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In April 2006, Wikitravel and [[World66]], both [[:Category:open content|open content]] wiki travel guides, were acquired by Internet Brands, Inc., an [[:Category:United States|American]] commercial 'for profit' company that operates a number of consumer information websites. [http://web.archive.org/web/20080308215814/http://investors.internetbrands.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=274198] [http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=27587] <noinclude>{{deadEL}}</noinclude> <sup>''broken link as of 2010-07-09?''</sup>  Following this acquisition, Internet Brands have progressively alienated their core Wikitravel editors, by placing increasing amounts of adverts on wiki pages, by failing to provide technical support and software upgrades, and by denying database downloads of user-submitted content.  As a result, a group of German Wikitravel editors [[fork]]ed their [[Wikitravel (de)|German-language Wikitravel]] to a new site which they called [[Wikivoyage]]; with other language versions subsequently doing the same.
In April 2006, Wikitravel and [[World66]], both [[:Category:open content|open content]] wiki travel guides, were acquired by Internet Brands, Inc., an [[:Category:United States|American]] commercial 'for profit' company that operates a number of consumer information websites. [http://web.archive.org/web/20080308215814/http://investors.internetbrands.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=274198] [http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=27587] <noinclude>{{deadEL}}</noinclude> <sup>''broken link as of 2010-07-09?''</sup>  Following this acquisition, Internet Brands have progressively alienated their core Wikitravel editors, by placing increasing amounts of adverts on wiki pages, by failing to provide technical support and software upgrades, and by denying database downloads of user-submitted content.  As a result, a group of German Wikitravel editors [[fork]]ed their [[Wikitravel (de)|German-language Wikitravel]] to a new site which they called [[Wikivoyage]]; with other language versions subsequently doing the same.


As of early 2013, [[:Category:Wikivoyage|Wikivoyage]] has become an integral new project of the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF) – and whilst the two sites (Wikitravel and Wikivoyage) still co-exist, Wikitravel has declined in its quality of editing.  As a seemingly act of desparation, on the main front page of the English Wikitravel, there is a prominent claim – ''"(Wikitravel) ... is the premier travel wiki on the Internet"'' – with a link to an off-site publication, namely Time.com.  However, the content contained within that Time link is extremely stale and out-dated; it was published in 2007 under the title: "50 Best Websites 2008"! [http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1809858_1809957_1811566,00.html]
As of early 2013, [[:Category:Wikivoyage|Wikivoyage]] has become an integral new project of the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF) – and whilst the two sites (Wikitravel and Wikivoyage) still co-exist, Wikitravel has declined in its quality of editing.  As a seemingly act of desparation, on the main front page of the English Wikitravel, there is a prominent claim – ''"(Wikitravel) ... is the premier travel wiki on the Internet"'' – with a link to an off-site publication, namely Time.com.  However, the content contained within that Time link is extremely stale and out-dated; it was published in 2007 under the title: "50 Best Websites 2008"! [http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1809858_1809957_1811566,00.html]
*[http://www.meatballwiki.org/wiki/WikiTravel MeatballWiki on Wikitravel]
*[http://www.wikistatistics.net/internet-brands Wikitravel Interactive Statistics], from Wikistatistics
*[http://www.wikistatistics.net/internet-brands Wikitravel Interactive Statistics], from Wikistatistics
*[https://code.google.com/p/wikiteam/downloads/list?can=2&q=wikitravel Wikitravel downloads] — [[Wikiteam]]
*[https://code.google.com/p/wikiteam/downloads/list?can=2&q=wikitravel Wikitravel downloads] — [[Wikiteam]]
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