I was very passionate about Wikimapia as an actual wiki for everyday people to add to in the first few years. There was a lot of graffiti, but it was also build

I was very passionate about Wikimapia as an actual wiki for everyday people to add to in the first few years. There was a lot of graffiti, but it was also building into a great resource for local interest and history. Then the cost concerns picked up and deletion wars began. The emphasis was on removing all places and content not considered "significant" and current. Real estate and business became the primary focus and the wiki aspect fell away. I loved how that site started.