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List of wikis
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This is an incomplete list of wikis (sites based on the
wiki model)
of comparative notability. More exhaustive lists can be found on
directory sites; see the
external links section below.
Wiki communities by topic
Culture and the arts
- A Million Penguins a novel that was written collaboratively.
IMSLP a wiki library of public domain music scores.
Lostpedia a wiki dedicated to the LOST television series.
LyricWiki a wiki listing lyrics by album.
Memory Alpha a Star Trek-related encyclopedia.
Wookieepedia a large Star Wars wiki/encyclopedia.
ZineWiki a zine encyclopedia.
Directories
Geographic
- City Wiki a wiki used for geographically localized information
Galbijim Wiki a wiki devoted to expats in South Korea.
Political
- Conservapedia an encyclopedia wiki with a Christian conservativism
viewpoint
Wikocracy - a website where anyone can create hypothetical governments and
laws or toy around with current ones.
Religion
Recreational
- Uncyclopedia a satirical parody-style encyclopedia.
Sensei's Library - a site dealing with the ancient oriental game of Go.
Wookieepedia - a website dedicated to the Star Wars universe.
Reference
- Baidu Baike Chinese web encyclopedia
Citizendium - an online wiki-based encyclopedia that does not allow
anonymous editing and has an "editor" role for specialists in particular
subjects.
Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Espaρol a Spanish language fork of
Wikipedia.
Scholarpedia- A small wiki, with less than 100 articles, that is written by
professionals in their field. For example, an article on neurons would be
written by a famous neurosuregeon.
Susning.nu Swedish language encyclopedia, dictionary, and discussion
forum. A competitor with the Swedish Wikipedia.
Wikibooks textbooks; sister project of Wikipedia.
Wikinews A collaborative news service; sister project of Wikipedia.
Wikinfo a fork of Wikipedia, inspired by Wikipedia, but without the
neutral point of view policy, instead using a sympathetic point of view.
Wikipedia a general encyclopedia covering a wide range topics.
Wikiquote a quote repository. A sister project of Wikipedia.
Wikisource Primary sources for use in Wikipedia, a sister project of
Wikipedia.
Wikispecies a directory of species. A sister project of Wikipedia.
WikiTimeScale an interactive graphical illustration of history.
Wikiversity an online learning program; a sister project of Wikipedia.
WikiZnanie a Russian language WikiWiki encyclopedia released under the BSL
DPL license.
Wiktionary a multilingual Dictionary project; a sister project of
Wikipedia.
Wikia - (formerly Wikicities) A wiki farm hosting wikis for various online
communities.
Wikitravel - comprehensive travel guide website; using the MediaWiki
software.
Science and technology
- Dispersive PDE Wiki A wiki concerned with the well-posedness of
various non-linear dispersive and wave equations.
OpenWetWare a wiki that promotes sharing and dissemination of knowledge
related to biological research.
Palaeos.org a paleontology and history of earth knowledge base.
Computers
- MeatballWiki discusses online communities ("meatballs")
OSBIWiki a wiki focused on Open Source Business Intelligence.
UseModWiki first wiki running UseModWiki WikiEngine and originally
dedicated to the "Usenet Moderation Project"
WikiWikiWeb Ward Cunningham's wiki, the world's oldest (March 1995).
Devoted to computer programming.
WikiServer a wiki focused on the development of a self-contained wiki-engine.
Javapedia - a wiki focussed on developing an online encyclopedia of Java
Platform.
Societal
- Congresspedia, a separately branded sub-section of SourceWatch an
encyclopedia about the U.S. Congress.
Intellipedia a classified wiki that runs on the top-secret network that
links the U.S. intelligence community. It is not accessible to the public.
Jurispedia an academic encyclopedia about Law. At present, it exists in
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German and Spanish editions.
MemoryArchive (formerly MemoryWiki) A place to collect people's personal
accounts of historical events.
SourceWatch (formerly Disinfopedia) a wiki about propaganda, including
organizations that seek to influence public opinion.
The Student Room a student resource wiki offering revision notes, examples
of university personal statements and information on student life, UK
universities and courses.
Wikileaks a wiki that allows people to leak official government documents
anonymously.
WikiTree[1] - a wiki devoted to geneaology
Wikocracy allows users to re-write the Constitution of the United States
of America, the USA PATRIOT Act, Roe v. Wade, the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act or any law they feel needs changing
Travel
- WikiMapia online map resource that combines Google Maps with a wiki
system. 35 languages currently supported.
Wikitravel a travel guide, organized as a wiki, inspired in part by
Wikipedia, but not part of Wikimedia.
World66 a travel-based wiki.
Alphabetical list of wiki communities
- BOWiki a collaborative ontology curation framework and gene function
editor
Conservapedia a conservative encyclopedia
Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Espaρol a Spanish language fork of
Wikipedia.
IMSLP a wiki library of public domain music scores
Intellipedia, a classified wiki that runs on a top-secret network that links
the U.S. intelligence community. It is not accessible to the public.
Javapedia - a wiki focussed on developing an online encyclopedia of Java
Platform.
Jurispedia an academic encyclopedia about Law in several languages
Lostpedia- A wiki dedicated to all things "Lost" TV show related.
MeatballWiki discusses online communities ("meatballs")
Memory Alpha a Star Trek-related encyclopedia.
OpenWetWare a wiki that promotes sharing and dissemination of knowledge
related to biological research.
OSBIWiki a wiki focusing on open source business intelligence software.
PhpWiki a wiki devoted to PHP software.
SourceWatch (formerly Disinfopedia) a wiki about propaganda, including
organizations that seek to influence public opinion.n
Susning.nu Swedish language encyclopedia, dictionary, and discussion
forum. A competitor with the Swedish Wikipedia.
The Student Room contains a student resource wiki offering revision notes,
example university personal statements, and information on UK universities
and courses.
TWiki community wiki about wikis in general, and to develop, document,
package and support the TWiki enterprise collaboration platform
Uncyclopedia a satirical parody of Wikipedia
UseModWiki first wiki running UseModWiki WikiEngine and originally
dedicated to the "Usenet Moderation Project"
Wikibooks textbooks; sister project of Wikipedia.
Wikihow a wiki that explains how to do things.
WikiMapia a wiki using Google Maps. Users can pinpoint city landmarks.
Wikinews a collabrative news service; sister project of Wikipedia
Wikinfo a fork of Wikipedia, inspired by Wikipedia, but without the
neutral point of view policy, instead using a sympathetic point of view.
Wikipedia the world's largest Encyclopedia.
Wikiquote a quote repository. A sister project of Wikipedia.
Wikisource Primary sources for use in Wikipedia, a sister project of
Wikipedia.
WikiTimeScale an interactive graphical illustration of history.
Wikitravel a multi-language travel guide, organized as a wiki, inspired in
part by Wikipedia.
Wikitruth a wiki dedicated to pointing out "atrocities" in Wikipedia
WikiWikiWeb Ward Cunningham's programming wiki, the world's oldest (March
1995).
WikiZnanie a Russian language encyclopedia.
Wiktionary a multilingual Dictionary project; a sister project of
Wikipedia.
Wookieepedia a Star Wars encyclopedia
World66 a travel-based wiki.
Wiki-like systems
- Bliki "wikilog," a blog system organized as a wiki. It includes
SnipSnap.
Everything2 a wikilike project for essays.
PlanetMath a free Wiki-style mathematical encyclopedia.
TWiki - Wiki-like software sometimes used by software companies
See also
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