AboutUs: Difference between revisions

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{{Wiki |
{{Wiki
  wiki_logo             = http://wikiindex.org/images/6/6d/AboutUsLogo.png
|logo             = http://wikiindex.org/images/6/6d/AboutUsLogo.png
| wiki_URL               = http://www.AboutUs.org
|URL               = http://www.AboutUs.org
| wiki_recentchanges_URL = http://www.aboutus.org/Special:Recentchanges
|recentchanges URL = http://www.aboutus.org/Special:Recentchanges
| wiki_wikinode_URL     = http://www.aboutus.org/WikiNode
|wikinode URL     = http://www.aboutus.org/WikiNode
| wiki_status           = Vibrant
|status           = NotAWiki
| wiki_language         = Multilingual
|language         = Multilingual
| wiki_editmode         = OpenEdit
|editmode         = OpenEdit
| wiki_engine           = MediaWiki
|engine           = MediaWiki
| wiki_maintopic         = Internet
|license          = YourWiki'sLicense <!--optional, if NO license, leave blank-->
|maintopic         = Internet
}}
}}
==Description==
==Description==
AboutUs is a 'grab' of {{tag|websites}} that anyone can edit &ndash; though it is NOT technically a '[[wiki]]'. It is currently in Beta.  AboutUs encourages people to register with their [http://www.aboutus.org/Category:IPreferRealPeople Real Names].
AboutUs is a wiki of {{tag|websites}} that anyone can edit. It is currently in Beta.  AboutUs encourages people to register with their [http://www.aboutus.org/Category:IPreferRealPeople Real Names]


{{Size
{{Size
|pages = 0 <!-- Includes talk pages, redirects, and other non-article pages -->
| wiki_statistics_URL = http://www.aboutus.org/Special/stats/site
|statistics URL = http://www.aboutus.org/Special/stats/site
| wiki_pages = 12544701 <!-- Includes talk pages, redirects, and other non-article pages -->
}}
}}


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It is a bit jarring to people who are not used to an open edit internet, that anyone, anywhere can write about them or the things they care about in such a manner.  I suppose it was also jarring to people when weblogs exploded on the scene.
It is a bit jarring to people who are not used to an open edit internet, that anyone, anywhere can write about them or the things they care about in such a manner.  I suppose it was also jarring to people when weblogs exploded on the scene.


==Wiki pages==
==Wiki Pages==
The wiki has over 983,674 wiki pages which have been editied according to our stats page &ndash; but these include ''"talk pages, redirects, and other non-article pages"''; which obviously needs to be honed down a bit: [http://www.aboutus.org/Special/stats/site stats].
The wiki has over 13,000,000 wiki pages according to our stats page, which obviously needs to be honed down a bit: [http://www.aboutus.org/Special/stats/site stats]. Only about 983,674 have been edited, but that does not mean the pages that have not been edited cannot be edited.
 
== related wiki ==
 
* [[Wikidweb]] is another wiki that discusses the web as a whole.
* [[Whoisbehind]] also discusses the web as a whole.
* [[Quarkbase]] is another wiki that discusses the web as a whole, with one page per website.
* [[WebsiteWiki]] is a similar wiki in German, focused on German sites


==related wiki==
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*[[Wikidweb]] is another wiki that discusses the web as a whole.
*[[Whoisbehind]] also discusses the web as a whole.
*[[Quarkbase]] is another wiki that discusses the web as a whole, with one page per website.
*[[WebsiteWiki]] is a similar wiki in German, focused on German sites