Wikis used for Reference

(The Varieties of Wiki Experience)

The most famous wiki is Wikipedia, particularly the English, German, French, Polish, and Japanese language versions. However, there are many other outstanding reference wikis. Here is a short list.

PmWiki (complete listing)

• Anarchist Tea Party;
• Centre for Forest Research (English, French, & Spanish)
• Dataprotection.eu; privacy protection in the European Union
• Dark Christianity; on dangerous distortions of Christianity
• Demotech; on sustainable living, appropriate technologies
• EPD-Wiki; about ethical public domain
• ITGS Information Systems
• Japan-America Society; excellent website on Japanese culture;
• Jazzpedia
• Organic Eprints; organic agriculture
  
• PrestoSpace; preservation of archives
• Technology & Social Action
  
• The New PR Wiki; devoted to public relations
  
• Twenty-first Century Teaching & Learning
  
• Virtual Toolshed; all about working virtually
• Wikitosh; devoted entirely to the Macintosh computer

One interesting, category-defying wiki is Pitfall, a collection of short-stories and screenplays by James McDuffie. This seems more like a blog created with a wiki format.

MediaWiki (complete list)

• 1911 Encylopaedia Britannica
• Bicycling Wiki; information and support for the cycling community;
• Hindu; all about the Vedic religions
• Investments; devoted to investing & portfolio issues
• Mathcasts; novel approach to math instruction
  
• Nadimo; comprehensive site devoted to 3D graphics software
• NumisWiki; numismatics
• NY Canals; information about cruising the canals of New York state.
• Qwiki; quantum physics
  
• Renewable Energy Design;
  
• Trendpedia; encyclopedia of things related to current events.
• Wikia; intended to be a "meta wiki"
• WikiChix; interesting feminist critique of the Wikipedia community structure; one of the more compelling introductions to feminist theory & practice I've seen online.
• Wikicosm; paranormal phenonena
• WikiIndex; listing of wikis
• Wikiknowledge; a tiny splinter of Wikipedia

Oddmuse (complete listing)

• Chongqued.org; anti-spamming wiki
  
• EmacsWiki; devoted to the Unix markup software;
• NeuroWiki; devoted to neuroscience;
  

JAMwiki(no list exists)

• MobiGlam; PDA-based learning (admittedly, a very small, new wiki!)