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Bombaywiki is an online collection of material related to a people's history of Bombay/Mumbai, initiated by [[Nicolai]]. It is currently cared for by Bandraplot, Raftarwala, campbot, Mohite and Samudra, who are self-taught historians and digital archivists of the city. Their individual contributions to this website (which uses similar software as Wikipedia) can be seen by clicking the History button on any page.  
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Bombaywiki is an online collection of material related to a people's history of Bombay/Mumbai, initiated by [[Nicolai]]. It is currently cared for by Bandraplot, Raftarwala, campbot, Mohite and Samudra, who are self-taught historians and digital archivists of the city.  
  
We encourage subjective accounts, oral sources, opinions, stories etc. that Wikipedia discourages. We also encourage use of media such as scanned print materials, audio and video.  
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Bombaywiki encourages subjective accounts, oral sources, opinions, stories etc. that Wikipedia forbids. We also encourage use of media such as scanned print materials, audio and video. Individual contributions to this website (which uses similar software as Wikipedia) can be seen by clicking the History button on any page.  
  
 
To contribute, you have to get in touch with the Editorial group, see: [[Howto#To_contribute|How to Contribute]]
 
To contribute, you have to get in touch with the Editorial group, see: [[Howto#To_contribute|How to Contribute]]

Revision as of 16:03, 24 November 2017

Bombaywiki is an online collection of material related to a people's history of Bombay/Mumbai, initiated by Nicolai. It is currently cared for by Bandraplot, Raftarwala, campbot, Mohite and Samudra, who are self-taught historians and digital archivists of the city.

Bombaywiki encourages subjective accounts, oral sources, opinions, stories etc. that Wikipedia forbids. We also encourage use of media such as scanned print materials, audio and video. Individual contributions to this website (which uses similar software as Wikipedia) can be seen by clicking the History button on any page.

To contribute, you have to get in touch with the Editorial group, see: How to Contribute