| Name | Focus | Notes | Articles[1] | License
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| Wikipedia
| Encyclopedic
| Umbrella, multilingual MediaWiki project
| Template:Nts
| CC-BY-SA
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| Hudong (互动在线)
| Encyclopedic
| Largest Chinese wiki. Social Networking features. Chinese language only
| Template:Nts[2]
| Copyrighted
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| English Wikipedia
| Encyclopedic
| Public access, most prominent English wiki
| 789[3]
| CC-BY-SA
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| Citizendium
| Encyclopedic
| Requires real names; guided by expert input while allowing edits from the general public
| Template:Nts[4]
| CC-by-sa 3.0
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| Scholarpedia
| Encyclopedic
| Written exclusively by professionals focusing on their field of expertise; subject to peer review
| Template:Nts[5]
| Copyrighted
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| Knol
| Encyclopedic
| A wiki-like technology from Google
| Template:Nts[6]
| CC-by 3.0
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| Wikibooks
| General—textbooks
| A wikimedia project
| Template:Nts[7]
| GFDL + other
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| NotePub
| General purpose
| An online notepad that allows for both public and private content.
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| Wikiversity
| General—Self-directed learning
| Supports free learning communities, projects, materials, and learners; a wikimedia project
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| GFDL + other
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| wikiHow
| General instruction
| A how-to manual
| Template:Nts[8]
| CC-by-nc-sa 2.5
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| WikiAnswers
| General knowledge
| Compiles answers to questions posed
| Template:Nts[9]
| Copyrighted
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| Everything2
| Personal essays
| A wiki-like project for essays
| Template:Nts[10]
| Copyrighted
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| MeatballWiki
| Communities—Online communities
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| Template:Nts[11]
| Copyrighted
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| Wikitruth
| Social—Criticism of Wikipedia
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| Template:Nts[12]
| GFDL
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| Conservapedia
| Encyclopedia
| Information and articles are written from a Conservative Christian viewpoint aimed at correcting their alleged liberal bias of Wikipedia.
| Template:Nts[13]
| Copyrighted (free use)
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| Encyclopedia Dramatica
| Satire of Internet memes
| A satirical wiki
| Template:Nts[14]
| Fair use
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| Uncyclopedia
| Satire—Parody
| A satirical encyclopedia dedicated to parody
| Template:Nts[15]
| CC-by-nc-sa 2.0
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| Wikiquote
| Reference—Quotations
| A quote repository, a wikimedia project
| Template:Nts[16]
| GFDL
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| Wikisource
| Reference—Primary sources
| Dedicated to use on Wikipedia; a wikimedia project
| Template:Nts[17]
| GFDL
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| Wikimedia Commons
| Misc—Electronic media
| A repository of free electronic media; a wikimedia project
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| CC-SA and other
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| Biographicon
| Misc—Biographies of people
| A directory of personal profiles
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| GFDL
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| BMEzine Encyclopedia
| Encyclopedia
| An encyclopedia of body modification and body art
| Template:Nts[18]
| GFDL
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| MyWikiBiz
| Misc—Business directory
| Allows people and enterprises to write about themselves
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| International Music Score Library Project
| Music
| A wiki library of public domain musical scores
| Template:Nts[19]
| GFDL
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| LyricWiki
| Music—Lyrics
| A listing of lyrics by album
| Template:Nts[20]
| CC-BY-SA
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| Whole Wheat Radio
| Music—Indie music
| An online community radio station featuring independent music
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| Memory Alpha
| Fiction—Star Trek
| Contains canon-only material
| Template:Nts[21]
| CC-NC 2.5
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| WoWWiki
| Gaming—Warcraft
| Contains in-universe material
| Template:Nts[22]
| CC-BY-SA 3.0
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| Wookieepedia
| Fiction—Star Wars
| Science fiction encyclopedia
| Template:Nts[23]
| GFDL
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| MuseWiki
| Music—Muse
| Muse related information, biographies of the band and its members, full discography, lyrics, tour schedules and reports, news, tabulatures.
| Template:Nts
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| A Million Penguins
| Fiction—collaboratively-written novel
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| Template:Nts[24]
| Copyrighted
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| Galaxiki
| Fictional galaxy
| Dedicated to the creation of a fictional galaxy
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| Lostpedia
| Fiction—Lost
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| WikiWikiWeb
| Computer programming, specifically design patterns
| World's oldest wiki (began circa 1995)
| Template:Nts[25]
| GPL
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| Javapedia
| Computers—Java
| An online encyclopedia for developing Java
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| SWiK
| Computers—Open source software
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| GeoNames
| Places
| A geographical database that links specific names with unique features
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| City wiki
| Places
| An umbrella term for a variety of wikis dedicated to cities or other geographic regions
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| 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
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| DavisWiki
| Place—Davis, California
| A city wiki dedicated solely to Davis; at one point the largest city wiki
| Template:Nts[26]
| CC-by 3.0
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| Dickipedia - A Wiki of Dicks
| Satire—Parody
| an encyclopedia of satirical biographies "about people who are dicks"
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| Galbijim Wiki
| Place—South Korea
| Written by, and for an audience of South Korean expatriates
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| WikiPilipinas
| Place—The Philippines
| A combined non-academic encyclopedia, web portal, directory and almanac for Philippine-based knowledge
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| Travellerspoint
| Places—Travel
| A social networking site dedicated to sharing stories and recommendations about travel
| Template:Nts[27]
| CC-SA 3.0
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| OpenStreetMap
| Places—Maps
| Uses GPS, aerial photography and other free sources of images to create a map of the world
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| CC-SA 2.0
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| WikiMapia
| Places—On-line map
| Combines Google Maps with a wiki system; currently supports 35 languages
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| Wikitravel
| Places—Travel
| A travel guide using wikimedia's software, but otherwise unconnected to the Wikimedia Foundation. 20 supported languages
| Template:Nts[28]
| CC-SA 1.0
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| World66
| Places—Travel
| A formerly Dutch company now owned by Internet Brands
| Template:Nts[29]
| CC-SA 1.0
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| Baidu Baike
| Encyclopedic/Chinese
| A Chinese encyclopedia
| Template:Nts[30]
| Copyrighted
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| Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español
| Encyclopedic/Spanish
| A Spanish language fork of Wikipedia
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| GFDL
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| Vikidia
| Encyclopedic/Spanish and French
| A Spanish and French language encyclopedia for children ages 8–13
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| GFDL
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| Susning.nu
| Encyclopedic/Swedish
| A Swedish language encyclopedia, which competes with Swedish Wikipedia
| Template:Nts[31]
| Copyrighted
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| Wikinews
| General—News
| Collaborative news service, a wikimedia project
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| GFDL and other
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| GCPEDIA
| Government
| Internal Government of Canada Wiki
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| ZineWiki
| Social—Independent media
| A zine encyclopedia
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| WikiCandidate
| Fictional presidential campaign
| A virtual campaign for a fictional U.S. presidential candidate. A project of Cornell University.
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| Congresspedia
| Government—United States Congress
| A separately branded sub-section of SourceWatch
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| GFDL
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| Diplopedia
| Government—Diplomacy
| Encyclopedia of the U.S. Department of State collecting items related to international relations and diplomacy
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| Jurispedia
| Government—Law
| A multi-lingual academic encyclopedia, including Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German and Spanish
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| CC-NC
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| SourceWatch
| Social—Propaganda
| Formerly Disinfopedia, discusses propaganda and includes organizations that seek to influence public opinion
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| GFDL
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| Wikileaks
| Social—Whistleblowers
| Allows people to leak documents anonymously
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| -
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| Intellipedia
| Government—Intelligence
| Three non-accessible wikis running on networks that link the U.S. intelligence community
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| WikiTimeScale
| General—Human history
| An interactive timeline of history
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| GFDL
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| OpenWetWare
| Science—Biology
| Promotes sharing and dissemination of knowledge related to biological research
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| CC-SA
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| Wikispecies
| Science—Biology
| A directory of species; wikimedia project
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| GFDL...
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| BOWiki
| Science—Gene function
| An ontology curation framework and gene function editor
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| GFDL
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| SNPedia
| Science—Biology
| A database of research and information about single-nucleotide polymorphisms, including medical consequences for people who have DNA info about themselves
| Template:Nts[32]
| CC-by-nc-sa 3.0
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| Psychology wiki
| Science—Psychology
| Promotes sharing and dissemination of knowledge related to psychological research
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| Sensei's Library
| Misc—Go (game)
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| Template:Nts
| OPL
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| PlanetMath
| Misc—Mathematics
| Free wiki-style mathematical encyclopedia
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| GFDL
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| ATWiki
| Misc—Assistive technology
| Also addresses disabilities related to assistive technology
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| ShopWiki
| Misc—Products
| A shopping wiki and product comparison search engine featuring buying guides and shopping resources
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| RitchieWiki
| Reference—Construction Equipment
| An equipment wiki geared for the construction industry. Includes equipment specifications. Also available in French and Spanish.
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| Foodista.com
| Reference—Food and Cooking
| A Creative Commons structured wiki about foods, recipes, and other culinary information.
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| CC-BY
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| Appropedia
| English
| Sustainable development including Appropriate technology
| Template:Nts[33]
| CC-BY-SA 3.0
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| Ekopedia
| Multilingual—Encyclopedic
| Environmental sustainability.
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| CC-SA 3.0
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| Heroes Wiki
| Fiction—Heroes
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| CC-NC-ND
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| Medpedia
| Encyclopedic Medical/health
| Requires real names; guided by medical expert input while allowing edits from the general public
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| GFDL
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| 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 en other.
| Template:Nts
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| Collegewikis
| Information exchange among college students
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| Armeniapedia
| Encyclopedic
| Wiki encyclopedia about anything related to Armenia or Armenians
| Template:Nts[34]
| CC-BY-SA
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| Uninotes.org
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| AboutUs.org
| Internet directory
| originally with MediaWiki software, but now largely with Ruby on Rails
| Template:Nts
| GFDL and CC-BY-SA
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| SKYbrary
| Aviation safety information
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