finiki:About

From finiki, the Canadian financial wiki

finiki, the Canadian financial wiki is a knowledge base of financial subjects written from a Canadian point of view. It is a collaborative work that is primarily based on knowledge built up in the discussion forum, and is presented in an easy-to-navigate and searchable format. It operates in conjunction with the Financial Wisdom Forum (FWF) discussion forum. The mission is to provide access to Canadian financial topics for individuals who wish to educate themselves.

In case you are wondering about the name, it derives from financial and wiki.

Investors wishing to discuss their financial situation should seek a financial advisor or post on the Financial Wisdom Forum.

About finiki

History

Here's the launch announcement:[1]

Welcome to finiki - The Do-It-Yourself Financial Webring Wiki. As this forum has grown larger and more complex, it becomes increasingly difficult to find authoritative information. There has been some consolidation of similar type threads into single threads but that just leads to huge threads. Because of the chatty nature of forums, threads contain huge numbers of off-topic posts which make mining for gold difficult. Hence the launch of finiki.
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Suffice it to say that finiki is Wikipedia on a very small scale focused on Canadian finance.

— The Management, February 14, 2009

Contributors

As a collaborative effort finiki can always be improved and can use more contributors. If you've been thinking about it, be bold, we could use your help. Unlike Wikipedia, finiki requires you to have an account before you can edit. Please don't let that requirement stop you, In most cases, editors come from the Financial Wisdom Forum (FWF) membership. FWF members can send a private message (PM) to request an account be created for them.

We welcome interested members of the public to contribute. The recommended method is to join FWF and contribute to the community and then use the PM method above.

As a last resort, please send an email to info@finiki.org , with the Subject: finiki account request and we'll consider creating an account for you..

Credits

Content on finiki is a collaborative work, and the efforts of individual contributors to a page are recorded in that page's history, which is publicly viewable.

Content is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike unless otherwise noted.

Disclaimer

The material on this site is not to be construed as formal financial advice, as we are not licenced to give financial advice. No guarantees are made as to the accuracy of the information on this site or the appropriateness of any advice to your particular situation. You are responsible for performing your own due diligence and for making your own investing decisions.

What finiki is not

finiki is a knowledge base and is not an encyclopedia> It is not, nor does it try to duplicate Wikipedia. It is not a stock-tipping or financial advice service.

Who owns this site?

The Financial Webring Ltd. operates finiki, as part of their purpose to "to operate non-commercial websites (one or more) that are non-profit and free from advertisement, whose purpose is to further the education and empowerment of Canadian retail investors."

Our administrative contact can be reached using Contact us.

See also

References

  1. ^ Financial Wisdom Forum topic: "finiki, the Canadian financial wiki"