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diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.09.07/Fri/wikia.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.09.07/Fri/wikia.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5d64264 --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.09.07/Fri/wikia.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Wikia, the for profit ventures from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, as [launched four new community niche sites][5]. Wikia refers to these sites as "open source magazines" and with the four recent additions there are now twelve Wikia magazine communities in all. + +The magazine-style wikis serve ads alongside the content, but for the most part they're unobtrusive (and non-existent with a good ad-blocker installed in your browser). As with Wikipedia, Wikia magazine content is drawn entirely from users and user submissions. Submitted content is governed by the GNU Free Documentation License -- something to keep in mind when sharing grandma's super secret recipe for pumpkin pie. + +The quality of content varies considerably according to the enthusiasm and commitment of the communities around the topics. Naturally some topics lend themselves to Wikia's crowd source content better than others. I wouldn't expect to see legaladvice.wikia pop up any time soon. + +The magazines are a nice way to get past the celebrity content that seem to dominate other similar sites, particularly the Foodie magazine which is basically an amateur version of Epicurious and Restaurants which aims to be Zagat without the Zagat. + +The new open source magazines announced yesterday include: + +* [Restaurants][1] -- rate and write reviews for restaurants as well as upload menus. At launch there were some 20,000 restaurants listings covering New York, LA, San Francisco and more. +* [Foodie][2] -- all things food. Users can add recipes, create a cookbook, add to a food encyclopedia, or write food-related articles or blog entries. +* [Fitness][3] -- sections for dieting/weight loss, exercising, weight training and nutrition. +* [Mortgages][4] -- discuss mortgages and get advice, sections include tips for first time buyers, mortgage refinancing and more. Users can also rate and review mortgage lenders. + + + + +[1]: http://restaurants.wikia.com/index.php?title=Main_Page "restaurants.wikia" +[2]: http://foodie.wikia.com/index.php?title=Main_Page "foodie.wikia" +[3]: http://fitness.wikia.com/index.php?title=Main_Page "fitness.wikia" +[4]: http://mortgages.wikia.com/index.php?title=Main_Page "mortgages.wikia" +[5]: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/4/prweb518486.htm "Wikia Unveils Four Additional Open Source Magazine Sites"
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