Talk:Parkopedia

Not a wiki

I really don't think this is a wiki. It is merely a commercial directory of parking spaces - and those entries can NOT be edited by anon users, nor by 'registered users'. It may well be a 'pedia', but it certainly isn't a 'wiki'. Hoof Hearted 09:00, 26 September 2011 (PDT)

I may have been faked out by the part where it says that you can "add, edit, and review". I didn't really feel like joining just to try out those features, I just assumed that they actually worked as advertised. If they don't actually allow you to edit the site, I'm fine with it being removed from the index. --MarvelZuvembie 14:46, 26 September 2011 (PDT)

Is it possible it was a wiki and then not? If that is the case, then template Inactive works, else, the thing could be deleted. Best, MarkDilley

It's possible. The graphics look the same as I remember, but they may have changed the underlying functionality. I never create accounts on wikis I'm cataloging for WikiIndex unless I actually plan to contribute to them. The most I test for is to see whether or not you are allowed to contribute anonymously. --MarvelZuvembie 18:27, 26 September 2011 (PDT)

I tried to see exactly what the site offered for my local city (which I know about its parking facilities like the back of my hand - as I used to work in the local government department which looked after all government and commercial private parking). The site is purely a commercial money-grabbing listings directory. As proof to back up this statement, it has NO listings for 'free' parking for disabled/handicap drivers, and it has no listings for Park and Ride sites (which are numerous in my city, very large, and are never filled to capacity). Maybe when the site was originally set up, they may have allowed others to 'edit' it purely to 'flesh out' their content (to boost potential advertising revenue). And now, NO editing is allowed of existing entries (well maybe you can edit any entries you personally submitted previously), yet the site is very much alive and collecting commercial revenue. IMVHO, it is no different to say Yell.com (Yellow Pages business telephone directory in the UK) - so should be deleted. Rgds, Hoof Hearted 04:10, 27 September 2011 (PDT)