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'''Independent project — no Wikimedia affiliation.''' wikicells is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the [https://wikimediafoundation.org/ Wikimedia Foundation], [https://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia], [https://www.wikidata.org/ Wikidata], [https://www.wikiba.se/ Wikibase], or [https://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki]. This site runs the open-source MediaWiki and Wikibase software and federates with Wikidata for technical interoperability; conformance to their standards is not a claim of affiliation. "Wikipedia," "Wikimedia," and "Wikidata" are trademarks of the Wikimedia Foundation. | |||
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== | Welcome to '''wikicells''' — a community-edited Creative Commons database where every cell and every column is itself a wiki. | ||
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This is the reference deployment of [https://github.com/CommVent/wikicells wikicells], an open-source infrastructure that any organization can use to host similar wikified-database sites. | |||
== Start here == | |||
* [[About]] — what this project is and why it exists | |||
* [[Architecture]] — the stack, the data model, the federation posture | |||
* [[Roadmap]] — what's built, what's next | |||
* [[Trust Model]] — how reputation works (designed; not yet implemented) | |||
* [[Open Questions]] — the project's own decision log, hosted here as a wikified table (the first one) | |||
== Contributing == | |||
Anyone can read. Editing requires a free account. New accounts can edit immediately; some actions are gated by [[mw:Help:User_access_levels|automatic promotion]] (autoconfirmed after 4 days and 10 edits; extended-confirmed after 30 days and 500 edits). Higher tiers are granted by admins. | |||
Structured data on this site is licensed [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0]. Long-form prose is licensed [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ CC-BY-SA-4.0]. By editing you agree to release your contributions under these terms. | |||
== Federation == | |||
This site federates with [https://www.wikidata.org/ Wikidata]. Properties defined there (like [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P31 P31 "instance of"]) can be used directly on local items, and notable facts curated here can flow back upstream. | |||
== Query the data == | |||
The SPARQL endpoint is at <code>https://<TBD-wdqs-host>/sparql</code>; the query UI is at the root of that hostname. | |||
Latest revision as of 07:48, 28 May 2026
Independent project — no Wikimedia affiliation. wikicells is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikibase, or MediaWiki. This site runs the open-source MediaWiki and Wikibase software and federates with Wikidata for technical interoperability; conformance to their standards is not a claim of affiliation. "Wikipedia," "Wikimedia," and "Wikidata" are trademarks of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Welcome to wikicells — a community-edited Creative Commons database where every cell and every column is itself a wiki.
This is the reference deployment of wikicells, an open-source infrastructure that any organization can use to host similar wikified-database sites.
Start here
- About — what this project is and why it exists
- Architecture — the stack, the data model, the federation posture
- Roadmap — what's built, what's next
- Trust Model — how reputation works (designed; not yet implemented)
- Open Questions — the project's own decision log, hosted here as a wikified table (the first one)
Contributing
Anyone can read. Editing requires a free account. New accounts can edit immediately; some actions are gated by automatic promotion (autoconfirmed after 4 days and 10 edits; extended-confirmed after 30 days and 500 edits). Higher tiers are granted by admins.
Structured data on this site is licensed CC0. Long-form prose is licensed CC-BY-SA-4.0. By editing you agree to release your contributions under these terms.
Federation
This site federates with Wikidata. Properties defined there (like P31 "instance of") can be used directly on local items, and notable facts curated here can flow back upstream.
Query the data
The SPARQL endpoint is at https://<TBD-wdqs-host>/sparql; the query UI is at the root of that hostname.