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'''[http://wikinfo.org Wikinfo]''' is a very useful project that overcomes many of the problems of [[Wikipedia]] and [[Disinfopedia]], which are both based on bad models that freeze [[editorial bias]] of the [[community point of view]] or just that of the [[sysop power structure]] (which is actually worse).
'''[http://wikinfo.org Wikinfo]''' is a very useful project that overcomes many of the problems of [[Wikipedia]] and [[Disinfopedia]], which are both based on bad models that freeze [[editorial bias]] of the [[community point of view]] or just that of the [[sysop power structure]] (which is actually worse).


It runs on [[GetWiki]], which is a fork of [[MediaWiki]] 1.1.0. GetWiki features something that would be very useful for running [[Consumerium]] [[wiki]]s [[XML]]-autoimport of [[Wikipedia]] [[wikicode]] for articles that don't exist in Wikinfo, but exist in Wikipedia
It runs on [[GetWiki]], which is a fork of [[MediaWiki]] 1.1.0. under [[CC-by-nc-sa]].  GetWiki features something that would be very useful for running [[Consumerium]] [[wiki]]s [[XML]]-autoimport of [[Wikipedia]] [[wikicode]] for articles that don't exist in Wikinfo, but exist in Wikipedia


Its texts default to the [[GFDL text corpus]] but authors can decide to use, or can quote, [[Creative Commons]] texts or other [[free documentation]] as well.
Its texts default to the [[GFDL text corpus]] but authors can decide to use, or can quote, [[Creative Commons]] texts or other [[free documentation]] as well.
In line with the biases of [[M.R.M. Parrott]], it does not use the [[standard wiki URI]]s nor support an [[interwiki link standard]] nor is it  participating in any effort to an [[interwiki identity standard]].  Accordingly it is unlikely to displace [[Wikipedia]] as the central [[GFDL corpus access provider]].


''See [http://www.metaweb.com/wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Wikinfo this analysis at Metaweb].  Wikinfo was formerly known as the '''Internet Encyclopedia''' and is primarily a project of '''Fred Bauder'''.''
''See [http://www.metaweb.com/wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Wikinfo this analysis at Metaweb].  Wikinfo was formerly known as the '''Internet Encyclopedia''' and is primarily a project of '''Fred Bauder'''.''


Wikinfo, an internet encyclopedia: http://wikinfo.org/
Wikinfo, an internet encyclopedia: http://wikinfo.org/
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