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==Description== | |||
'''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/IPreferRealPeople Real Names] | |||
==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
AboutUs has been criticized for displaying public whois data information from websites. The website has a bot which scrapes information from a website and uses it to make a starter AboutUs wiki page. The initial seeding of the wiki had a bot that disregarded websites protected by a robots.txt. Websites are still vulnerable due to the fact that the wiki encourages AboutUs users to add information about the website to it. | AboutUs has been criticized for displaying public whois data information from websites. The website has a bot which scrapes information from a website and uses it to make a starter AboutUs wiki page. The initial seeding of the wiki had a bot that disregarded websites protected by a robots.txt. Websites are still vulnerable due to the fact that the wiki encourages AboutUs users to add information about the website to it. | ||
===Response=== | ===Response=== | ||
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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 | ==Wiki pages== | ||
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. | 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. | * [[Wikidweb]] is another wiki that discusses the web as a whole. | ||
* [[Whoisbehind]] also 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. | * [[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 | * [[WebsiteWiki]] is a similar wiki in German, focused on German sites | ||