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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
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'''[[HTYP]]''' is the '''H'''yper'''T'''ext '''Y'''ellow '''P'''ages. This might seem a little redundant at first (wouldn't an online directory necessarily be formatted using hypertext?), but on the other hand most online yellow pages directories seem to be little more than searchable databases with plain text content and very little in the way of hyperlinks. Sometimes they will link to a business web site, but that's about it. HTYP goes far above and beyond ("''hyper-'': 1 over, above or beyond" - {{wiktionary|hyper-}}) that by allowing anyone to make new entries, create new pages, and even write reviews – basically anything relevant to any of the subjects HTYP covers.
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'''[[HTYP]]''' is the '''H'''yper'''T'''ext '''Y'''ellow '''P'''ages. This might seem a little redundant at first (wouldn't an online directory necessarily be formatted using hypertext?), but on the other hand most online yellow pages directories seem to be little more than searchable databases with plain text content and very little in the way of hyperlinks. Sometimes they will link to a business web site, but that's about it. HTYP goes far above and beyond ("''hyper-'': 1 over, above or beyond" - {{wiktionary|hyper-}}) that by allowing anyone to make new entries, create new pages, and even write reviews
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[[HTYP]] has two major subject areas at present:
 
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* A location-oriented directory (the "'''H'''ere & '''T'''here '''Y'''ellow '''P'''ages"): a directory of every place known, starting at the [[Earth]] and moving both [[Sol System|outwards]] and [[:category:places|inwards]].
 
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* A directory of practical knowledge, with working notes (the "'''H'''ow-'''T'''o '''Y'''ellow '''P'''ages")
 
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The HT in [[HTYP]] also refers to [[Htwiki:Main Page|The HypertWiki]], where the wikified version of HTYP was first tested.
 
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Contact information for HTYP is here: [[HTYP:Contact]]
 
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==Policies==
 
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* '''No advertising''': Or should that be "''free'' advertising"?
 
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** We do permit (and encourage) content about [[:category:businesses|businesses]] and [[:category:organizations|organizations]], ''but'' all submitted content will be checked for relevance and accuracy, eliminating the sort of hyperbolic and exclamatory language typically found in advertising (except within attributed quotes).
 
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** We also allow and encourage individuals who interact with those commercial endeavors to report in detail on their experiences, and to feel free to say what they think. Whatever you want to call the result, it is definitely "free", as all content is freely hosted and freely available (and may even be freely copied and redistributed under the [[GNU FDL]]), and helps to support free speech.
 
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** Claims and opinions must be clearly marked as such. Much "advertising" contains useful, factual information, and HTYP encourages the posting of useful, descriptive content of any kind; the ''useful'' parts of advertising are, therefore, encouraged.
 
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* '''No sponsored content''': we will not be resorting to the use of sponsored content, including sponsored links. If content belongs in a certain place, then it should go there free of charge; if it doesn't belong there, then it shouldn't be there.
 
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* '''Original content''': we prefer to create new content, with links to relevant existing content, but copying is allowed under limited circumstances; see our [[HTYP:content copying policy|content copying policy]]
 
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We reserve the right to amend these policies as needed, of course.
 
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==Redundancy==
 
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How HTYP is different from other available resources:
 
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* {{wikipedia|Main Page}}: HTYP is less formal and is aimed at being more ''practical''. Content on HTYP may be opinionated and personal. Where Wikipedia attempts to be authoritative, HTYP is more like a huge (but organized and searchable) collection of working notes. Information on HTYP may be incorrect, but since HTYP is a [[wiki]], anyone can fix any mistake they see (see [[Meatball:WhyWikiWorks|this]] for a discussion of how this works).
 
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* [http://dmoz.org The Open Directory Project]:
 
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** HTYP does not require an approval process before you can start editing.
 
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** HTYP's wiki format allows much more flexibility in the kinds of content which can be posted.
 
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** HTYP encourages articles as well as links
 
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** HTYP encourages uploading of relevant images and audio
 
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* '''new''' 2006-02-10: [http://www.yellowikis.org/ yellowikis], apparently created in early 2005 (home page created September 2005), seems to be taking on part of HTYP's mission, though with a slightly different emphasis
 
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==History==
 
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[[HTYP]] has its origins in The Red House Yellow Pages ([http://web.archive.org/web/20010429013208/redhouse.com/dir/ archive]), a project I started on the web starting around 1997 (before [[Wikipedia:Google|Google]], before [[Wikipedia:dmoz.org|dmoz.org]]) but had to abandon because it was taking too much time to maintain (people were starting to use it and wanted to add listings, and I started getting further and further behind – it was killed by the beginnings of its potential success).
 
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[[Wiki]] software, however, makes it possible for anyone to add a listing, thus removing the single-admin bottleneck. HTYP was created in wiki format on the [[Htwiki:Main Page|HypertWiki]] as a test in early 2005, and was moved to htyp.org beginning 2005-10-09 (John Lennon's birthday, by coincidence; this date was arrived at mainly because [[MediaWiki]] 1.5 had just become available) as it had became plain that the format ''could'' work, and would work ''better'' in its own framework rather than being mingled with the other information on the HypertWiki.
 
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==Related Projects==
 
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* [[Issuepedia:Main Page|Issuepedia]]: an encyclopedia of issues and related discussion
 
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==Links==
 
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* [http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/htyp.org/summary/ htyp.org at McAfee SiteAdvisor]
 

Revision as of 10:44, 11 April 2007

Overview

HTYP is the HyperText Yellow Pages. This might seem a little redundant at first (wouldn't an online directory necessarily be formatted using hypertext?), but on the other hand most online yellow pages directories seem to be little more than searchable databases with plain text content and very little in the way of hyperlinks. Sometimes they will link to a business web site, but that's about it. HTYP goes far above and beyond ("hyper-: 1 over, above or beyond" - Wiktionary) that by allowing anyone to make new entries, create new pages, and even write reviews

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