# Wikitravel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikitravel/374173>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 26, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikitravel/374173 "2006-09-26T04:26:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikitravel/374173/1 "2006-09-26T04:26:57Z")

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Everyone knows Wikipedia, but you may not have run into [Wikitravel](http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page) yet. Check it out – I wasn’t aware of it till today, though it appears to have been around for a couple years already. Still, it’s not yet nearly as comprehensive as Wikipedia yet, and might offer some opportunities to write some articles.

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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikitravel/374173/2 "2006-09-26T06:41:43Z")

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Neat.

Looking at my home town I must say that telling tourists to go mauka or makai without actually telling them what those words mean is a little mean.

There fixed that.

p.s. I now have my own wiki for my genealogy. What fun!

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikitravel/374173/3 "2008-02-17T01:25:14Z")

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I was just about to start a thread on this but did a Search first and found this one. I only heard about Wikitravel today. An update is [here](http://wikitravelpress.com/). They already have guides to Chicago and Singapore.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikitravel/374173/4 "2008-02-17T02:09:18Z")

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Oh, and I mean Chicago and Singapore are printed books for sale. I think the OP was referring only to online guides.

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikitravel/374173/5 "2008-02-17T04:18:33Z")

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Well, if anyone wanted to know about [microbreweries in San Francisco](http://wikitravel.org/en/San_Francisco#Drink), I can proudly say that Wikitravel is now quite the valid source. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikitravel/374173/6 "2008-02-17T05:27:34Z")

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Being a Kiwi, I naturally headed over to the New Zealand page, just to see what they said about us. Very good stuff, indeed! 🙂 This should be a big help to travellers.