Changes
600,000 articles
{{selfref|For project information on how Wikispecies relates to English Wikipedia, see [[Wikipedia:Wikispecies]].}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Wikispecies
| favicon =
| logo = [[Image:WikiSpecies.svg|100px|The current Wikispecies logo]]
| screenshot = [[File:Wikispecies screenshot.png|250px|Detail of the Wikispecies main page.]]
| caption = Screenshot of species.wikimedia.org home page on 3 May 2011
| url = {{URL|https://species.wikimedia.org/}}
| commercial = No
| type = Species directory
| registration = Optional
| owner = [[Wikimedia Foundation]]
| author = [[:species:User:Benedikt|Benedikt Mandl]] (proposed project in 2004); [[Jimmy Wales]] and the Wikimedia community
| launch date = {{Start date and years ago|mf=yes|2004|09|13}}
| current status =
| revenue =
| alexa =
}}
'''Wikispecies''' is a [[wiki]]-based online project supported by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. Its aim is to create a comprehensive [[free content]] catalogue 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.<ref>{{cite journal |year=2005 |title=Calling all taxonomists |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |volume=307 |issue=5712 |pages=1021 |doi=10.1126/science.307.5712.1021a}}</ref><ref name=AS>{{cite news |title=WikiSpecies |newspaper=[[American Scientist|American Scientist Online]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050430034914/http://www.americanscientist.org/template/SiteOfTheWeekTypeDetail/assetid/43122 |url=http://www.americanscientist.org/template/SiteOfTheWeekTypeDetail/assetid/43122 |archivedate=30 April 2005 |date=25 April 2005 |publisher=Sigma Xi |accessdate=3 February 2014}}</ref> Wikispecies is available under the [[GNU Free Documentation License]] and [[Creative Commons licenses|CC BY-SA 3.0]].
Started in September 2004, with [[biologist]]s across the world invited to contribute,<ref>{{cite journal
|first=Mark |last=Peplow |year=2005 |title=Species list reaches half-million mark |journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |doi=10.1038/news050314-6}}</ref> the project had grown a framework encompassing the [[Linnaean taxonomy]] with links to [[Wikipedia]] articles on individual species by April 2005.<ref name=AS />
== History ==
[[:species:User:Benedikt|Benedikt Mandl]] co-ordinated the efforts of several people who are interested in getting involved with the project and contacted potential supporters in early summer 2004. Databases were evaluated and the administrators contacted, some of them have agreed on providing their data for Wikispecies. Mandl defined two major tasks:
# Figure out how the contents of the data base would need to be presented—by asking experts, potential non-professional users and comparing that with existing databases
# Figure out how to do the software, which hardware is required and how to cover the costs—by asking experts, looking for fellow volunteers and potential sponsors
Advantages and disadvantages were widely discussed by the wikimedia-I mailing list. The board of directors of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] voted by 4 to 0 in favor of the establishment of a Wikispecies. The project was launched in August 2004 and is hosted at species.wikimedia.org. It was officially merged to a sister project of Wikimedia Foundation on September 14, 2004.
* On October 10, 2006, the project exceeded 75,000 articles.
* On May 20, 2007, the project exceeded 100,000 articles with a total of 5,495 registered users.
* On September 8, 2008, the project exceeded 150,000 articles with a total of 9,224 registered users.
* On October 23, 2011, the project reached 300,000 articles.
* On June 16, 2014, the project reached 400,000 articles.
* On January 7, 2017, the project reached 500,000 articles.
* On October 30, 2018, the project reached 600,000 articles, and a total of 1.12 million pages.<ref>[https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics Wikispecies statistics]</ref>
Wikispecies comprises taxon pages, and additionally pages about synonyms, taxon authorities, taxonomical publications, and institutions or repositories holding type specimen.<ref>[https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies:Page_types Wikispecies psge types]</ref>
== Policies ==
Wikispecies has disabled local upload and asks users to use images from [[commons:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]]. Wikispecies does not allow the use of content that does not conform to a free license.
== See also ==
* [[All Species Foundation]]
* [[Catalogue of Life]]
* [[Encyclopedia of Life]]
* [[Tree of Life Web Project]]
* [[List of online encyclopedias]]
* [[The Plant List]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikispecies, The free species directory that anyone can edit]
* [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies:Community_Portal Species Community Portal]
* [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies:Wikispecies_Charter The Wikispecies Charter], written by Wales.
{{Wikimedia Foundation}}
[[Category:Biodiversity databases]]
[[Category:Biology websites]]
[[Category:Botanical nomenclature]]
[[Category:Educational websites]]
[[Category:Internet properties established in 2004]]
[[Category:Multilingual websites]]
[[Category:Phylogenetics]]
[[Category:Taxonomy (biology)]]
[[Category:Wikimedia projects]]
[[Category:Zoological nomenclature]]
[[Category:Advertising-free websites]]
{{Infobox website
| name = Wikispecies
| favicon =
| logo = [[Image:WikiSpecies.svg|100px|The current Wikispecies logo]]
| screenshot = [[File:Wikispecies screenshot.png|250px|Detail of the Wikispecies main page.]]
| caption = Screenshot of species.wikimedia.org home page on 3 May 2011
| url = {{URL|https://species.wikimedia.org/}}
| commercial = No
| type = Species directory
| registration = Optional
| owner = [[Wikimedia Foundation]]
| author = [[:species:User:Benedikt|Benedikt Mandl]] (proposed project in 2004); [[Jimmy Wales]] and the Wikimedia community
| launch date = {{Start date and years ago|mf=yes|2004|09|13}}
| current status =
| revenue =
| alexa =
}}
'''Wikispecies''' is a [[wiki]]-based online project supported by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. Its aim is to create a comprehensive [[free content]] catalogue 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.<ref>{{cite journal |year=2005 |title=Calling all taxonomists |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |volume=307 |issue=5712 |pages=1021 |doi=10.1126/science.307.5712.1021a}}</ref><ref name=AS>{{cite news |title=WikiSpecies |newspaper=[[American Scientist|American Scientist Online]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050430034914/http://www.americanscientist.org/template/SiteOfTheWeekTypeDetail/assetid/43122 |url=http://www.americanscientist.org/template/SiteOfTheWeekTypeDetail/assetid/43122 |archivedate=30 April 2005 |date=25 April 2005 |publisher=Sigma Xi |accessdate=3 February 2014}}</ref> Wikispecies is available under the [[GNU Free Documentation License]] and [[Creative Commons licenses|CC BY-SA 3.0]].
Started in September 2004, with [[biologist]]s across the world invited to contribute,<ref>{{cite journal
|first=Mark |last=Peplow |year=2005 |title=Species list reaches half-million mark |journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |doi=10.1038/news050314-6}}</ref> the project had grown a framework encompassing the [[Linnaean taxonomy]] with links to [[Wikipedia]] articles on individual species by April 2005.<ref name=AS />
== History ==
[[:species:User:Benedikt|Benedikt Mandl]] co-ordinated the efforts of several people who are interested in getting involved with the project and contacted potential supporters in early summer 2004. Databases were evaluated and the administrators contacted, some of them have agreed on providing their data for Wikispecies. Mandl defined two major tasks:
# Figure out how the contents of the data base would need to be presented—by asking experts, potential non-professional users and comparing that with existing databases
# Figure out how to do the software, which hardware is required and how to cover the costs—by asking experts, looking for fellow volunteers and potential sponsors
Advantages and disadvantages were widely discussed by the wikimedia-I mailing list. The board of directors of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] voted by 4 to 0 in favor of the establishment of a Wikispecies. The project was launched in August 2004 and is hosted at species.wikimedia.org. It was officially merged to a sister project of Wikimedia Foundation on September 14, 2004.
* On October 10, 2006, the project exceeded 75,000 articles.
* On May 20, 2007, the project exceeded 100,000 articles with a total of 5,495 registered users.
* On September 8, 2008, the project exceeded 150,000 articles with a total of 9,224 registered users.
* On October 23, 2011, the project reached 300,000 articles.
* On June 16, 2014, the project reached 400,000 articles.
* On January 7, 2017, the project reached 500,000 articles.
* On October 30, 2018, the project reached 600,000 articles, and a total of 1.12 million pages.<ref>[https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics Wikispecies statistics]</ref>
Wikispecies comprises taxon pages, and additionally pages about synonyms, taxon authorities, taxonomical publications, and institutions or repositories holding type specimen.<ref>[https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies:Page_types Wikispecies psge types]</ref>
== Policies ==
Wikispecies has disabled local upload and asks users to use images from [[commons:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]]. Wikispecies does not allow the use of content that does not conform to a free license.
== See also ==
* [[All Species Foundation]]
* [[Catalogue of Life]]
* [[Encyclopedia of Life]]
* [[Tree of Life Web Project]]
* [[List of online encyclopedias]]
* [[The Plant List]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikispecies, The free species directory that anyone can edit]
* [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies:Community_Portal Species Community Portal]
* [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies:Wikispecies_Charter The Wikispecies Charter], written by Wales.
{{Wikimedia Foundation}}
[[Category:Biodiversity databases]]
[[Category:Biology websites]]
[[Category:Botanical nomenclature]]
[[Category:Educational websites]]
[[Category:Internet properties established in 2004]]
[[Category:Multilingual websites]]
[[Category:Phylogenetics]]
[[Category:Taxonomy (biology)]]
[[Category:Wikimedia projects]]
[[Category:Zoological nomenclature]]
[[Category:Advertising-free websites]]
