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{{Wiki | {{Wiki | ||
|logo | |logo = [[File:WeRelate.jpg|140px|WeRelate logo]] | ||
|URL | |URL = http://www.werelate.org | ||
|recentchanges URL = http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Special:Recentchanges | |recentchanges URL= http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Special:Recentchanges | ||
|wikinode URL | |wikinode URL = No | ||
|status | |about URL = http://www.werelate.org/wiki/WeRelate:About | ||
|language | |status = Vibrant | ||
|editmode | |language = English | ||
|engine | |editmode = ConfirmEmail | ||
|license | |engine = MediaWiki | ||
|maintopic | |license = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike | ||
|backupurl | |maintopic = Genealogy | ||
|backupdate | |backupurl = <!--backup file URL, found at '/Special:Statistics' on Wikia sites--> | ||
|backupdate = 2012-MM-DD <!--ISO date of backup URL, if unknown, type 'unknown date'--> | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''WeRelate.org''' is a free web search engine and [[wiki]] for '''{{tag|genealogy}}''' from the [http://www.FOLG.org Foundation for On-Line Genealogy, Inc.], and is about {{tag|social networking}}, sharing {{tag|research}}, and {{tag|collaboration}}. | '''WeRelate.org''' is a free web search engine and [[wiki]] for '''{{tag|genealogy}}''' from the [http://www.FOLG.org Foundation for On-Line Genealogy, Inc.], and is about {{tag|social networking}}, sharing {{tag|research}}, and {{tag|collaboration}}. | ||
In order to create new pages, or edit existing pages, you need to {{tag|ConfirmEmail|confirm a valid e-mail address}}. The site also prefers that editors use [[WikiIndex:RealNames|real names]]. It uses the popular {{tag|MediaWiki}} software, and obtains revenue by way of {{tag|GoogleAds}}. However, the site makes [http://www.werelate.org/wiki/WeRelate:General_disclaimer no guarantee of validity or accuracy] | In order to create new pages, or edit existing pages, you need to {{tag|ConfirmEmail|confirm a valid e-mail address}}. The site also prefers that editors use [[WikiIndex:RealNames|real names]]. It uses the popular {{tag|MediaWiki}} software, and obtains revenue by way of {{tag|GoogleAds}}. However, the site makes [http://www.werelate.org/wiki/WeRelate:General_disclaimer no guarantee of validity or accuracy] – and this was very evident from glaring mistakes on their main page 'featured page' of 5 November 2012, which has a map of [[:Category:Germany|Germany]] incorrectly highlighted with the supposedly correct location of the state of Bavaria! | ||
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