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* '''WikiIndex is not an encyclopedia''' – If you've seen [http://wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia.org] you'll recognise the MediaWiki software that this site uses. Wiki software allows you to create pages and interlink topics very easily, but here we are interested only in creating pages of a particular type; we are not building a full encyclopedia. That's what [http://wikipedia.org/ | * '''WikiIndex is not an encyclopedia''' – If you've seen [http://wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia.org] you'll recognise the MediaWiki software that this site uses. Wiki software allows you to create pages and interlink topics very easily, but here we are interested only in creating pages of a particular type; we are not building a full encyclopedia. That's what [http://wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] is for. (And it's very good at it. Check it out if you haven't done so already!) On this wiki, every regular page (i.e. every page in the main namespace) is a page describing a wiki or a wiki person. We have pages dealing with wiki related topics like [[Wiki Farm]]s as well. Generally, administrative "meta" pages like this one, which provide supporting information about the task of building WikiIndex, are in [http://www.wikiindex.com/index.php?title=Special:Allpages&namespace=4 the "project" namespace], so people wanting to browse by using the "random page" button will find wikis or people, not instructions or discussions. | ||
* '''WikiIndex is not a website directory''' – We are indexing (or making a directory of) wiki websites. Not just any website. It has to be a website powered by wiki software. Although we may be interested in other websites, e.g. websites with articles about wikis, these do not appear as listings in this index (with their own page, added to categories etc). If you want to list your website on a wiki, check out [[wikidweb]] or [[chainki]] or [[AboutUs]]. If a website listed here does not appear to be powered by wiki software, you may have found a page that we should [[Deleting pages|delete]]; however, we do list [[:Category:ReadOnly| read only wikis]] where the wiki software may not be immediately apparent. | * '''WikiIndex is not a website directory''' – We are indexing (or making a directory of) wiki websites. Not just any website. It has to be a website powered by wiki software. Although we may be interested in other websites, e.g. websites with articles about wikis, these do not appear as listings in this index (with their own page, added to categories etc). If you want to list your website on a wiki, check out [[wikidweb]] or [[chainki]] or [[AboutUs]]. If a website listed here does not appear to be powered by wiki software, you may have found a page that we should [[Deleting pages|delete]]; however, we do list [[:Category:ReadOnly| read only wikis]] where the wiki software may not be immediately apparent. | ||