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Historical Hastings Recent changes [No WikiNode] About [No Mobile URL] |
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| Founded by: | Roy Penfold |
| Status: | Active |
| Language: | English |
| Edit mode: | ByInvitation |
| Wiki engine: | MediaWiki |
| Wiki license: | Copyright to original source author |
| Main topic: | Places |
| Wiki size: | 3,757 article pages see stats |
| wikiFactor: | 3 info / verify |
(As of: 2022-01-15)
The Historical Hastings website is for the history of Hastings, Sussex, England, in the United Kingdom (UK). It started as a mapping site, hence the 'HistoryMap' domain name, but grew into a wiki-based site used as a research tool. The mapping functionality is still retained in the site, and is gradually being increased, with categorized sections (for example farms, or cinemas) incorporating maps showing features that are referenced within the site. Funding for the site is entirely voluntary, and any funds that are raised via donations or advertizements that are shown on the site are utilized solely for hosting costs. The research and content is provided by a small team of volunteers. When the wiki was originally created, all visitors were welcome to make corrections, and add personal or family histories to existing pages without requiring an account, (aka an open edit wiki). However, as of January 2022, the wiki was changed to require all prospective edittors to request an account, thereby rendering the wiki-site to ByInvitation.
For a relatively new wiki site, it is great to see the popular pages facility retained by way of the HitCounters extension from MediaWiki, as this provides the current data output required for its wikiFactor (wF) value.