Complementary projects
There are many projects aligned with Wikimedia's goals and vision which are nevertheless not hosted or supported by the WMF.
Directly supporting projects
[edit]- Translation of Mediawiki and other interface strings: translatewiki.net (formerly Betawiki)
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[edit]- Parallel support of multilingual wiktionary development: Omegawiki
- Spanish encyclopedia fork: Enciclopedia Libre
Projects following Wikimedia's goals and guidelines
[edit]- Encyclopedic information for kids: wikikids.nl and vikidia
- OpenStreetMap
- Information about genealogy and family trees: Rodovid (Rodovid)
- Information about genealogy and family trees: WeRelate
Other editable free knowledge projects
[edit]- POV discussions about all manner of social, sports, and political topics; general fan sites : Wikia
- Internet directory: DMOZ--editing requirements are more restrictive than a standard wiki
- Projects Gutenburg, Distributed Proofreaders, and LibriVox: Providing free e-texts and recordings of those texts. There are many spin-offs of Gutenburg which have regional or linguistic focuses.
Free culture and software
[edit]- Freedom Defined: a wiki attempting to define free culture and free cultural works
- Creative Commons: a set of legal definitions used for Wikimedia projects
- Free Software Directory: a wiki listing free software
- Libre Planet: a wiki connecting free software advocates
- WikiIndex: a wiki about wikis
Defunct
[edit]- Wikilivres: A compliment to Commons and Wikisource following less restrictive New Zealand copyright law