Stadtwiki Karlsruhe
Type of site
City wiki
Available inEnglish, German, Spain, France, Russian
OwnerBildungsverein Region Karlsruhe e.V.
Created byHauke Löffler
URLka.stadtwiki.net
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional (required to edit pages)
Launched22 July 2004 (2004-07-22)
Current statusActive
Content license
CC BY-NC-SA

Stadtwiki Karlsruhe is a city wiki of the German city Karlsruhe and its surroundings. In 2009 it was ranked as largest city wiki in the world by article count,[1] but has since been overtaken by other wikis.[2]

History

The wiki was founded by the former pupil Hauke Löffler on 22 July 2004. Its first version was running PmWiki; later the wiki was migrated to MediaWiki.

It is hosted by the voluntary association "Bildungsverein Region Karlsruhe e.V." (e.V. = Eingetragener Verein).

Content

Stadtwiki Karlsruhe contains information on all topics that are related to Karlsruhe and the surrounding region. It provides detailed information and links on geography, nature, history, politics, religion, education, culture, social affairs, sports, business and transport.

The wiki also provides information on the subject of tourism and leisure destinations, gastronomy guide, clubs and venues, and acts specifically as an event calendar. The only relevance criterion is a relation with Karlsruhe.

In October 2008 Stadtwiki Karlsruhe was expanded by an English and a French edition, in September 2009 by a Russian edition. These foreign-language editions of the wiki, however, have been discontinued in the years 2018–2021.

As of September 2023, Stadtwiki Karlsruhe contains over 26,000 articles and 34,000 pictures by over 8,000 authors.[3]

License

Content is availably under a Non-commercial Creative Commons license (by-nc-sa).

References

  1. ↑ "Omaha Wiki:Largest City Wikis". Omaha Wiki. Archived from the original on 2017-08-27.
  2. ↑ "RegioWiki:Ranking". RegioWiki Niederbayern. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  3. ↑ "Statistik". Stadtwiki Karlsruhe. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
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