WikiJournal

WikiJournal is an independent multilingual online journal built on MediaWiki. The project publishes useful, reliable and well-structured articles on different topics. Any registered participant can create, improve or translate materials for the journal.

History

WikiJournal began as a Russian-language project at wikijournal.ru. The domain name was registered on December 12, 2012. Later, the site was moved to the MediaWiki platform, which made it possible to develop the project as a wiki: pages can be created, edited, expanded and connected with other articles.

At first, the journal published materials only in Russian. In 2016, the administration began negotiations to acquire the international domain name wikijournal.org. The transfer was completed on October 17, 2016, and the project started preparing a multilingual version.

On November 16, 2016, WikiJournal began testing language sections on subdomains. Additional language sections were launched in test mode on March 1, 2017. Since then, articles can be published and translated in several WikiJournal language editions.

Topics

WikiJournal is a multi-topic publication. It may include articles, reviews, research notes, reference materials, biographies, project descriptions, travel articles, photo reports and other materials that may be useful to readers.

Articles are organized by categories and may be translated into other languages when the topic is relevant for another language section. The project pays attention to factual accuracy, clear writing, page formatting and convenient navigation between related materials.

Registered users can publish their own articles and research materials. Partner and commercial publications are also possible when they are prepared as full informational articles and meet the editorial requirements of the project.

Mission

The main goals of WikiJournal are:

to develop an open and independent information platform;
to support authors, researchers, journalists and subject specialists;
to publish useful and well-formatted articles on different topics;
to build a multilingual collection of materials for a wide audience;
to encourage collaborative editing and responsible work with information.

WikiJournal welcomes authors, readers and contributors who want to share knowledge, experience, research or observations. One of the main aims of the project is to create articles that remain useful after publication and can be improved over time.

Participation

Ideas, comments and suggestions can be posted on the discussion page or at the community forum. Cooperation proposals can be sent by email to infowikijournal.org.

Participants can create new articles, improve existing materials, add images, translate pages into other languages and join discussions related to the development of the project.