The first project I looked at was MediaWiki. This Wiki is designed specifically for volunteers who help develop the software that is behind all of the Wikimedia Wikis, as well as many other wikis around the world. It seemed as though there was a lack of information on the Wiki. Since it is not meant to host discussions or anything of the such it was difficult to get a feel as to everything that goes on within the wiki. One of the main goals of the project is to translate all of the Wikimedia wikis into as many languages as possible. Software development seemed to be second on the priority list to translation. I chose to check this one out because the words, "software development" caught my eye.
The second project I looked at was Wikimedia Commons. This wiki is designed to host large amounts of data including text, photo, audio, etc... in order to educate. The major categories are Nature, Science, Society, Images, Sounds, and Videos. It is an awesome collection of material to say the least. You can also post maps from anytime in history, artwork, and pretty much anything else that is relevant. I really think that the information in this wiki should be linked (where appropriate) with Wikipedia and other relevant wikis.
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