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| This article is about the '''[[w:Wikitravel|Wikitravel]]''' [http://www.wikitravel.org/ (.org)] is a [[w:crowdsourcing|crowdsourced]] free travel guide since 2003 and the '''[[w:Wikivoyage|Wikivoyage]]''' [https://wikivoyage.org (.org)] (est. 2006) partial fork, partial resumption of earlier work
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| == Wikitravel in a nutshell ==
| | is a project to promote tourist destinations with information compiled by wiki. This is a major area of interest, especially if tour packages can be [[barcode]]d in catalogues, or destinations assessed for various criteria: |
| '''[[w:Wikitravel|Wikitravel]]''' [http://www.wikitravel.org/ (.org)] is a project since 2003 to promote tourist destinations with information compiled by wiki.
| | impact on environment, use of child or slave labour, etc. - killing the [[tourist trade]] is a great way to get the government to take heavy handed action against the offenders who are ruining these hard cash industries... |
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| Originally [[GFDL]] that was migrated to CC-SA-3.0 on January 1, 2010. Wikitravel has been purchased by a for-profit entity.
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| This is a major area of interest, especially if tour packages can be [[barcode]]d in catalogues, or destinations assessed for various criteria: | |
| impact on environment, use of child or slave labour, etc. - killing the [[w:tourism|tourist trade]] is a great way to get the government to take heavy handed action against the offenders who are ruining these hard cash industries... | |
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| It uses [[mediawiki]], for now, but it also uses the Creative Commons license, a [[parametric license|parametric]] [[copyleft]] licence of high quality, for contributions. This should be considered by the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] as well, as the Creative Commons Board has a very well-designed process for adding new types of licenses and terms - such as the [[Consumerium Software License]] may need to be. The "by" [[attribution]] with "sa" [[share-alike]] version of the CC are similar to those of the [[GFDL]] although they are not compatible, and seem impossible to make so. Relicensing the [[R&D wiki]] under a CC license is possible.
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| Wikitravel has been acquired by a for-profit entity.
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| == Wikivoyage in a nutshell ==
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| * The '''[[w:Wikivoyage|Wikivoyage]]''' [https://wikivoyage.org (.org)] has operated since 2006. In 2012 it got a major boost from a non-complete content-fork by Wikitravel contributors possible possible under [[copyleft]] licence. It is operated by nonprofit [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. It has roots going back to 1999 in earlier efforts to compile a global travel guide by crowdsourcing instead of professional writers.
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| == Wikitravel and Wikivoyage comparison ==
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| |Founded
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Wikidata]]
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| * [[DBpedia]]
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