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Arbiter of viewpoints Baidu Baike, Conservapedia, RationalWiki
Blogging site Category:Blog hosting services
City guide Wikivoyage, localwiki:
Comedy site Uncyclopedia
Computers how-to guide ComputerWiki
Dictionary Wiktionary, Urban Dictionary
Directory AboutUs.com, Famous Birthdays
Discussion forum Internet forums
Emoji manual Emojipedia
Fandom site Fanlore, Fandom (formerly Wikia)
Forum for Wikipedia chatter Wikipedia:IRC, Wikipedia:Discord, Wikipedia Review, Wikipediocracy
Game guide Encyclopedia Gamia, StrategyWiki, GameFAQs, Gamepedia
Genealogy Wikidata:WikiProject Genealogy, FamilySearch, rodovid:, WikiTree
How-to manual Wikibooks, wikiHow
Indiscriminate collection Deletionpedia, Everipedia, Everything2, Wikinfo, Annex, h2g2
Internet culture guide Encyclopedia Dramatica, Know Your Meme
Link directory DMOZ
Lyrics site Genius
Micronations directory MicroWiki
Music directory Discogs, MusicBrainz, Rate Your Music
News provider Wikinews
Popular culture guide IMDb, TV Tropes, Urban Dictionary
Quote wiki Wikiquote
Social networking site List of social networking websites
Specialized wiki Fandom (formerly Wikia)
Thesaurus Wiktionary Thesaurus (formerly Wikisaurus)
Travel guide Wikivoyage, Wikitravel, Fandom Travel
Webspace provider Category:Web hosting
Wiki of your own List of wikis, Comparison of wiki farms, Start your own wiki

Inclusion criteria

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The above is more than an arbitrary list of sites. Sister projects in the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) are preferred. Failing that, sites should have their own Wikipedia article and meet some combination of the following criteria to be listed:

  • Policies consistent with the spirit of WMF goals
  • Allow content to be moved over verbatim (e.g., CC BY-SA-compatible or GFDL-compatible)
  • A wiki, or like a wiki