Wikispecies
Also known as WS, Species.wikimedia.org, specieswiki, SW
Wikispecies is a wiki-based online project supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its aim is to create a comprehensive open content catalog of all species; the project is directed at scientists, rather than at the general public. Jimmy Wales stated that editors are not required to fax in their degrees, but that submissions will have to pass muster with a technical audience. Wikispecies is available under the GNU Free Documentation License and CC BY-SA 4.0.
AI overview
Wikispecies is a free, online catalog of all species created and maintained collaboratively by volunteers, similar to Wikipedia but focused specifically on scientific taxonomy and species information. It matters because it aims to provide scientists with an openly accessible, comprehensive reference resource about the world's biological diversity without requiring formal credentials from contributors, though their work must still meet the standards of the scientific community.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Key facts
- Website.name
- Wikispecies
- Website.logo
- 100px|The current Wikispecies logo|alt=Wikispecies logo with text: WIKISPECIES free species directory
- Website.screenshot
- 250px|Detail of the Wikispecies main page.
- Website.caption
- Screenshot of species.wikimedia.org home page on 3 May 2011
- Website.collapsible
- yes
- Website.commercial
- No
- Website.type
- Species directory
- Website.registration
- Optional
- Website.owner
- Wikimedia Foundation
- Website.author
- Benedikt Mandl (proposed project in 2004); Jimmy Wales and the Wikimedia community
- Website.launch_date
- 2004
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Wikispecies is a wiki-based online project supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its aim is to create a comprehensive open content catalog of all species; the project is directed at scientists, rather than at the general public. Jimmy Wales stated that editors are not required to fax in their degrees, but that submissions will have to pass muster with a technical audience. Wikispecies is available under the GNU Free Documentation License and CC BY-SA 4.0.
Started in September 2004, with biologists around the world invited to contribute, the project had grown to a framework encompassing the Linnaean taxonomy with links to Wikipedia articles on individual species by April 2005.