Baike.com

Baike.com (Chinese: 互动百科; pinyin: Hùdòng Bǎikē), formerly Hudong and Hoodong, is a for-profit social network in China, including the world's largest Chinese encyclopedia/news website.[1][2] It is one of the two largest wikis in China, along with Baidu Baike, claiming to have more than 18 million articles as of 2020[3] and more than 5 million volunteers, as of April 2013.[1][2][4] However, Baike.com is a news/neologism encyclopedia,[1] and hence, it does not restrict articles to only long-term, sourced text with balanced point-of-view content. The contributors agree to release their writings with perpetual royalty-free license to publish their content, but it is not free for re-use on other websites.[5]

"Hudong" redirects here. For other uses, see Hudong, Lufeng, Guangdong.

Baike.com
Screenshot taken on 8 December 2020
Type of site
Social network with wiki-based encyclopedia, chat forums, and bulletin boards
Available inChinese
HeadquartersBeijing
OwnerHoodong (Beijing) Technologies Co.
Created byDr. Pan Haidong (CEO)
URLwww.baike.com
RegistrationOptional (required to edit pages)
Launched19 June 2005 (2005-06-19)
Current statusPerpetual work-in-progress

History

Baike.com was founded in 2005 by CEO Pan Haidong,[6] who had moved back to China after earning a PhD in systems engineering from Boston University in 2002.[7]

Baike.com, a 2007 RedHerring 100 Asia company, developed its own wiki software platform, called HDWiki, as a rival to MediaWiki. The system has some social networking-like interactive features, such as user profile, friends and groups. The first version was released in November 2006 and by November 2007 version 3 with added functions, features, and more stability was released.[8]

The HDWiki software is free for non-commercial use, has been downloaded 200,000 times and currently supports over 1,000 other web sites in China (as of December 2007), consisting mostly of tech researchers, open source software groups, government, universities, and high school students.

In 2011, it was announced that Draper Fisher Jurvetson had invested $15 million in Baike.com.[7]

On 22 February 2011, Baike.com submitted a complaint to the State Administration for Industry and Commerce asking for a review of the behavior of Baidu, accusing it of being monopolistic.[9]

In December 2012, the company changed its English name from Hudong to Baike.com.[10]

Features

Baike.com is a wiki and lets its users edit and contribute material. Frequent users may accumulate credits redeemable for gifts.[7] It has also included features of social networking sites, including chat forums and fan groups.[1][11] Baike.com is a for-profit business partially supported by advertising and paid support services.[1] Contributors grant Baike.com a perpetual royalty-free license to publish and re-use the content; it does not release the content under a free license and does not allow re-use on other sites.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Information game changer", Chinadaily.com, 2011-02-24, webpage: CD6 (Archive) .
  2. "Hudong.com Confirms Expansion into Overseas Market, Invading Wikipedia's territory". Hudong.com press release. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  3. "互动百科". Baike.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. How Hudong Thumped Wikipedia in China, TNW, 24 November 2009
  5. Hudong Terms of Service Archived 2 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, points 7.4 and 8.2. (in Chinese)
  6. "Hoodong: Homegrown Wiki". BV Capital Blog. BV Capital. 27 November 2007. Archived from the original on 30 November 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  7. "Why Draper Funded China's Wikipedia". Forbes. 23 August 2011.
  8. "Red Herring 100 Asia, 2007". Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  9. Yang, Yang (杨阳 Yáng Yáng). Translated by Guo Wei. "China's "Wikipedia" Submits Complaint about Baidu." (Archive) Economic Observer. 4 March 2011. Issue 508, Corporation, Page 28. Retrieved on 26 October 2012. Original article: "百度：我是大哥 我不叫度娘." 25 February 2011. (Archive)
  10. "互动百科宣布启用新域名及新版LOGO" (in Chinese). DoNews. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  11. Fletcher, Owen (22 May 2009). "'Chinese Wikipedia' Offers Social Networking Too". PC World. Retrieved 23 May 2009.

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