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-{{Wiki
+{{inactive
-| wiki_logo              = No
+|logo              = No
-| wiki_URL               = http://www.wikicity.com/wiki/Main_Page
+|URL               = http://wikicity.com/
-| wiki_recentchanges_URL = http://www.wikicity.com/Special:RecentChanges
+|recentchanges URL = http://wikicity.com/Special:RecentChanges
-| wiki_wikinode_URL      = No
+|wikinode URL      = No
-| wiki_status            = Active
+|status            = Dead
-| wiki_language          = English
+|language          = English
-| wiki_editmode          = OpenEdit
+|editmode          = OpenEdit
-| wiki_engine            = MediaWiki
+|engine            = MediaWiki
-| wiki_maintopic         = Cities
+|maintopic         = Cities
 }}
-==Description==
+{{Size
-[http://www.wikicity.com/wiki/Main_Page WikiCity Guides] is a project designed to make communities accessible, defining each not just as a dot on a map or a collection of statistics, but as a chorus of raucous, opinionated citizens falling in love with their hometown all over again. Much like Wikipedia, WikiCity Guides is a free wiki, and anyone can contribute. However, WikiCity Guides is different because it is designed to promote local community, commerce, tourism, and everyday life within the towns it serves - thus welcoming content that it typically not suited for Wikipedia.
+|pages = <!--Necessary. Type the plain number of pages - NO thousands separators.-->
+|statistics URL = <!--Preferred, source of page count (often a 'Statistics' page). If unknown leave void.-->
+|wikiFactor = <!--Optional. If unknown leave void. See: Category:wikiFactor.-->
+|wikiFactor URL = <!--Preferred, source of wikiFactor (often 'PopularPages' or 'MostVisitedPages'). If unknown leave void.-->
+}}(As of: DD Month 20YY)<!--manually add or amend date when stats are verified and/or updated-->
-WikiCity Guides is the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_wikis largest mediawiki in the world] with nearly 13 million articles on record.
+[http://wikicity.com/wiki/Main_Page WikiCity Guides] was a project designed to make communities accessible, defining each not just as a dot on a map or a collection of statistics, but as a chorus of raucous, opinionated citizens falling in love with their hometown all over again.  Much like [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], WikiCity Guides is a free [[wiki]], and anyone can contribute.  However, WikiCity Guides is different because it is designed to promote local community, commerce, tourism, and everyday life within the towns it serves - thus welcoming content that it typically not suited for Wikipedia.
+WikiCity Guides was formerly one of the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_wikis largest MediaWiki in the world] with nearly 13 million articles on record.  As of January 2012, the entire site returns a 404 error (apart from the homepage, which displays 'hello world!').
-==External Links==
+;External links
-* [http://www.newmediahub.com/2009/06/19/can-a-wikipedia-for-cities-succeed/ Hyper-local WikiCity spreads]
+*[http://www.newmediahub.com/2009/06/19/can-a-wikipedia-for-cities-succeed/ Hyper-local WikiCity spreads] <sup>[dead]</sup>
-* [http://www.wikicity.com/wiki/WikiCity:Welcome%2C_Wikipedians Welcome, Wikipedians]
+*[http://wikicity.com/wiki/WikiCity:Welcome%2C_Wikipedians Welcome, Wikipedians] <sup>[dead]</sup>
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiCity_Guides WikiCity Guides profile on Wikipedia]
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiCity_Guides WikiCity Guides profile on Wikipedia]