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"Historic" versus "Historical"
For the nitpicky amongst us, here's Grammar Girl on the use of "historic" vs. "historical". To summarize, historic is important; historical is just old. Of course, when dealing with local history, this can no doubt lead to arguments. (She also tackles "a historic" vs. "an historic", but that's even less clear cut.) --Lkseitz 11:30, 17 January 2011 (PST)
Largest city wikis
Reviving User:Dystopos' post from last year, with somewhat updated statistics. A copy of Wikipedia:City wiki#Largest city wikis with all the non-USA wikis brashly tossed out:
| Rank | Founded | Name | Location (City, State) | Articles | Images | Edits | Users |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004-06-24 | DavisWiki | Davis, California | 14,813 | 20,957 | 300,448 | 13,354 |
| 2 | 2006-03-15 | Bhamwiki | Birmingham, Alabama | 7,502 | 2,259 | 67,336 | 313 |
| 3 | 2007-02-06 | Omaha Commons | Omaha, Nebraska | 7,124 | 1,408 | 39,943 | 729 |
| 4 | 2005-09-09 | ArborWiki | Ann Arbor, Michigan | 6,132 | 780 | 40,409 | 934 |
| 5 | 2005-01-18 | RocWiki | Rochester, New York | 6,040 | 3,003 | 75,019 | 3,101 |
| 6 | 2006-12-05 | Mankatopedia | Mankato, Minnesota | 3,984 | 572 | 15,254 | 99 |
| 7 | 2006-02-27 | Santa CruzWiki | Santa Cruz, California | 3,135 | 1,603 | 16,497 | 98 |
| 8 | 2005-07-18 | Bloomingpedia | Bloomington, Indiana | 2,717 | 1,159 | 22,762 | 2,480 |
| 9 | 2006-07-19 | Chico Wiki | Chico, California | 2,495 | 2,070 | 18,245 | 90 |
| 10 | 2009-09-28 | PortlandWiki | Portland, Oregon | 443 | 201 | 4,315 | 72 |
Fun with statistics
- Images per articles is 141.5% at DavisWiki, 83% at Chico Wiki, 51.1% at Santa CruzWiki, 49.7% at RocWiki, 45.4% at PortlandWiki, 42.7% at Bloomingpedia, 30.1% at Bhamwiki, 19.9% at Omaha Commons, and on down. Of course, that doesn't count images that are used on more than one article.
- We're still on top of edits per user at 215.1, followed by 202.7 at Chico Wiki, 168.3 at Santa CruzWiki, 154.1 at Mankatopedia, 63.9 at Omaha Commons, and on down. --Lkseitz 12:07, 17 January 2011 (PST)