Wikipedia:TourBusStop
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This is the English-language Wikipedia bus stop. Wikipedia is building a free online encyclopedia, and is one of the best developed projects in the open content movement. This is the English-language Wikipedia, and is the largest wiki in existence. There are Wikipedias in other languages, many of them part of the Bus #80 tour. Please take your time to look around. Most material on Wikipedia is available under one or more free content licenses.
Bus connections
[edit ]... any time you're ready to move on.
bus number |
tour name | previous stop | next stop |
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#01 | Grand Wiki Community Tour | Daynotes Forum [dead link ] detour to Meatball Wiki | DseWiki, currently the end of the route (15 Aug 2010) |
#25 | Wikimedia Tour | This is the first stop | Wikimedia Commons |
#66 | International Wiki Tour | Open Guide to London | HammondWiki |
#80 | Multilingual Wikipedia Tour | Korean Wikipedia | Esperanto Wikipedia |
#108 | MediaWiki Tour | Dpldemo Wiki | WikiIndex |
You can also get the tour bus map of existing routes at Tour Bus Map on MeatballWiki.
Famous sights to see here at the Wikipedia
[edit ]Has daily updated sections including featured articles, News and other interesting stuff. Wikipedia's front page, with a comprehensive category scheme.
This is the guiding principle here at Wikipedia. An encyclopedia article must not advocate a position on any given issue; rather, it must describe the various positions fairly and accurately.
Wikipedia aims to be an encyclopedia encompassing all languages. If your language is not yet active, recruit a few friends and get the ball rolling!
Want to participate in Wikipedia? This page serves as a jumping-off point for new Wikipedians.
Of special interest to TourBus riders with a flair for technology, this page on a related wiki contains information about the server farm used by Wikipedia.
You may be wondering: "What is Wikipedia?", Well, here is your answer!
Other Wikimedia projects
[edit ]Wikipedia is written by volunteer editors and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other volunteer projects:
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Commons
Free media repository -
MediaWiki
Wiki software development -
Meta-Wiki
Wikimedia project coordination -
Wikibooks
Free textbooks and manuals -
Wikidata
Free knowledge base -
Wikinews
Free-content news -
Wikiquote
Collection of quotations -
Wikisource
Free-content library -
Wikispecies
Directory of species -
Wikiversity
Free learning tools -
Wikivoyage
Free travel guide -
Wiktionary
Dictionary and thesaurus
Comments or questions?
[edit ]Send any questions or comments about the tour bus to Bus Management on MeatballWiki.