For project information on how Wikispecies relates to English Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Wikispecies.
Wikispecies is a wiki-based online project supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. Its aim is to create a comprehensive open 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.[1][2] Wikispecies is available under the GNU Free Documentation License and CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wikispecies
Screenshot
Screenshot of species.wikimedia.org home page on 3 May 2011
Benedikt Mandl (proposed project in 2004); Jimmy Wales and the Wikimedia community
URL
species.wikimedia.org
Commercial
No
Registration
Optional
Launched
2004
Started in September 2004, with biologists around the world invited to contribute,[3] the project had grown a framework encompassing the Linnaean taxonomy with links to Wikipedia articles on individual species by April 2005.[2]
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 Wikispecies. The project was launched in August 2004 and is hosted at species.wikimedia.org. It was officially merged to a sister project of the 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.
On December 8, 2019, the project reached 700,000 articles, and a total of 1.33 million pages.
On January 8, 2021, the project reached 750,000 articles, and a total of 1.5 million pages.
On April 16, 2022, the project reached 800,000 articles, and a total of 1.67 million pages.[4]
As a database for taxonomy and nomenclature, Wikispecies comprises taxon pages, and additionally pages about synonyms, taxon authorities, taxonomical publications, type material, and institutions or repositories holding type specimen.[5]
Policies
Wikispecies has disabled local upload and asks users to use images from Wikimedia Commons. Wikispecies does not allow the use of content that does not conform to a free license.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wikispecies.
Official website
Species Community Portal
The Wikispecies Charter, written by Wales.
January 13, 2023
wikispecies, project, information, relates, english, wikipedia, wikipedia, wiki, based, online, project, supported, wikimedia, foundation, create, comprehensive, open, content, catalogue, species, project, directed, scientists, rather, than, general, public, j. For project information on how Wikispecies relates to English Wikipedia see Wikipedia Wikispecies Wikispecies is a wiki based online project supported by the Wikimedia Foundation Its aim is to create a comprehensive open 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 1 2 Wikispecies is available under the GNU Free Documentation License and CC BY SA 3 0 WikispeciesScreenshotScreenshot of species wikimedia org home page on 3 May 2011Type of siteSpecies directoryOwnerWikimedia FoundationCreated byBenedikt Mandl proposed project in 2004 Jimmy Wales and the Wikimedia communityURLspecies wbr wikimedia wbr orgCommercialNoRegistrationOptionalLaunched2004Started in September 2004 with biologists around the world invited to contribute 3 the project had grown a framework encompassing the Linnaean taxonomy with links to Wikipedia articles on individual species by April 2005 2 Contents 1 History 2 Policies 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditBenedikt 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 sponsorsAdvantages 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 Wikispecies The project was launched in August 2004 and is hosted at species wikimedia org It was officially merged to a sister project of the 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 On December 8 2019 the project reached 700 000 articles and a total of 1 33 million pages On January 8 2021 the project reached 750 000 articles and a total of 1 5 million pages On April 16 2022 the project reached 800 000 articles and a total of 1 67 million pages 4 As a database for taxonomy and nomenclature Wikispecies comprises taxon pages and additionally pages about synonyms taxon authorities taxonomical publications type material and institutions or repositories holding type specimen 5 Policies EditWikispecies has disabled local upload and asks users to use images from Wikimedia Commons Wikispecies does not allow the use of content that does not conform to a free license See also EditAll Species Foundation Catalogue of Life Encyclopedia of Life Tree of Life Web Project List of online encyclopedias The Plant ListReferences Edit Calling all taxonomists Science 307 5712 1021 2005 doi 10 1126 science 307 5712 1021a a b WikiSpecies American Scientist Online Sigma Xi 25 April 2005 Archived from the original on 30 April 2005 Retrieved 3 February 2014 Peplow Mark 15 March 2005 Species list reaches half million mark Nature doi 10 1038 news050314 6 Statistics Wikispecies Wikispecies Page types Wikispecies External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wikispecies Official website Species Community Portal The Wikispecies Charter written by Wales Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wikispecies amp oldid 1114879620, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
