JuggleWiki

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JuggleWiki is a site where everyone can contribute! Our goal is to build a repository of juggling-related information that is generally useful to jugglers, regardless of ability level. Before you contribute, please familiarize yourself with the Contributor Guide.

From a technical standpoint, the site is built using the open-source MediaWiki software, the same platform that powers Wikipedia. We have extended MediaWiki to allow juggling animations to be embedded within wiki pages (try that, Wikipedia!). See the Contributor Guide to learn more.

[edit] JuggleWiki History

JuggleWiki was originally developed by Scott Dossey and launched on July 13, 2001. Scott based the site on PhpWiki 1.2.0, which he extended to allow juggling animations to be embedded in wiki pages with the JuggleAnim animator. JuggleWiki at that time was part of the popular IJDb site developed by Colin Eberhardt and others.

In April 2004 JuggleWiki's juggling animator and PhpWiki software were upgraded by Jack Boyce. The JuggleAnim software was replaced by Juggling Lab, which is more flexible. For example, Juggling Lab can animate arbitrary hand movements, as well as multiple jugglers (i.e. passing). Today Juggling Lab remains the animator in use at JuggleWiki.

In June 2008 JuggleWiki underwent more big changes. The site had been closed in early 2008 due to security vulnerabilities, as well as spam and general disrepair. A movement started to resurrect the site, and at the same time update and improve it. JuggleWiki was migrated to the MediaWiki platform and subsequently relaunched at jugglewiki.org.

[edit] Site Growth

  • At its launch on July 13, 2001, JuggleWiki contained 44 pages. Most of this content was written by Scott Dossey, JuggleWiki's creator.
  • The first user contribution (from someone other than Scott and Colin) came three days later, on July 16, 2001. The first contributor was Luke Burrage.
  • By July 11, 2002 -- a little over a year after launch -- the wiki had grown from 44 to 225 pages.
  • As of mid-2008, JuggleWiki contains 750 pages of content.
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