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A wiki dedicated to everyone who died in the terrorist attacks of 11th September, 2001. | A wiki dedicated to everyone who died in the terrorist attacks of 11th September, 2001. | ||
The wiki was originally a fork of [[Wikipedia]]. It was created in response to a flurry of biographical pages for 9-11 victims that were deemed not to belong on Wikipedia. The solution was to create a separate ''Wikipedia'' to cover the attacks - [http://sep11.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page sep11.wikipedia.org] - a move unique in Wikipedia's history and a sign of its still-uncertain scope and direction in 2001. When the creation of new memorial pages for 9-11 victims died down on the [[English Wikipedia]], activity on the September 11 Wikipedia mostly ceased as well. | The wiki was originally a fork of [[Wikipedia]]. It was created in October 2001 in response to a flurry of biographical pages for 9-11 victims that were deemed not to belong on Wikipedia. The solution was to create a separate ''Wikipedia'' to cover the attacks - [http://sep11.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page sep11.wikipedia.org] - a move unique in Wikipedia's history and a sign of its still-uncertain scope and direction in 2001. According to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia#Related_projects Wikipedia's article on itself], In Memoriam was the first sister project ever created for Wikipedia. When the creation of new memorial pages for 9-11 victims died down on the [[English Wikipedia]], activity on the September 11 Wikipedia mostly ceased as well. | ||
Concern eventually surfaced that a wiki dedicated to memorials for the 9-11 victims violated Wikimedia's mission of a collection of wikis with a neutral, worldwide point of view. Discussion on whether to delete the wiki began in 2006. On Sep 15 2006 it was made read-only. Sometime in 2007 the content was moved to its new location, no longer hosted by Wikimedia. The original sep11.wikipedia.org was finally closed on 22 June 2008. | Concern eventually surfaced that a wiki dedicated to memorials for the 9-11 victims violated Wikimedia's mission of a collection of wikis with a neutral, worldwide point of view. Discussion on whether to delete the wiki began in 2006. On Sep 15 2006 it was made read-only. Sometime in 2007 the content was moved to its new location, www.sep11memories.org, no longer hosted by Wikimedia. The original sep11.wikipedia.org was finally closed on 22 June 2008. | ||
In August 2010 the wiki was reported as offline, and it has not been restored (as of September 2010). | In August 2010 the wiki was reported as offline, and it has not been restored (as of September 2010). | ||