Wikipedia launches "WikiVoyage"
 

No article, but it's pretty simple: it's a Wiki that's primary purchase is to be an online travel guide. I'm excited to see how it turns out.

http://en.wikivoyage.org

I'm especially curious to see how it works for smaller destinations. In other words, there aren't travel guides out there for smaller towns and the like, so this could be a really cool way to find things to do in more remote areas.

Anyway, here's the current page on Kansas City to give you the flavor. So far, most of the articles I've read have been a little clunky, but those are the things that get refined over time.

http://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Kansas_City

Absolutely brilliant.

That's the same thing as wikitravel.

http://wikitravel.org/en/Kansas_City

Apparently that one was never partnered with the Wikimedia Foundation, and was kind of its own site (just running on the same software). This one is officially connected to the Wikipedia community. Most of the content is being brought over from the other site, but it'll be edited and updated on Wikivoyage from here on. I think the expectation is that this will be much more actively developed with the visibility that the Wikimedia Foundation brings to it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikitravel

It is really hard to beat tripadvisor.

They should monetize this... hopefully, that's the plan. Use this model to pay for Wikipedia and keeping that free.

I doubt it. Seems pretty contradictory to their philosophies.

The only problem with sites like tripadvisor is, people mostly tend to only post when they have a bad experience. Most people don't post to report the good or average experience.
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Yep. This isn't a review site. It's a factual catalog of all the shit there is to do in the world.

With it 100%

rofl

The clubhouse sounds fun.