Wikitravel and Wikivoyage: Difference between revisions
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* The '''[[w:Wikivoyage|Wikivoyage]]''' [https://wikivoyage.org (.org)] forked off by contributors in mid-2012 and operated by [[Wikimedia Foundation]] also has roots in earlier efforts to compile a global travel guide by crowdsourcing almost all of content. Wikivoyage was founded in 2006 and the content fork possible under [[copyleft]] was in 2012. | * The '''[[w:Wikivoyage|Wikivoyage]]''' [https://wikivoyage.org (.org)] forked off by contributors in mid-2012 and operated by [[Wikimedia Foundation]] also has roots in earlier efforts to compile a global travel guide by crowdsourcing almost all of content. Wikivoyage was founded in 2006 and the content fork possible under [[copyleft]] was in 2012. | ||
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: | == Wikitravel == | ||
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... | Wikitravel.org 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: | ||
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... | |||
It uses [[mediawiki]], for now, but it also uses the | 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. | ||
Wikitravel has been acquired by a for-profit entity. | |||
Revision as of 09:22, 25 April 2016
- The Wikitravel (.org) crowdsourced free travel guide since 2003. Originally GFDL that was migrated to CC-SA-3.0 on January 1, 2010. Wikitravel has been purchased by a for-profit entity.
- The Wikivoyage (.org) forked off by contributors in mid-2012 and operated by Wikimedia Foundation also has roots in earlier efforts to compile a global travel guide by crowdsourcing almost all of content. Wikivoyage was founded in 2006 and the content fork possible under copyleft was in 2012.
Wikitravel
Wikitravel.org 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 barcoded in catalogues, or destinations assessed for various criteria: 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...
It uses mediawiki, for now, but it also uses the Creative Commons license, a 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.
Wikitravel has been acquired by a for-profit entity.