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(Stick my neck out . . .)
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This wiki has some extraordinary stuff, like user rating, Google maps support, and linking titles. <span title="gotta love Wii">&ndash;</span> [[Smiddle]] / <small>[[User talk:Smiddle|T]]&middot;[[Special:Contributions/Smiddle|C]]&middot;[[Special:Emailuser/Smiddle|@]]</small> 03:05, 7 December 2006 (EST)
This wiki has some extraordinary stuff, like user rating, Google maps support, and linking titles. <span title="gotta love Wii">&ndash;</span> [[Smiddle]] / <small>[[User talk:Smiddle|T]]&middot;[[Special:Contributions/Smiddle|C]]&middot;[[Special:Emailuser/Smiddle|@]]</small> 03:05, 7 December 2006 (EST)
== Stick my neck out . . .  ==
OK, time to pin my colours to the mast - in my opinion, AboutUs is definately NOT a [[wiki]].  According to their [http://www.aboutus.org/Special/stats/site stats], as of 11:14, 29 June 2011 (PDT), <cite>"There are 20,445,421 total pages in the database, 983,674 of which have been edited. This includes "talk" pages, pages about AboutUs, minimal "stub" pages and redirects."</cite> - these figures prove it is NOT a wiki.  From over 20 million 'pages' on their site, less than 1 million pages (which include ''"talk" pages, pages about AboutUs, minimal "stub" pages and redirects'') are 'editable'.  The whole point of a wiki is that person A creates a 'page' from scratch, person B adds a bit more, person C changes it some more . . . etc.
Futhermore, it is clear from their home page, the title bar of the browser states <cite>"AboutUs: Easy-To-Understand Tools & Resources For '''SEO''' and '''Web Marketing'''".</cite>; and their licence states <cite>"Editable content is available under the terms of the GFDL and the CC By-SA License.
All non-editable content and all content in the Learn section are copyrighted by AboutUs Inc."</cite>
Therefore, because 'AboutUs' does NOT evoke the <u>entire</u> spirit of a wiki (including wholly attribitable edit summaries), I'm gonna add the '''<nowiki>{{NotAWiki}}</nowiki>''' tag, and change the page stats to ZERO!  [[User:Hoof Hearted|Hoof Hearted]] 11:14, 29 June 2011 (PDT)

Revision as of 18:14, 29 June 2011

Ray, something's up with your statistics. TedErnst | talk 16:47, 18 October 2006 (EDT)

GreatFeature?

This wiki has some extraordinary stuff, like user rating, Google maps support, and linking titles. Smiddle / T·C·@ 03:05, 7 December 2006 (EST)

Stick my neck out . . .

OK, time to pin my colours to the mast - in my opinion, AboutUs is definately NOT a wiki. According to their stats, as of 11:14, 29 June 2011 (PDT), "There are 20,445,421 total pages in the database, 983,674 of which have been edited. This includes "talk" pages, pages about AboutUs, minimal "stub" pages and redirects." - these figures prove it is NOT a wiki. From over 20 million 'pages' on their site, less than 1 million pages (which include "talk" pages, pages about AboutUs, minimal "stub" pages and redirects) are 'editable'. The whole point of a wiki is that person A creates a 'page' from scratch, person B adds a bit more, person C changes it some more . . . etc.

Futhermore, it is clear from their home page, the title bar of the browser states "AboutUs: Easy-To-Understand Tools & Resources For SEO and Web Marketing".; and their licence states "Editable content is available under the terms of the GFDL and the CC By-SA License. All non-editable content and all content in the Learn section are copyrighted by AboutUs Inc."

Therefore, because 'AboutUs' does NOT evoke the entire spirit of a wiki (including wholly attribitable edit summaries), I'm gonna add the {{NotAWiki}} tag, and change the page stats to ZERO! Hoof Hearted 11:14, 29 June 2011 (PDT)