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Car owners and enthusiasts like you create Wikicars content. To make the site as useful as possible at launch, employees of Internet Brands wrote volunteer articles about their cars. They drew on their own experience as car-owners, as well as publicly available information from Internet Brands' automotive sites, Wikipedia and government sites. | Car owners and enthusiasts like you create Wikicars content. To make the site as useful as possible at launch, employees of Internet Brands wrote volunteer articles about their cars. They drew on their own experience as car-owners, as well as publicly available information from Internet Brands' automotive sites, Wikipedia and government sites. | ||
'''How does Wikicars make money?''' | '''How does Wikicars make money?''' | ||
Wikicars was initially created as a labor of love by the car-loving employees of Internet Brands' automotive businesses. There are links to those businesses where Internet Brands content can supplement user contributions, so Internet Brands may benefit from traffic to Wikicars. But there is currently no plan to sell advertising on the site. | Wikicars was initially created as a labor of love by the car-loving employees of Internet Brands' automotive businesses. There are links to those businesses where Internet Brands content can supplement user contributions, so Internet Brands may benefit from traffic to Wikicars. But there is currently no plan to sell advertising on the site. | ||
'''Is Wikicars an encyclopedia or a guide?''' | '''Is Wikicars an encyclopedia or a guide?''' | ||
Wikicars is both. Wikicars aspires to be the most comprehensive source of fact based information about automobiles -- a Wikipedia of cars. At the same time, Wikicars is a guidebook, offering the consensus opinion of our community about the good, the bad, and the ugly of the automotive world. We believe this consensus opinion is very helpful; opinion and reviews that reflect the collective views of many people are much more likely to be accurate and unbiased. We have attempted to clearly label the opinion parts of the site. Some pages, such as Car Review Pages, are designed to be primarily opinion. Other pages have specifically labeled sections called "criticisms". | Wikicars is both. Wikicars aspires to be the most comprehensive source of fact based information about automobiles -- a Wikipedia of cars. At the same time, Wikicars is a guidebook, offering the consensus opinion of our community about the good, the bad, and the ugly of the automotive world. We believe this consensus opinion is very helpful; opinion and reviews that reflect the collective views of many people are much more likely to be accurate and unbiased. We have attempted to clearly label the opinion parts of the site. Some pages, such as Car Review Pages, are designed to be primarily opinion. Other pages have specifically labeled sections called "criticisms". | ||
'''How is Wikicars different from Wikipedia?''' | '''How is Wikicars different from Wikipedia?''' | ||
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- Wikicars is organized to help car-shoppers as much as enthusiasts or historians. For example, information on more recent models is displayed more prominently since most net searchers are interested in more recent years of a given model. | - Wikicars is organized to help car-shoppers as much as enthusiasts or historians. For example, information on more recent models is displayed more prominently since most net searchers are interested in more recent years of a given model. | ||
'''How comprehensive is Wikicars?''' | '''How comprehensive is Wikicars?''' | ||
Wikicars offers articles on every major make and model sold in the United States, as well as related topics, such as hybrid technology, common vehicle features, automotive financing and car-buying. | Wikicars offers articles on every major make and model sold in the United States, as well as related topics, such as hybrid technology, common vehicle features, automotive financing and car-buying. | ||
'''How is Wikicars ensuring the accuracy of its articles?''' | '''How is Wikicars ensuring the accuracy of its articles?''' | ||
The best editors in the world are the millions of car owners, shoppers and enthusiasts who regularly use the internet and sites like Wikicars. Mistakes or inaccuracies occur in any automotive content, but the Wiki collaborative editing process ensures that Wikicars content reflects the finely-honed consensus (or clearly-labeled opinions) of the driving public. | The best editors in the world are the millions of car owners, shoppers and enthusiasts who regularly use the internet and sites like Wikicars. Mistakes or inaccuracies occur in any automotive content, but the Wiki collaborative editing process ensures that Wikicars content reflects the finely-honed consensus (or clearly-labeled opinions) of the driving public. | ||
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Here are some frequently-asked questions about Wikicars, along with answers. You are welcome to post more questions, although we ask you to do so in the Discussion page for this article, as it will keep this Article page cleaner and easier to use.
Who writes the content on Wikicars?
Car owners and enthusiasts like you create Wikicars content. To make the site as useful as possible at launch, employees of Internet Brands wrote volunteer articles about their cars. They drew on their own experience as car-owners, as well as publicly available information from Internet Brands' automotive sites, Wikipedia and government sites.
How does Wikicars make money?
Wikicars was initially created as a labor of love by the car-loving employees of Internet Brands' automotive businesses. There are links to those businesses where Internet Brands content can supplement user contributions, so Internet Brands may benefit from traffic to Wikicars. But there is currently no plan to sell advertising on the site.
Is Wikicars an encyclopedia or a guide?
Wikicars is both. Wikicars aspires to be the most comprehensive source of fact based information about automobiles -- a Wikipedia of cars. At the same time, Wikicars is a guidebook, offering the consensus opinion of our community about the good, the bad, and the ugly of the automotive world. We believe this consensus opinion is very helpful; opinion and reviews that reflect the collective views of many people are much more likely to be accurate and unbiased. We have attempted to clearly label the opinion parts of the site. Some pages, such as Car Review Pages, are designed to be primarily opinion. Other pages have specifically labeled sections called "criticisms".
How is Wikicars different from Wikipedia?
Wikicars was inspired by Wikipedia and follows many of its policy and style guidelines. But there are differences:
- Wikicars solicits and offers content that is deeper and richer than what is on Wikipedia, supplemented by proprietay data from Internet Brands where appropriate.
- Wikicars encourages users to voice their opinions as added color to vehicle history and fact-sets. (See "Is Wikicars an encyclopedia or a guide? question above.)
- Wikicars is organized to help car-shoppers as much as enthusiasts or historians. For example, information on more recent models is displayed more prominently since most net searchers are interested in more recent years of a given model.
How comprehensive is Wikicars?
Wikicars offers articles on every major make and model sold in the United States, as well as related topics, such as hybrid technology, common vehicle features, automotive financing and car-buying.
How is Wikicars ensuring the accuracy of its articles?
The best editors in the world are the millions of car owners, shoppers and enthusiasts who regularly use the internet and sites like Wikicars. Mistakes or inaccuracies occur in any automotive content, but the Wiki collaborative editing process ensures that Wikicars content reflects the finely-honed consensus (or clearly-labeled opinions) of the driving public.
