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|URL = https://AboutUs.com | |URL = https://AboutUs.com | ||
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|wikinode URL = https://AboutUs.com/WikiNode | |wikinode URL = https://AboutUs.com/WikiNode | ||
|about URL = https://AboutUs.com/AboutUs.com | |about URL = https://AboutUs.com/AboutUs.com | ||
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|status = Active | |status = Active | ||
|language = Multilingual | |language = Multilingual | ||
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|license = MultiLicense | |license = MultiLicense | ||
|maintopic = Directory | |maintopic = Directory | ||
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}}{{TOCright}} | }}{{TOCright}} | ||
[[File:AboutUsLogo.jpg|thumb|left|AboutUs earlier beta logo]] | [[File:AboutUsLogo.jpg|thumb|left|AboutUs earlier beta logo|alt=]] | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
'''AboutUs''' is a wiki of {{tag|websites}} that originally, [[:Category:OpenEdit|anyone could edit]]. Previously in Beta, AboutUs encourages people to register with their [[AboutUs:IPreferRealPeople|real names]]. The AboutUs [[wiki]] is powered by the ever-popular {{tag|MediaWiki}} software, and is rendered by a fresh {{tag|custom skin}}.[https://GitHub.com/OSAS/strapping-mediawiki] In terms of [[:Category:Wiki License|licensing]], all editable content is made available under the terms of {{tag|Wiki MultiLicense|two licenses}}: those being the {{tag|Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License}} (GNU FDL, or more commonly GFDL), and / or the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0}} (CC-BY-SA 3.0). However, all non-editable content, together with all content in the 'Learn' section are {{tag|Wiki Site retains copyright|copyright AboutUs}}. AboutUs point out the importance of [[attribution]] – when re-published, it must include a link back to the original article.[https://AboutUs.com/FinePrint] | '''AboutUs''' is a wiki site of {{tag|websites}} that originally, [[:Category:OpenEdit|anyone could edit]]. Previously in Beta, AboutUs encourages people to register with their [[AboutUs:IPreferRealPeople|real names]]. The AboutUs [[wiki]] is powered by the ever-popular {{tag|MediaWiki}} software, and is rendered by a fresh {{tag|custom skin}}.[https://GitHub.com/OSAS/strapping-mediawiki] In terms of [[:Category:Wiki License|licensing]], all editable content is made available under the terms of {{tag|Wiki MultiLicense|two licenses}}: those being the {{tag|Wiki GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License}} (GNU FDL, or more commonly GFDL), and / or the {{tag|Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0}} (CC-BY-SA 3.0). However, all non-editable content, together with all content in the 'Learn' section are {{tag|Wiki Site retains copyright|copyright AboutUs}}. AboutUs point out the importance of [[attribution]] – when re-published, it must include a link back to the original article.[https://AboutUs.com/FinePrint] | ||
[[Ward Cunningham]] was the chief technology officer at AboutUs from 2009 to 2011. | [[Ward Cunningham]] was the chief technology officer at AboutUs from 2009 to 2011. | ||
==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
AboutUs has been criticized for displaying public whois data {{tag|information}} from websites. The website has a bot which scrapes information from a website, and uses it to make a starter page on the AboutUs wiki. The initial seeding of the wiki had a bot that disregarded websites protected by a robots.txt. That was quickly fixed and efforts | AboutUs has been criticized for displaying public whois data {{tag|information}} from websites. The website has a bot which scrapes information from a website, and uses it to make a starter page on the AboutUs wiki site. The initial seeding of the wiki had a bot that disregarded websites protected by a robots.txt. That was quickly fixed and efforts were ongoing to revert the edits that are in conflict. Websites are still vulnerable, due to the fact that the wiki encourages AboutUs [[user]]s to add additional information about the website to it. | ||
===Response=== | ===Response=== | ||
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*[[WhoIsBehind.org]] — also discusses the web as a whole | *[[WhoIsBehind.org]] — also discusses the web as a whole | ||
*[[WebsiteWiki]] — is a similar wiki in [[:Category:Wiki German|German]], focused on [[:Category:Germany|German]] sites | *[[WebsiteWiki]] — is a similar wiki in [[:Category:Wiki German|German]], focused on [[:Category:Germany|German]] sites | ||
==External links== | |||
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[[Category:FoundedIn2006]]<!--https://AboutUs.com/AboutUs.com--> | [[Category:FoundedIn2006]]<!--https://AboutUs.com/AboutUs.com--> | ||