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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., <u>not</u> always linking to sub-pages (or separate [[article]] pages), but distilling the most useful information about each travel destination on to one single article. 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., <u>not</u> always linking to sub-pages (or separate [[article]] pages), but distilling the most useful information about each travel destination on to one single article. 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: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 [[editor]]s, by placing increasing amounts of [[:Category:Advertising|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 Wikitravel]] wikis to a new site which they called '[[:Category:Wikivoyage|Wikivoyage]]'; with other Wikitravel 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 of America|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 [[editor]]s, by placing increasing amounts of [[:Category:Advertising|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 Wikitravel]] wikis to a new site which they called '[[:Category:Wikivoyage|Wikivoyage]]'; with other Wikitravel language versions subsequently doing the same. | ||
In early 2013, [[:Category:Wikivoyage|Wikivoyage]] became an integral new '{{WMF-Mwta|Wikimedia projects|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 desperation, on the main front page of the English Wikitravel, there was 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 '{{WMF-Mwta|Wikimedia projects|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 desperation, on the main front page of the English Wikitravel, there was 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"! | ||