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{{Wiki
{{Wiki
|logo             = [[Image:Logo-Wikinfo.gif]]
|name            = Wikinfo.org –<br><small>''original MediaWiki site''</small>
|URL               = http://www.wikinfo.org/
|URL              = https://web.Archive.org/web/20160517171649/http://Wikinfo.org/w/English/index.php/Main_Page
|recentchanges URL = http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Special:RecentChanges
|logo             = [[File:Wikinfo.gif|Wikinfo logo – Owl of Wisdom (or is it the owl of humor?)]]
|wikinode URL     = No
|recentchanges URL= https://web.Archive.org/web/20160306000426/http://Wikinfo.org/w/English/index.php/Special:RecentChanges
|status           = Active
|wikinode URL     = No
|language         = Multilingual
|about URL        = https://web.Archive.org/web/20160505215832/http://Wikinfo.org/w/English/index.php/Wikinfo:About
|editmode         = LoginToEdit
|founder          = [[Fred Bauder]]
|engine           = MediaWiki
|status           = Dead
|maintopic         = Reference
|language         = English
|editmode         = ByInvitation
|engine           = MediaWiki
|license          = Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike
|maintopic       = Reference
|backupurl        = https://Archive.org/details/wiki-wikinfoorg_w
|backupdate      = 2013-11-05
}}
}}
==Description==
{{Size <!--see Template:Size for full detail-->
"Original research which addresses significant problems is especially appreciated. Dictionary definitions, links to websites, quotations, source texts, and other types of information not acceptable on [[Wikipedia]] are welcome.  '''Wikinfo''' is intended to complement and augment Wikipedia, and, ultimately, surpass it as an information resource, but users are encouraged to continue participation in that community and help make it all that it can be".
|pages= 6166
|statistics URL= https://archive.is/AMibZ<!--http://Wikinfo.org/w/English/index.php/Special:Statistics-->
|wikiFactor= 3 <!--preferred, if unknown leave void, see: Category:wikiFactor-->
|wikiFactor URL= https://archive.is/cbCNk<!--http://Wikinfo.org/w/English/index.php/Special:PopularPages-->
}}(As of: 2014-05-19 – [[archive.is]])<!--manually add/amend date when stats are verified and/or updated-->


Pre-March 2007:<br>
'''Wikinfo.org''' is a wiki fork of the whole English Wikipedia!  Presumably this is the biggest deployment of the [[:Category:GetWiki|GetWiki engine]], an engine which has features specifically designed for facillitating such a fork.  The main difference (and perhaps the reason for the fork) is that Wikinfo supposedly tries portray a 'sympathetic point of view' rather than Wikipedias '[[NPOV|neutral point of view]]'.  In reality, the majority of pages are unmodified copies of Wikipedia content.


Major shakeup in March 2007: programmer left, FJB retained leadership, engine switched, change to OpenEdit.  From GetWiki to MediaWiki.
'''Wikinfo.org''' was originally a wiki {{tag|fork}} of the whole [[English Wikipedia]]!  The main difference (and perhaps the reason for the [[fork]]) is that Wikinfo supposedly tries portray a '[[Archive.org:20160415113736/http://Wikinfo.org/w/English/index.php/Wikinfo:Sympathetic_point_of_view|sympathetic point of view]]' (SPOV), rather than Wikipedias' '[[neutral point of view]]' ([[:Category:NPOV|NPOV]]).  In reality, the majority of pages are unmodified copies of Wikipedia content.


As you can see, there is work to do, but the wiki has been transfered to the latest version of MediaWiki, Mediawiki-1.9.3.
<blockquote>"{{tag|Original research}} which addresses significant problems is especially appreciated.  {{tag|Dictionary}} definitions, links to websites, {{tag|quotations}}, source texts, and other types of {{tag|information}} not acceptable on {{tag|Wikipedia}} are welcome.  '''Wikinfo''' is intended to complement and augment Wikipedia, and, ultimately, surpass it as an information resource, but [[user]]s are encouraged to continue participation in that community and help make it all that it can be".</blockquote>


There are 36,546 pages that are probably legitimate content pages, about 10 changes a day (6jun07).
Major shakeup in March 2007: programmer left, [[Fred Bauder|FJB]] retained leadership, [[:Category:Wiki engine|engine]] switched from {{tag|GetWiki}} to {{tag|MediaWiki}} wiki engine, changed to {{tag|OpenEdit}}.  English Wikinfo has a problem.


In June 2008 there are articles in English, German, French, Croatian, Italian, Portuguese and Latin.  The Wiki is very much more active.
In June 2008, there are articles in {{tag|Wiki English|English}}, {{tag|Wiki German|German}}, {{tag|Wiki French|French}}, {{tag|Wiki Croatian|Croatian}}, {{tag|Wiki Italian|Italian}}, {{tag|Wiki Portuguese|Portuguese}}, and {{tag|Wiki Latin|Latin}}.[https://web.Archive.org/web/20160419092735/http://Wikinfo.org/w/English/index.php/Wikinfo] The wiki became very much more active.


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Sometime late 2016, the first MediaWiki site, located at <tt><nowiki>http://Wikinfo.org/w/English/index.php</nowiki></tt>, went offline. In March 2017, a new Wikinfo MediaWiki site was launched, located at <tt>https://wikinfo.org/wikinfo/index.php/Main_Page</tt>.  As of mid 2018, this new MediaWiki site is considerably smaller than its predecessor.
|pages = 53932
|statistics URL = http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Special:Statistics
|wikiFactor = <!-- optional. plain wiki factor value -->
|wikiFactor URL = <!-- optional. external link to data base for wiki factor calc. -->
}}(As of: 23 June 2011)


==Links==
;Other wiki by Fred Bauder
*[http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Wikinfo:Sympathetic_point_of_view Sympathetic point of view]
Fred Bauder operates the main [https://Wikinfo.org Wikinfo.org] site as his personal portal, which he uses to host a small collection of his wikis. These are: [[Wikinfo]], along with [[WWTrade]], [[Communpedia]], [[Crestone News and Information]], and [[Revelation]].
*[[Wikipedia Wikinfo Wikiknowledge: comparison table]]


[[Category:Wiki English]]
;See also
[[Category:Wiki French]]
*[[Template:Wikipedia / Wikinfo / Wikia / WikiKnowledge — comparison table]]
[[Category:Wiki German]]
 
[[Category:Wiki Italian]]
{{Wiki
[[Category:Wiki Latin]]
|name            = Wikinfo.org –<br><small>''current MediaWiki site<br>from March 2017''</small>
[[Category:Wiki Portuguese]]
|URL              = https://wikinfo.org/wikinfo/index.php/Main_Page
[[Category:Wiki Croatian]]
|logo            = [[File:Wikinfo.gif|Wikinfo logo – Owl of Wisdom (or is it the owl of humor?)]]
|recentchanges URL= https://wikinfo.org/wikinfo/index.php/Special:RecentChanges
|wikinode URL    = No
|about URL        = No<!--https://wikinfo.org/wikinfo/index.php/Wikinfo:About-->
|founder          = [[Fred Bauder]]
|status          = Active
|language        = English
|editmode        = ByInvitation
|engine          = MediaWiki
|license          = Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike
|maintopic        = Reference
|backupdate      =
}}
{{Size <!--see Template:Size for full detail-->
|pages= 341
|statistics URL= https://wikinfo.org/wikinfo/index.php/Special:Statistics
|wikiFactor= <!--preferred, if unknown leave void, see: Category:wikiFactor-->
|wikiFactor URL= <!--https://wikinfo.org/wikinfo/index.php/Special:PopularPages-->
}}(As of: 2018-06-11 – current version)<!--manually add/amend date when stats are verified and/or updated-->
 
[[Category:Wikipedia|*]]
[[Category:Cologne Blue]]
[[Category:Modern]]
[[Category:Monobook]]
[[Category:Vector]]
[[Category:Founded in 2003]]<!--https://web.Archive.org/web/20160505215832/http://Wikinfo.org/w/English/index.php/Wikinfo:About-->
[[Category:Founded in 2017]]<!--https://wikinfo.org/wikinfo/index.php/Special:AncientPages-->
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