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| wiki_URL = http://wiki4all.com | | wiki_URL = http://wiki4all.com | ||
| wiki_recentchanges_URL = | | wiki_recentchanges_URL = http://wiki4all.com/catalog/Special:Recentchanges | ||
| wiki_wikinode_URL = No | | wiki_wikinode_URL = No | ||
| wiki_status = | | wiki_status = NeedsCopying! | ||
| wiki_language = English | | wiki_language = English | ||
| wiki_editmode = EditMode | | wiki_editmode = EditMode | ||
| wiki_engine = | | wiki_engine = MediaWiki | ||
| wiki_maintopic = OpenEdit | | wiki_maintopic = OpenEdit | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
'''WiKi4All'''.com appears to '''offline''' as of Feb 2006. | <!-- '''WiKi4All'''.com appears to '''offline''' as of Feb 2006. OK again, 13 March --> | ||
Originally this was aiming to be an index of all wikis (just | Originally this was aiming to be an index of all wikis (just as WikiIndex.com has become). It was started in May 2005 by a person using the name [http://wiki4all.com/catalog/User:OlegPopov Oleg Popov], apparently based in Russia or Ukraine. But he or she didn't set it up properly (eg no "Search" function) and did not reply to approaches, even by email, after a few days. | ||
It was later revealed that he or she had some link-spam purposes in mind, indeed the domain registrant also owned several pharmaceutical spamming domains. | It was later revealed that he or she had some link-spam purposes in mind, indeed the domain registrant also owned several pharmaceutical spamming domains. | ||
Wiki4all contributors mostly migrated to other similar projects, particularly this one! | Wiki4all contributors mostly migrated to other similar projects, particularly this one! There is probably still more material there worth copying. The wiki4all wiki succumbed to spam bombardment itself<!-- (premature report of death - it still functions in March 2006) , and has now been shut down, perhaps by the hosting company (the domain now redirects to a 'blocked' URL) as of Feb 2006-->. | ||