- Hitchwiki
Infobox Website
name = Hitchwiki
caption = Hitchhiking Guide to the World
url = http://hitchwiki.org/
commercial =
type =Wiki
language = 7 languages
registration =
owner = The copyright of the content is owned by the individual authors.
launch date =
current status =
revenue =Hitchwiki is "a collaborative project to build a free guide for
hitchhiker s" [cite web |title=Hitchwiki mainpage |publisher=Hitchwiki.org |url=http://hitchwiki.org/en/Main_Page |accessdate=2008-10-05] . The project was started on April 14th 2005, was abandoned, then moved toWikia , and in November 2006 it was moved to hitchwiki.org and relaunched as Hitchwiki. At the same time versions in other languages were started. As of August 2008 there are versions in 7 languages, English, Finnish, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian. The website makes use of theMediaWiki software and allows anonymous edits. It's possible to log in throughOpenID . Database dumps of the articles are available for download.In September 2008 the project reached 1000 articles in its English version [cite web |title=Tramperwiki erreicht 1000 Artikel |url=http://www.presseanzeiger.de/meldungen/gesellschaft-kultur/260015.php |publisher=Presse Anzeiger |=accessdate=2008-10-05 ] . According to the Guardian it's part of an "internet-fueled revival" of hitchhiking [cite web |title=Hitchhiking via the internet |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/blog/2008/oct/04/green.travel| publisher=Guardian |accessdate=2008-10-05] .
References
External links
* [http://hitchwiki.org/en/Main_Page Hitchwiki] (English)
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