Wikispecies is a free, collaboratively edited online directory of living and fossil species, run by the Wikimedia Foundation as a sister project of Wikipedia. It aims to provide a structured catalogue of the tree of life, listing the classification of each organism, along with its scientific name, authorities and links to the literature in which it was described. It is meant to be used mainly by scientists, in contrast to Wikipedia, which is written for the general public. The site uses the same MediaWiki software as Wikipedia and is available in several languages, although it is edited in English. Its taxonomic data are connected with those in Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.
Before and after
- 31 August 2004Beersheba bus bombings
- from 31 August 2004 to 27 May 2005Premiere of Father of the Pride
- September 2004Beslan school siege
- 7 September 2004Founding of Wikimedia Commons
- 14 September 2004Release of Wikispecies
- from 22 September 2004 to 23 May 2010Premiere of Lost
- October 2004Discovery of 55 Cancri e
- October 2004Discovery of 2M1207b
- from 3 October 2004 to 13 May 2012Premiere of Desperate Housewives
More in Science & technology
- 25 April 1953Watson and Crick publish the structure of DNA
- 1973Mobile phone
- 20 November 1985Creation of Microsoft Windows
- 1996Discovery of copernicium
- August 2003Discovery of moscovium
- 2006Discovery of nihonium
The era
This moment belongs to the Contemporary world (1945 CE to today), the world since 1945. You can also browse everything in the 21st century.