Top |
Arts |
Business |
Computers |
Games |
Health |
Kids |
News |
Recreation |
Reference |
Regional |
Science |
Shopping |
Society |
Sports |
World |
Regional |
Languages |
News |
Blogs
Plunge forward!
Wikitravel:About
From Wikitravel
Jump to: navigation, search
Wikitravel (http://wikitravel.org) is a project to create a free, complete, up-to-date and reliable world-wide travel guide. It is built in collaboration by Wikitravellers from around the globe.
The project was begun in July of 2003 by the two founders, Evan and Maj. It was inspired by Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and by the needs of travellers for timely information that long book-publishing cycles can't seem to meet. In April 2006, Wikitravel and World66, another travel wiki, were acquired by Internet Brands, Inc., an operator of consumer information Web sites.
Wikitravel is built with the spirit of sharing knowledge that makes travel so enjoyable. Whenever travellers meet each other on the road, they swap info about the places they came from and ask questions about places they're going. We want to make it easy to share that knowledge and let others share it; our copyleft license means that the facts you know can spread far and wide.
To create Wikitravel we use a tool (or a process, or a technology) called Wiki which lets any Internet reader create, update, edit, and illustrate any article on the Web site. We all share our pieces of knowledge, edit them, distill them, and assemble them into a pleasing and cohesive whole. The more people that use the Edit link, the better Wikitravel becomes.
We've achieved some milestones, but we still have a long way to go. If you're new to Wikitravel, feel free to plunge forward and help us!
[edit] Other Wikitravel sites
The Wikitravel universe also includes the following sites:
Wikitravel Extra — Share your world: travel blogs and discussion forums
Wikitravel Press — travel guide publisher using Wikitravel content (under license, not owned by IB)
Wikitravel Shared — Wikitravel's image repository and cross-language coordination site (bugs, feature requests, language versions, etc)
[edit] See also
|
