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!)
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