Couchwiki announcement: Difference between revisions

[[Wiki.trustroots.org]] is an independent wiki with information for people who are actively exchanging hospitality.
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* Independent from the official CouchSurfing organization, but supportive the CouchSurfing community.
* Independent from the official CouchSurfing organization, but supportive the CouchSurfing community.
* Very soon: a version in French and in other languages if requested by the community.
* Very soon: a version in French and in other languages if requested by the community.
* We have registered several domains, and there will be a discussion about the domain name where all participants are welcome to join.
* We have registered several domains, and there will be a [[Couchwiki:Domain_name|discussion]] about the domain name where all participants are welcome to join.
* Several nice extensions are installed, and if needed I’ll be happy to install more.
* Several nice extensions are installed, and if needed I’ll be happy to install more.
* The costs of running a wiki are very low – to me. No worries about that, I’m happy to take care of the technical and financial aspects of the server.
* The costs of running a wiki are very low – to me. No worries about that, I’m happy to take care of the technical and financial aspects of the server.

Revision as of 18:03, 26 December 2009

It’s been in the pipeline for a while. In fact, I should have done this in 2006 ;) Still, now it’s 2009 and I’m happy to hereby announce Couchwiki.org:

“WikiCouch is open to anyone and everyone. It is in keeping with the philosophy of inclusion and open hospitality. We believe in decentralized control, self-moderation and that everyone has something valuable to contribute.”

  • Available under the Creative Commons ShareAlike Attribution license.
  • Open for editing to anyone. You don’t have to log in – but it’s appreciated if you do – you can also log in with OpenID.
  • Independent from the official CouchSurfing organization, but supportive the CouchSurfing community.
  • Very soon: a version in French and in other languages if requested by the community.
  • We have registered several domains, and there will be a discussion about the domain name where all participants are welcome to join.
  • Several nice extensions are installed, and if needed I’ll be happy to install more.
  • The costs of running a wiki are very low – to me. No worries about that, I’m happy to take care of the technical and financial aspects of the server.
  • In the future we’ll have XML dumps for downloading.

Let me know if there are any issues. And… Enjoy! guaka 01:34, 13 October 2009 (UTC)