More wikis
What can I say – wikis fascinate me, as my previous post about Wikipedia might suggest. So I was quite excited to hear about Top 7 Alternatives to Wikipedia posted by Jimmy Atkinson at OEDb. Three of the seven alternatives are other wikis, including Scholarpedia, which limits contributors to approved scholars; Citizendium, created by one of the founders of Wikipedia, but with content approved by editors; Conservapedia, a conservative, Christian-based wiki that doesn’t allow any of that nasty sex or other left wing type stuff; and—oh, joy!—even Uncyclopedia, a “content-free” encyclopedia (sort of an Onion version of Wikipedia).
That made me wonder what other wikis are out there. Previously, I listed a variety of law related wikis, but I knew there must be some really fun wikis. Here are a few that caught my pop-culture addicted eye:
Romance Wiki (produced by my friend, Kassia, at Booksquare.com);
Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki;
Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki;
and my new favorite, Wikiquote. Since I like to sprinkle a quote into my briefs where appropriate, I think I’ll find this cite useful, as well as fun.
