This page contains a list of notable websites that use a wiki model. These websites will sometimes use different software in order to provide the best content management system for their users' needs, but they all share the same basic editing and viewing website model.
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Name | Focus | Notes | Entries | License |
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AboutUs.com | Internet directory | Initially pre-populated with information about many different websites. Uses MediaWiki software, but now largely with Ruby on Rails | 17,611,146 | GFDL and CC BY-SA |
Appropedia | English, French, German, Spanish | Sustainable development, including appropriate technology merging with several other wikis | [1] | 4,934CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Baidu Baike | Encyclopedic/Chinese | A Chinese encyclopedia | [2] | 2,878,123Copyrighted |
Baike.com (互动百科) | Encyclopedic | Largest Chinese wiki. Social networking features. Chinese language only | [3] | 3,920,000Copyrighted |
Ballotpedia | Informative | An interactive almanac of United States politics. | [4] | 192,927GFDL |
Base de datos | Encyclopedic/Spanish | A Spanish language encyclopedia, with own wiki software. | [5] | 13,518Copyrighted/Other |
Catawiki | Catalogues | Originally in Dutch, with English version. Collectors specific for comics, coins, stamps, trading cards, board games, model cars, model trains, bank notes, books, watches, Disney memorabilia, clocks and other. | 200,000 | |
Citizendium | Encyclopedic | Requires writers to use real names rather than usernames; guided by expert input while allowing edits from the general public | [6] | 15,308CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Connectipedia | non-profit organizations and foundations | funded and maintained by Meyer Memorial Trust. Runs on Wagn | 22,000 | GNU Free Documentation License and a Creative Commons License |
Conservapedia | Encyclopedic | Information and articles are written from a conservative Christian viewpoint aimed at correcting the alleged liberal bias of Wikipedia. | [7] | 33,100Copyrighted (free use) |
Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL) | Music | A wiki library of free typeset musical scores | [8] | 15,382Public Domain, CPDL Licence, C.C. Licences, Copyrighted (free use) |
DavisWiki | Place—Davis, California | A city wiki dedicated solely to Davis; at one point the largest city wiki | [2] | 15,593CC-by 3.0 |
Diplopedia | Government—Diplomacy | Encyclopedia of the U.S. Department of State collecting items related to international relations and diplomacy | ||
EcuRed | A Cuban perspective on global issues, in Spanish | Run by Cuba's Youth Computer Club, an affiliate of the Communist Youth Union | 19,482 | CC-BY-NC-SA.[9] |
Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español | Encyclopedic/Spanish | A Spanish language fork of Wikipedia | [10] | 47,281CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Encyclopedia Dramatica | Satire of Internet memes | A satirical wiki | 7,400 | Fair use |
Encyclopedia of Mathematics | Mathematics | at least 8,000 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
Family History Research Wiki | Genealogy research | Reference information and research guidance. In 11 languages. | [11] | 82,857CC BY-SA 3.0 US |
Familypedia | Genealogy | Family trees and history | [12] | at least 183,000CC BY-SA |
Foodista.com | Reference—Food and Cooking | A Creative Commons structured wiki about foods, recipes, and other culinary information. | CC-BY | |
La Frikipedia | Parody of encyclopedia | A parody of Wikipedia in Spanish language wiki. | [13] | 11,159GNU Free Documentation License |
Fringepedia | Fiction—Fringe | |||
Galaxiki | Fictional galaxy | Dedicated to the creation of a fictional galaxy | GFDL[14] | |
Gardenology.org | Gardening | Meant as a "complete plant and garden wiki encyclopedia" | over 19,000 | Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike |
GCpedia | Government | Internal Government of Canada Wiki | ||
GeoNames | Places | A geographical database that links specific names with unique features | ||
Intellipedia | Government—Intelligence | Three non-accessible wikis running on networks that link the U.S. intelligence community | ||
International Music Score Library Project | Music | A wiki library of public domain musical scores | [15] | 14,800GFDL |
Internet Movie Firearms Database (IMFDb) | Firearm usage in Film, Television and Videogames | Runs on MediaWiki | [16] | 144,339|
JurisPedia | Government—Law | A multi-lingual academic encyclopedia, including Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German and Spanish | CC-NC | |
Lostpedia | Fiction—Lost | Articles about episodes, characters, themes, etc. in the television show. | [17] | 7,248CC BY-NC-ND |
LyricWiki | Music—Lyrics | A listing of lyrics by album | [18] | 1,737,000Mostly copyrighted. CC BY-SA for minority of content. |
MeatballWiki | Communities—Online communities | [19] | 4,900Copyrighted | |
Memory Alpha | Fiction—Star Trek | Contains canon-only material | [20] | 36,601CC-NC 2.5 |
MetaBase | database of biological databases | 1000 biological databases and over 800 'web services', more than 50 'user-contributed' databases | 1,800 | BioLicense and MetaBase:Copyrights |
Metapedia | Encyclopedia | A white nationalist and extreme right-wing online encyclopedia. | [20] (Hungarian Language version) | 87,521unknown |
MyWikiBiz | Misc—Business directory | Allows people and enterprises to write about themselves | [21] | 11,475GFDL and other[22] |
OpenStreetMap | Places—Maps | Uses GPS, aerial photography and other free sources of images to create a map of the world | ODbL 1.0 | |
OpenWetWare | Science—Biology | Promotes sharing and dissemination of knowledge related to biological research | CC BY-SA | |
PCGamingWiki | Games—Video games | Attempts to provide fixes and information on all PC games | 1,367 as of April 30, 2013 | CC NC-SA 3.0 |
PlanetMath | Misc—Mathematics | Free wiki-style mathematical encyclopedia | ||
Pornopedia | Sexuality | Multilingual encyclopedia about pornography and sexuality[23] | [24] (German version) |
15,447Copyrighted |
RationalWiki | Encyclopedic | Information and articles are written from a liberal and secular point of view as a response to Conservapedia | [25] | 6,455CC-BY-SA 3.0 |
Rangjung Yeshe Wiki | Himalayan Buddhism, Tibetan Dictionary | Tibetan-English Dictionary, Buddhist Glossaries, Biographies of Buddhist Teachers, and Resources | [26] | 23,721CC-BY-NC-SA / GFDL |
riscos.info | Computers—RISC OS | Hosts C programming resources and projects | [27] | 197cc-by 2.5 |
Scholarpedia | Encyclopedic | Written exclusively by professionals focusing on their field of expertise; subject to peer review | [28] | 1,619Copyrighted |
Scratch Wiki | Computers—Scratch (programming language) | Contains articles about Scratch, an educational programming language, and subjects related to it | 1,010 as of April 3, 2016 | |
Sensei's Library | Misc—Go (game) | 18,200 | OPL | |
SKYbrary | Aviation safety information | |||
SNPedia | Science—Biology | A database of research and information about single-nucleotide polymorphisms, including medical consequences for people who have DNA info about themselves | [29] | 100,000CC-by-nc-sa 3.0 |
Stadtwiki Karlsruhe | Encyclopedic | Multilingual city wiki for Karlsruhe | [30] | 21,157CC-BY-NC-SA |
TermWiki | Words in different languages | A social learning network built around terms and questions in 75 languages. | [31] | 1,417,806|
Travellerspoint | Places—Travel | A social networking site dedicated to sharing stories and recommendations about travel | [32] | 2,400CC BY-SA 3.0 |
TV Tropes | Encyclopedic | Focuses on documenting tropes in various media | 163,841 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
UK LGBT Archive | LGBT history, United Kingdom | Building towards a comprehensive history of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) life in the United Kingdom. Previously the LGBT History Project.[33] Runs on MediaWiki. | [34] | 4,001CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Uncyclopedia | Satire—Parody | A satirical encyclopedia dedicated to parody | [35] | 30,746CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 |
The Vault | Fiction/Gaming—Fallout (series) | Science Fiction wiki; migrated to Curse, inc in 2011 | [36] | 22,008CC BY-SA |
WikEM | Emergency Medicine | A rapid reference for practical point-of-care clinical knowledge with a popular linked point-of-care phone application. Intended for clinicians only and not directly for patients. | [37] | 1,434Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License |
WikiAnswers | General knowledge | Compiles answers to questions posed | [38] | 11,265,000Copyrighted |
WikiArt | Art, paintings | The project aims to create high-quality, complete and well-structured online repository of fine art. | [39] | 75,000public domain artworks |
Wikibooks | General—textbooks | A Wikimedia project | [40] | 115,200CC BY-SA/other |
Wikidata | A Wikimedia project | CC0, CC-BY-SA | ||
WikiEducator | Open educational resources | Open educational resources which anyone may use, adapt, and share | [41] | 110,872CC BY-SA and CC-BY |
wikiHow | How-to articles | A wiki how-to manual | [42] | 166,386CC-by-nc-sa 3.0 |
WikiMapia | Places—Map | Combines Google Maps with a wiki system for polygonally defined areas; currently supports 35 languages | 13,300,000 | CC by-nc-sa[43] |
Wikimedia Commons | Misc—Electronic media | A repository of free electronic media; a Wikimedia project | CC BY-SA and other | |
Wikinews | General—News | Collaborative news service, a Wikimedia project | CC-BY | |
Wikipedia | Encyclopedic | Multilingual Wikimedia project that uses MediaWiki | 18,000,000 | CC BY-SA |
Wikiquote | Reference—Quotations | A quote repository; a Wikimedia project | [44] | 143,302CC BY-SA |
WikiShia | Shi'a Islam | An online encyclopedia focusing on Shi'a, the second major denomination in Islam. It has articles in 8 languages. Farsi has the most number of articles which is more than 3500.[45] | [46] in English | 882Unknown |
Wikishire | Places—Great Britain and Ireland | Gazetteer and interactive map of Great Britain and Ireland | Over12,500 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Wikisource | Reference—Primary sources | A digital library of free content textual sources; a Wikimedia project | [47] | 4,057,263CC BY-SA |
Wikispecies | Science—Biology | A directory of species; a Wikimedia project | 248,844 | GFDL and CC BY-SA |
Wikitravel | Places—Travel | A travel guide using Wikimedia's software, but unconnected to the Wikimedia Foundation (which hosts Wikivoyage). 20 supported languages | [48] | 62,345CC BY-SA 3.0 |
WikiTree | Genealogy | A free global family tree using MediaWiki software, but unconnected to the Wikimedia Foundation. | [49] | 11,148,296Unknown[50] |
Wikiversity | General—Self-directed learning | Supports free learning communities, projects, materials, and learners; a Wikimedia project | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
Wikivoyage | Places—Travel | A multilingual travel guide of the Wikimedia Foundation. | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
WikiWikiWeb | Computer programming, specifically design patterns | World's oldest wiki (began circa 1995) | [2] | 34,997GPL |
Wiktionary | Multilingual dictionary | An online dictionary; a Wikimedia project | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
Wookieepedia | Fiction—Star Wars | Science fiction encyclopedia | [51] | 122,727CC BY-SA |
WoWWiki | Gaming—Warcraft | Contains in-universe material; migrated to Wowpedia in 2010 | [52] (WoWWiki); 133,925[53] (Wowpedia) | 102,705CC BY-SA 3.0 |
ZineWiki | Social—Independent media | A zine encyclopedia | 4,668 | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 |
See also
- History of wikis
- List of Internet encyclopedias
- List of wiki software
- Wiki hosting service
- Wiki software
References
- ^ Appropedia:Special:Statistics
- ^ a b c "List of largest wikis". Wikimedia Foundation. 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ "Wikimedia Foundation Receives Donation of Wikipedia's Chinese trademark from Hudong.com". Reuters. 2009-09-22.
- ^ Ballotpedia Statistics retrieved 1/25/12, 11:02am CT
- ^ "Base de Datos.com - Encuentra y comparte información". Basededatos.com. 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
- ^ Citizendium – Category:CZ Live lists the number of clusters. Citizendium also contains subpages: see Citizendium – Special:Statistics for details.
- ^ "Statistics". Conservapedia. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "Statistics". CPDL. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
- ^ "EcuRed:Términos y Condiciones – EcuRed" (in Spanish). Ecured.cu. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "Estadística. Artículo de la Enciclopedia" (in Spanish). Enciclopedia.us.es. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ Statistics. Family History Research Wiki. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
- ^ http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Family_History_and_Genealogy_Wiki
- ^ "La Frikipedia". frikipedia.es. 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
- ^ Galaxiki/CorneliOS/CIOS/ModPerl. "Galaxiki, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Galaxy that anyone can edit". Galaxiki.org. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "Statistics – IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". Imslp.org. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "Statistics – Internet Movie Firearm Database". IMFDB.org. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
- ^ "Lostpedia – The Lost Encyclopedia". Lostpedia.wikia.com. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "Statistics - Lyric Wiki - song lyrics, music lyrics". Lyrics.wikia.com. 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ "Meatball Wiki: Index of all pages". Usemod.com. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ a b "Statistics – Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki". Memory-alpha.org. 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
- ^ "Statistics – MyWikiBiz, Author Your Legacy". Mywikibiz.com. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "Help:Copyrights – MyWikiBiz, Author Your Legacy". Mywikibiz.com. 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ Pornopedia: Sexstar Till Kraemer (32) gründet geile Enzyklopädie Bild, February 18, 2010
- ^ "Statistik – Pornopedia" (in German). De.pornopedia.com. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "Statistics - RationalWiki". RationalMedia Foundation. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
- ^ "Statistics - Rangjung Yeshe Wiki - Dharma Dictionary". Tsadra Foundation. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
- ^ "Statistics – RISC OS". Riscos.info. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "Statistics". Scholarpedia. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "Statistics". SNPedia. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ^ "Statistik – Stadtwiki Karlsruhe" (in German). Ka.stadtwiki.net. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "The Global Social Learning Network". TermWiki.com. 1959-12-08. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "THE THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE WIKI". Retrieved 2012-06-06.
- ^ Jack Flanagan. "LGBT wiki is 'necessary' for the preservation of our history". Gay Star News. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
- ^ "UK LGBT Archive: Statistics". lgbtarchive.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ^ "Statistics - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia". Uncyclopedia. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
- ^ "Statistics – The Vault, the Fallout Wiki". fallout.gamepedia.com/Fallout_Wiki. 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
- ^ wikem.org
- ^ "The Q&A wiki". Wiki.answers.com. 1997-07-26. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "We have 75000 paintings!". Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ^ "Wikibooks/Table – Meta". Meta.wikimedia.org. 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "Statistics". WikiEducator. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "Statistics". wikiHow. 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
- ^ "Wikimapia.org". Wikimapia.org. 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
- ^ "Wikiquote – Meta". Meta.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
- ^ "آمار ویکی شیعه". ویکی شیعه (in Persian). April 28, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
- ^ "Statistics - WikiShia". WikiShia. April 28, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
- ^ "Wikisource/Table – Meta". meta.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
- ^ "Multilingual statistics – Wikitravel Shared". Wikitravel.org. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
- ^ "WikiTree: The Free Family Tree". WikiTree. 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
- ^ "Is the worldwide family tree public domain?". WikiTree. 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
- ^ "Statistics – Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki". Starwars.wikia.com. 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "Statistics – WoWWiki – Your guide to the World of Warcraft". WoWWiki. 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ "Statistics – Wowpedia – Your wiki guide to the World of Warcraft". Wowpedia. 2011-02-02. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
External links
- List of wikis at DMOZ
- meta:Interwiki map
- meta:List of largest wikis
- WikiIndex—wikis ranked by size, popularity, usage
- A complete list of Wikia community sites
- A wiki search engine.
- WikiPapers (a wiki about publications about list of wikis)
- WikiTeam, volunteers group to preserve wikis