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'''Wikitravel – ''The Free Travel Guide''''' — is a [[wiki]] [[:Category:Travel guide|travel guide]], founded in [[:Category:FoundedIn2003|2003]] by [[Evan Prodromou]] and Michelle Anne Jenkins | '''Wikitravel – ''The Free Travel Guide''''' — is a [[wiki]] [[:Category:Travel guide|travel guide]], founded in [[:Category:FoundedIn2003|2003]] by [[Evan Prodromou]] and Michelle Anne Jenkins. Now currently owned by {{tag|Internet Brands|Internet Brands, Inc.}} (IB), it is an [[:Category:Advertising|advertising]]-supported ([[:Category:GoogleAds|GoogleAds]] and Adtrue) free, [[:Category:Earth|world-wide]] [[:Category:Travel|travel]] guide in twenty-one (21) different [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]]. The wikis have several thousand destination guides and other articles written and edited by [https://Wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:Wikitravellers 'Wikitravellers'] from around the [[:Category:Global|globe]] (some of whom just sit at home describing what's good about their surroundings). Wikitravel wikis previously supported the [[:Category:OpenID|OpenID]] universal log-in until the March 2013 software upgrade. The individual language projects do not support [[mw:Extension:CentralAuth|CentralAuth]], so [[editor]]s must register for each wiki individually, as well as [[Wikitravel Shared]] – the multilingual media repository for the project. | ||
One of the more interesting [https://Wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:Goals_and_non-goals project goals] is to create destination guides which are useful as printouts, i.e., not always linking to sub-pages, but distilling the most useful information about each travel destination. For a good example see the 'destination of the month' on the [[Wikitravel (en)|English Wikitravel]] [https://Wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page main page]. | One of the more interesting [https://Wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:Goals_and_non-goals project goals] is to create destination guides which are useful as printouts, i.e., not always linking to sub-pages, but distilling the most useful information about each travel destination. For a good example see the 'destination of the month' on the [[Wikitravel (en)|English Wikitravel]] [https://Wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page main page]. | ||
In April 2006, Wikitravel and [[World66]], both [[:Category: | 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.[https://web.Archive.org/web/20080308215814/http://investors.InternetBrands.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=274198] Following this acquisition, Internet Brands progressively alienated their core Wikitravel editors, by placing increasing amounts of adverts on wiki pages, failing to provide technical support and software upgrades, and denying [[:Category:Wiki Backups|wiki database downloads]] of [[user]]-submitted content. As a result, a group of [[Wikitravel (de)|German Wikitravel]] editors [[fork]]ed their German- and [[Wikitravel (it)|Italian-language Wikitravels]] to a new site which they called [[Wikivoyage]]; with other language versions subsequently doing the same. | ||
In early 2013, [[:Category:Wikivoyage|Wikivoyage]] became an integral new 'project' of the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF) – and whilst the two sites still co-exist, Wikitravel has declined in its quality of editing. As a seemingly act of desperation, 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 [http://content.Time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1809858_1809957_1811566,00.html 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"! | In early 2013, [[:Category:Wikivoyage|Wikivoyage]] became an integral new 'project' of the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] (WMF) – and whilst the two sites still co-exist, Wikitravel has declined in its quality of editing. As a seemingly act of desperation, 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 [http://content.Time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1809858_1809957_1811566,00.html 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"! | ||
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*[[meatball:WikiTravel|Article on Wikitravel]] — from [[Meatball Wiki]] | *[[meatball:WikiTravel|Article on Wikitravel]] — from [[Meatball Wiki]] | ||
*[[wp:Wikitravel|Wikitravel]] — at the [[English Wikipedia]] | *[[wp:Wikitravel|Wikitravel]] — at the [[English Wikipedia]] | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.Wikistatistics.net/internet-brands Wikitravel Interactive Statistics]{{DeadEL}} — from [[Wikistatistics.net]] | ||
*[[wikiapiary:Wikitravel|Wikitravel (de) profile]] — from [[WikiApiary]] | *[[wikiapiary:Wikitravel|Wikitravel (de) profile]] — from [[WikiApiary]] | ||
*[https://code.Google.com/p/wikiteam/downloads/list?can=2&q=wikitravel Wikitravel downloads]<sup>[fix me]</sup> — [[Wikiteam]] | *[https://code.Google.com/p/wikiteam/downloads/list?can=2&q=wikitravel Wikitravel downloads]<sup>[fix me]</sup> — [[Wikiteam]] | ||
*[https://Gyrovague.com/2012/07/12/wikitravel-editors-abandon-internet-brands-join-up-with-wikipedia/ Wikitravel editors abandon Internet Brands, join up with Wikipedia] — Gyrovague.com; 2012/07/12 | *[https://Gyrovague.com/2012/07/12/wikitravel-editors-abandon-internet-brands-join-up-with-wikipedia/ Wikitravel editors abandon Internet Brands, join up with Wikipedia] — Gyrovague.com; 2012/07/12 | ||
*[https://governancexborders.com/2012/07/13/challenges-of-merging-communities-the-case-of-wikitravel-and-wikivoyage/ Challenges of merging communities: the case of WikiTravel and WikiVoyage] — governance across borders; July 13, 2012 | *[https://governancexborders.com/2012/07/13/challenges-of-merging-communities-the-case-of-wikitravel-and-wikivoyage/ Challenges of merging communities: the case of WikiTravel and WikiVoyage] — governance across borders; July 13, 2012 | ||
*[[Archive.org:20170914005231/http://Couchwiki.org/en/User_talk:Guaka#Attribution|Wikitravel owners Internet Brands threaten legal action against a tiny community wiki]] — at [[Couchwiki]] | |||
*[[Wikivoyage:Wikivoyage:Wikivoyage and Wikitravel|Wikivoyage and Wikitravel]] — at the [[English Wikivoyage]] | *[[Wikivoyage:Wikivoyage:Wikivoyage and Wikitravel|Wikivoyage and Wikitravel]] — at the [[English Wikivoyage]] | ||
*[[Wikidata:Q2017|Wikitravel]] — at [[Wikidata]] | *[[Wikidata:Q2017|Wikitravel]] — at [[Wikidata]] | ||