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|URL = http:// | |URL = http://wikicity.com | ||
|recentchanges URL = http://wikicity.com/Special:RecentChanges | |recentchanges URL = http://wikicity.com/Special:RecentChanges | ||
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[http://web.archive.org/web/20101013030540/http://www.wikicity.com/Main_Page 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. | '''<span class=plainlinks>[http://web.archive.org/web/20101013030540/http://www.wikicity.com/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.</span> | ||
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!'). | 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!'). | ||
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20101007095257/http://www.newmediahub.com/2009/06/19/can-a-wikipedia-for-cities-succeed/ Hyper-local WikiCity spreads] | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20101007095257/http://www.newmediahub.com/2009/06/19/can-a-wikipedia-for-cities-succeed/ Hyper-local WikiCity spreads] | ||
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20090624063259/http://www.wikicity.com/wiki/WikiCity:Welcome,_Wikipedians Welcome, Wikipedians] | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20090624063259/http://www.wikicity.com/wiki/WikiCity:Welcome,_Wikipedians Welcome, Wikipedians] | ||
* [[ | * [[wp:WikiCity Guides|WikiCity Guides profile on Wikipedia]] | ||
[[Category:Cities| ]] | [[Category:Cities| ]] | ||