Baralier ([info]baralier) wrote,
@ 2008-04-25 15:37:00
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Fan Wikis
Wikipedia has been around for many years and the software it used has spawned many and varied encyclopaedic database offspring.

Just an example of some of the stuff out there:

Girl Genius Wiki - for all things relating to the Girl Genius webcomic.

Memory Alpha - for all cannon Star Trek material

Memory Beta - for Star Trek licenced spin off stuff like comics and novels.

Star Trek: Expanded - Star Trek fan projects

Futurepedia - The Back to the Future Wiki - Back to the Future Wiki

Wookieepedia - Possibly the best known Star Wars wiki

Star Wars Merchandise Wiki - A wiki for all the toys you used to have.

One Wiki to Rule Them All - Yep, a Lord of the Rings wiki.

Firefly and Serenity database - Joss Whedon's SF foray.

Buffyverse Wiki - Joss Whedon's more famous effort.

The Bionic Wiki - Watch as your wiki runs in slow motion (unless it's the movie with Sandra Bullock).

The Lyorn Records - Wiki for Steven Brust's Dragaera novels.

The Jaunting Pad - The Tomorrow People TV series.

Chronicles of Astinus - Dragonlance wiki (still small).

Uncyclopedia - Parody site ofr Wikipedia.

Indiana Jones wiki - All about Dr. Jones.

Muppet Wiki - Every Muppet you've ever heard of and then some.

Doctor Who Wiki - Who?.

Little House on the Prairie Wiki - I kid you not.

And this is not including things like Astronomy wikis, History wikis and all the stuff about factual information.

Boy there's some stuff out there.




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[info]subtle_eye
2008-04-25 08:35 am UTC (link)
Minor nitpick.

The wikiwiki concept was brought to fame by Wikipedia, but (to my knowledge, wikipedia agrees) the first wiki was Ward Cunningham's Portland Pattern Repository [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki]. Seeing as it's about object oriented and extreme programming, it's not so surprising that it's not as well known as Jimbo Wales' creation.

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[info]greylock
2008-04-25 08:48 am UTC (link)
Cool. A Tomorrow People Wiki!

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