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At the [[WikiSym]] conference in San Diego in October 2005, Ray and John joined forces with [[MarkDilley]] who had a much more comprehensive alphabetical wiki list of over 1000 wikis, called [[SwitchWiki]]. Mark had worked on SwitchWiki with others since [[:Category:Founded in 2003|2003]], and documented the ideas at [[MeatballWiki]]:[http://MeatballWiki.org/wiki/WikiIndex OneBigWiki] and [[WikiNodes Wiki]]:[https://web.archive.org/web/20080723180356/http://wikinodes.wiki.taoriver.net/moin.fcg/ProgressionOfWikiOrganization ProgressionofWikiOrganization] | At the [[WikiSym]] conference in San Diego in October 2005, Ray and John joined forces with [[MarkDilley]] who had a much more comprehensive alphabetical wiki list of over 1000 wikis, called [[SwitchWiki]]. Mark had worked on SwitchWiki with others since [[:Category:Founded in 2003|2003]], and documented the ideas at [[MeatballWiki]]:[http://MeatballWiki.org/wiki/WikiIndex OneBigWiki] and [[WikiNodes Wiki]]:[https://web.archive.org/web/20080723180356/http://wikinodes.wiki.taoriver.net/moin.fcg/ProgressionOfWikiOrganization ProgressionofWikiOrganization] | ||
The three took the decision to join efforts together. The resulting wiki was to be more comprehensive and take full advantage of wiki technology. John converted and expanded the data from both sites and built out the original set of wikis in January of [[:Category: | The three took the decision to join efforts together. The resulting wiki was to be more comprehensive and take full advantage of wiki technology. John converted and expanded the data from both sites and built out the original set of wikis in January of [[:Category:Founded in 2006|2006]]. Throughout 2006 a community formed around [[WikiIndex]] and greatly expanded the number of wikis and improved the original format. By November 2006 the article count was at 3,195 and '''WikiIndex''' had become the authoritative source for information about Wiki sites. | ||
'''WikiIndex''' dedicated volunteers include the following who have [[sysop]] status: [[Raymond King|Ray King]], [[Mark Dilley]], [[John Stanton]], [[Ted Ernst]], [[User:DavidCary|David Cary]], [[MattisManzel|Mattis Manzel]] and [[Sean Fennel]]. Many, <span class=plainlinks>[http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=Special%3AListUsers&username=&group=sysop many others]</span> have contributed significantly to '''WikiIndex''' in all kinds of capacities. | '''WikiIndex''' dedicated volunteers include the following who have [[sysop]] status: [[Raymond King|Ray King]], [[Mark Dilley]], [[John Stanton]], [[Ted Ernst]], [[User:DavidCary|David Cary]], [[MattisManzel|Mattis Manzel]] and [[Sean Fennel]]. Many, <span class=plainlinks>[http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=Special%3AListUsers&username=&group=sysop many others]</span> have contributed significantly to '''WikiIndex''' in all kinds of capacities. | ||