[[Everything2:Everything2+Help|Everything2 Help]] — on Everything2.com