With this post I want to take a look to the communities that use Wikimedia as a collaborative tool.

en.wikibooks.org
Wikibooks is a Wikimedia community for creating a free library of educational textbooks that anyone can edit. Wikibooks began on July 10, 2003, since then Wikibooks has grown to include over 28,696 pages in a multitude of textbooks created by volunteers like you!

wikitravel.org
Wikitravel is a project to create a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable worldwide travel guide. So far we have 18,087 destination guides and other articles written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. Check out the Help page to see how you can edit any page right now, or the Project page for more information about Wikitravel and getting involved.

commons.wikimedia.org
If you are browsing Commons for the first time, you may want to start with our featured pictures or quality images, which have been selected by the Commons community as being particularly valuable.

wikimapia.org
WikiMapia is an online map and satellite imaging resource that combines Google Maps with a wiki system, allowing users to add information (in the form of a note) to any location on earth.

cosmeticwiki.com
CosmeticWiki features over 35000+ of your favorite Skin Care, Hair, and Cosmetics products. View Product Information, Ingredient Lists, User Testimonials and Price Comparisons for each, or add your own.

www.wikileaks.org
Wikileaks is a website that publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive corporate and government documents, while taking measures to preserve the anonymity and traceability of its contributors.

www.sourcewatch.org
SourceWatch is a collaborative project of the Center for Media and Democracy to produce a directory of the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda.

en.wikinews.org
The free news source you can write!

anarchopedia.org
Anarchopedia is an open knowledge-portal and online anarchist community.

wiktionary.org
Wiktionary, a collaborative project to produce a free-content multilingual dictionary.

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