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Table

Name Focus Notes Articles License
A Million Penguins Fiction—collaboratively-written novel 491[1] Copyrighted
AboutUs.org 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 2,900[2] CC-BY-SA 3.0
Baidu Baike Encyclopedic/Chinese A Chinese encyclopedia 2,878,123[3] Copyrighted
Ballotpedia Informative An interactive almanac of state politics. 120,671 [4] GFDL
Biographicon Misc—Biographies of people A directory of personal profiles GFDL
BMEzine Encyclopedia Encyclopedia An encyclopedia of body modification and body art 1,665[5] GFDL
Catawiki Catalogues Dutch language only. Collectors specific for comics, coins, stamps, trading cards, board games, model cars, model trains, bank notes, books, watches, Disney memoriablia, clocks and other. 200,000
Citizendium Encyclopedic Requires real names; guided by expert input while allowing edits from the general public 15,308[6] CC-by-sa 3.0
CoalSwarm Anti-coal information clearinghouse Joint project of SourceWatch and Center for Media and Democracy 4,000[7]
Collegewikis Information exchange among college students
Congresspedia Government—United States Congress A separately branded sub-section of SourceWatch GFDL
Conservapedia Encyclopedia Information and articles are written from a conservative Christian viewpoint aimed at correcting the alleged liberal bias of Wikipedia. 33,100[8] Copyrighted (free use)
DavisWiki Place—Davis, California A city wiki dedicated solely to Davis; at one point the largest city wiki 15,593[3] CC-by 3.0
Dickipedia Satire—Parody an encyclopedia of satirical biographies "about people who are dicks"
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 Compatible with the copyleft license Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported[9]
Ekopedia Multilingual—Encyclopedic Environmental sustainability merging with Appropedia. CC-SA 3.0
Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español Encyclopedic/Spanish A Spanish language fork of Wikipedia GFDL
Encyclopedia Dramatica Satire of Internet memes A satirical wiki 7,400[10] Fair use
English Wikipedia Encyclopedic Public access, most prominent English wiki 6,874,192[11] CC-BY-SA
Everything2 Personal essays A wiki-like project for essays 273,900[12] Copyrighted
Foodista.com Reference—Food and Cooking A Creative Commons structured wiki about foods, recipes, and other culinary information. CC-BY
Galaxiki Fictional galaxy Dedicated to the creation of a fictional galaxy GFDL[13]
GCPEDIA Government Internal Government of Canada Wiki
GeoNames Places A geographical database that links specific names with unique features
Geo-wiki Global land cover maps The Geo-Wiki Project is to help improve the quality of global land cover maps.
Heroes Wiki Fiction—Heroes CC-NC-ND
Hudong (互动百科) Encyclopedic Largest Chinese wiki. Social Networking features. Chinese language only 3,920,000[14] Copyrighted
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 14,800[15] GFDL
Javapedia Computers—Java An online encyclopedia for developing Java 790[16] Creative Commons
Judgepedia Informative An interactive encyclopedia of courts and judges. 100,963 [17] GFDL
Jurispedia Government—Law A multi-lingual academic encyclopedia, including Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German and Spanish CC-NC
Knol General purpose A wiki-like technology from Google 100,000[18] CC-by 3.0
Lostpedia Fiction—Lost 6,197[19]
LyricWiki Music—Lyrics A listing of lyrics by album 1,147,000[20] CC-BY-SA
Medpedia Encyclopedic Medical/health Requires real names; guided by medical expert input while allowing edits from the general public GFDL
MeatballWiki Communities—Online communities 4,900[21] Copyrighted
Memory Alpha Fiction—Star Trek Contains canon-only material 32,514[22] CC-NC 2.5
Memory Beta Fiction—Star Trek Contains licensed and canon material 34,245[23] CC-BY-SA 3.0
Metapedia Encyclopedia A white nationalist and extreme right-wing online encyclopedia. 87,521 (Hungarian language version) unknown
MyWikiBiz Misc—Business directory Allows people and enterprises to write about themselves 11,475[24] GFDL and other[25]
NotePub General purpose An online notepad that allows for both public and private content.
OpenStreetMap Places—Maps Uses GPS, aerial photography and other free sources of images to create a map of the world CC-SA 2.0
OpenWetWare Science—Biology Promotes sharing and dissemination of knowledge related to biological research CC-SA
PlanetMath Misc—Mathematics Free wiki-style mathematical encyclopedia
ReWiki Constructive Debate and Global Collaborations Not restricted to any single subjects, focused on targeting issue that have not been solved yet. CC-BY-NC-SA
Quora General Knowledge A question-and-answer (Q&A) site, similar to Yahoo Answers. GFDL
riscos.info Computers—RISC OS Hosts C programming resources and projects 197[26] cc-by 2.5
Scholarpedia Encyclopedic Written exclusively by professionals focusing on their field of expertise; subject to peer review 1,619[27] Copyrighted
Sensei's Library Misc—Go (game) 18,200 OPL
ShopWiki Misc—Products A shopping wiki and product comparison search engine featuring buying guides and shopping resources
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 3,500[28] CC-by-nc-sa 3.0
SourceWatch Social—Propaganda Formerly Disinfopedia, discusses propaganda and includes organizations that seek to influence public opinion GFDL
Stadtwiki Karlsruhe Encyclopedic Multilingual city wiki for Karlsruhe 21,157[29] CC-BY-NC-SA
The Student Room Place—UK University and student life Offers UK university guides, revision notes, examples of university personal statements and information on student life and university courses
Susning.nu Encyclopedic/Swedish A Swedish language encyclopedia, which competes with Swedish Wikipedia Copyrighted
SWiK Computers—Open source software
TermWiki Words in different languages A social learning network built around terms and questions in 75 languages. 1,417,806[30]
Travellerspoint Places—Travel A social networking site dedicated to sharing stories and recommendations about travel 2,400[31] CC-SA 3.0
TV Tropes Encyclopedic Focuses on documenting tropes in various media
Uncyclopedia Satire—Parody A satirical encyclopedia dedicated to parody 134,000[32] CC-by-nc-sa 2.0
Vikidia Encyclopedic/Spanish and French A Spanish and French language encyclopedia for children ages 8–13 GFDL
Wikia Miscellaneous Online games, movies 105,000
WikiAnswers General knowledge Compiles answers to questions posed 11,265,000[33] Copyrighted
Wikibooks General—textbooks A wikimedia project 115,200[34] GFDL + other
WikiCandidate Fictional presidential campaign A virtual campaign for a fictional U.S. presidential candidate. A project of Cornell University.
Wikicollecting Encyclopedia A free to join community to create an up-to-date and reliable guide to the world of collecting, covering all areas from action figures to wine. 2,000 Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
wikiHow General instruction A how-to manual 105,000[35] CC-by-nc-sa 2.5
WikiMapia Places—On-line map Combines Google Maps with a wiki system; currently supports 35 languages 13,300,000
Wikimedia Commons Misc—Electronic media A repository of free electronic media; a wikimedia project CC-SA and other
Wikinews General—News Collaborative news service, a wikimedia project GFDL and other
Wikipedia Encyclopedic Multilingual MediaWiki project 18,000,000 CC-BY-SA
WikiPilipinas Place—The Philippines A combined non-academic encyclopedia, web portal, directory and almanac for Philippine-based knowledge
Wikiquote Reference—Quotations A quote repository, a wikimedia project 90,200[36] GFDL
Wikisource Reference—Primary sources Dedicated to use on Wikipedia; a wikimedia project 586,400[37] GFDL
Wikispecies Science—Biology A directory of species; wikimedia project 248,844 GFDL...
Wikitravel Places—Travel A travel guide using wikimedia's software, but otherwise unconnected to the Wikimedia Foundation. 20 supported languages 48,000[38] CC-SA 1.0
Wikiversity General—Self-directed learning Supports free learning communities, projects, materials, and learners; a wikimedia project GFDL + other
WikiWikiWeb Computer programming, specifically design patterns World's oldest wiki (began circa 1995) 33,886[3] GPL
Whole Wheat Radio Music—Indie music An online community radio station featuring independent music
Wookieepedia Fiction—Star Wars Science fiction encyclopedia 83,583[39] GFDL
Wowpedia Gaming—Warcraft Contains in-universe material 90,690[40] CC-BY-SA 3.0
WoWWiki Gaming—Warcraft Contains in-universe material 88,000[41] CC-BY-SA 3.0
ZineWiki Social—Independent media A zine encyclopedia


See also

Meta has related information at: List of largest wikis

References

  1. ^ A Million Penguins:Special:Statistics[dead link]
  2. ^ Appropedia:Special:Statistics
  3. ^ a b c "List of largest wikis". Wikimedia Foundation. 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
  4. ^ Ballotpedia Statistics retrieved 12/6/10, 6:29pm CT
  5. ^ http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Talk:Main_Page
  6. ^ Citizendium - Category:CZ Live lists the number of clusters. Citizendium also contains subpages: see Citizendium - Special:Statistics for details.
  7. ^ Cameron Scott, interview with Ted Nace, San Francisco Chronicle, March 13 2009 The Anti-Coal Movement's SF Nerve Center. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
  8. ^ http://www.conservapedia.com/Special:Statistics
  9. ^ http://www.ecured.cu/index.php/EcuRed:T%C3%A9rminos_y_Condiciones
  10. ^ http://www.encyclopediad*amatica.com/Special:Statistics
  11. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics
  12. ^ http://www.surveytome.com/e2/Stats/General.aspx
  13. ^ http://www.galaxiki.org/copyright/
  14. ^ "Wikimedia Foundation Receives Donation of Wikipedia's Chinese trademark from Hudong.com". Reuters. 2009-09-22.
  15. ^ http://imslp.org/wiki/Special:Statistics
  16. ^ "Web Topic List". wiki.java.net.
  17. ^ Judgepedia Statistics retrieved 12/6/10, 6:29pm CT
  18. ^ http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/100000th-knol-published.html
  19. ^ http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
  20. ^ http://lyrics.wikia.com/Special:Statistics?action=raw
  21. ^ http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?action=index
  22. ^ http://memory-alpha.org/en/index.php/Special:Statistics
  23. ^ http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Statistics
  24. ^ http://www.mywikibiz.com/Special:Statistics
  25. ^ http://www.mywikibiz.com/Help:Copyrights
  26. ^ http://www.riscos.info/index.php/Special:Statistics
  27. ^ http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Special:Statistics
  28. ^ http://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Special:Statistics
  29. ^ http://ka.stadtwiki.net/Spezial:Statistik
  30. ^ http://www.termwiki.com/TermWiki_Home
  31. ^ http://www.travellerspoint.com/wiki_stats.cfm
  32. ^ http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Statistics
  33. ^ http://wiki.answers.com/
  34. ^ http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikibooks
  35. ^ http://www.wikihow.com/Special:Statistics
  36. ^ http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikiquote#List_of_Wikiquotes
  37. ^ http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource/List
  38. ^ http://wikitravel.org/shared/Multilingual_statistics
  39. ^ http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Statistics
  40. ^ http://www.wowpedia.org/Special:Statistics
  41. ^ http://www.wowwiki.com/Special:Statistics
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