MaxTravelz:About

From MaxTravelz

MaxTravelz (http://MaxTravelz.org) is a project to create a free, complete, up-to-date and reliable world-wide travel guide. It is built in collaboration by MaxTravelzlers from around the globe.

The project was begun in July of 2003 by the two founders, Evan and Maj. It was inspired by Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and by the needs of travellers for timely information that long book-publishing cycles can't seem to meet. In April 2006, MaxTravelz and World66, another travel wiki, were acquired by Internet Brands, Inc., an operator of consumer information Web sites.

MaxTravelz is built with the spirit of sharing knowledge that makes travel so enjoyable. Whenever travellers meet each other on the road, they swap info about the places they came from and ask questions about places they're going. We want to make it easy to share that knowledge and let others share it; our copyleft license means that the facts you know can spread far and wide.

To create MaxTravelz we use a tool (or a process, or a technology) called Wiki which lets any Internet reader create, update, edit, and illustrate any article on the Web site. We all share our pieces of knowledge, edit them, distill them, and assemble them into a pleasing and cohesive whole. The more people that use the Edit link, the better MaxTravelz becomes.

We've achieved some milestones, but we still have a long way to go. If you're new to MaxTravelz, feel free to plunge forward and help us!

See also

• Goals and non-goals — What the MaxTravelz community is trying to do (and not trying to do)
• MaxTravelz:Namespace index — An index of all the pages in the MaxTravelz: namespace
• MaxTravelz:Logbook — Recent events and milestones
• Technical details — For the geeks in the audience, a description of the hardware and software behind MaxTravelz
• Terms of use — using the MaxTravelz service.
• MaxTravelz:20 April 2006 — announcement of MaxTravelz acquisition.