Difference between revisions of "Template:About MyWikiBiz"

Latest revision as of 04:30, 10 January 2026

Welcome to the MyWikiBiz directory!

PLEASE READ...

MyWikiBiz has served the public as an openly-edited wiki since January 2008, facilitating over 8 million page views. Some years ago, we learned that being too open to the public meant that spammers had a field day. Nowadays, our site frustrates spammers, because while the content is FREE for anyone to read, we ask users who want to edit these pages to first make a small, one-time payment of USD $5 to open a User account. When users are required pay for the privilege of editing and publishing, they pay attention to our guidelines.

This fosters a better ratio of high-quality personal, business, academic, and directory content on MyWikiBiz.

The 50 most-active, legitimate User accounts on site since 2008 are grandfathered in as free accounts with full edit rights.

Please enjoy what MyWikiBiz has to offer!

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-'''Welcome to the new''' relaunch of '''MyWikiBiz'''!
+'''Welcome''' to the '''MyWikiBiz''' directory!
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-MyWikiBiz has served the public as an openly-edited wiki since January 2008, facilitating over ''2.6 million page views''.  The MyWikiBiz site relaunched in April 2014, ''removing'' over 150,000 pages of commercial spam content.  Our new site will frustrate spammers, because we ask that new editors make a small, '''one-time payment of USD $5''' to open a User account.  That is, MyWikiBiz will be free for anyone to read, but users must pay for the privilege of editing and publishing.
+MyWikiBiz has served the public as an openly-edited wiki since January 2008, facilitating over ''8 million page views''. Some years ago, we learned that being '''too''' open to the public meant that spammers had a field day. Nowadays, our site frustrates spammers, because while the content is FREE for anyone to read, we ask users who want to edit these pages to first make a small, '''one-time payment of USD $5''' to [[Help:Registration|open a User account]]. When users are required pay for the privilege of editing and publishing, they pay attention to our guidelines.
-This will foster a better ratio of high-quality personal, business, academic, and directory content on MyWikiBiz.
+This fosters a better ratio of high-quality personal, business, academic, and directory content on MyWikiBiz.
-* The 50 most-active, legitimate User accounts on site since 2008 have been grandfathered back in as free accounts with full edit rights.  All other User accounts prior to the April 2014 relaunch have been closed.
+* The 50 most-active, legitimate User accounts on site since 2008 are grandfathered in as free accounts with full edit rights.
-* The management has retained a backup database of all the deleted content. If any former editors are intent on restoring their text or retrieving it for use on other websites, they may [http://mywikibiz.com/Help:Contact contact MyWikiBiz].
+Please enjoy what MyWikiBiz has to offer!
-Please enjoy what the new MyWikiBiz has to offer!