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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #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
editHas 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
editWikipedia 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?
editSend any questions or comments about the tour bus to Bus Management on MeatballWiki.