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Welcome to the DSW!
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The Dating Sites Wiki (DSW) is a beta-stage collaborative-style community wiki, with 70+ articles (see: sitemap), free to read, write, or contribute encyclopedic information on the over 1,000+ dating/matching sites in operation and related topics therein. Anyone can edit or contribute to the DS wiki (feel free to join).

Overview
See main: History of online dating, List of dating sites
The overarching goal of the DS wiki is to write encyclopedic-style dating/matching site oriented articles for each of the numerous dating websites of the world, including prototypes, e.g. WebPersonals (1983), pioneer sites, such as MatchMaker.com (1993), Match.com (1995), FriendFinder (1996), etc., compatibility-pairing sites, e.g. eHarmony (2000), PerfectMatch (2003), free dating sites, e.g. PlentyofFish (2003), etc., science-based matching sites, e.g. eChemistry (2003), Chemistry (2006), as well as those lesser known niche sites, such as GothicMatch (2000), GolfMates (2004), etc., social network dating sites, such as Zoosk (2007), sites pioneering new matching technologies, such as ScientificMatch (2007), and sites in development, such as ReactionMatch (c. 2012).


Humor
Site of the Month
Zoosk.com (350px)
News
Perfect Date candidate Bobby Bitronic on ins and outs of online dating (Jane 2007). A newly popular site, Zoosk.com, a spin-off of a Facebook app, with a easy-to-use signup process.
Online Dating Blogosphere.

Other topics set to address include key words, terms, and articles connected to online dating and matching, such as: history of online dating, history of matchmaking, matching theory, e.g. anonymous matching, MHC-matching, blood type matching, etc., online dating pioneers, related biographies, site development, photo verification, hosting, news, dating articles, new technologies, cupid, among others.

Join
See main: DSW members
If you're interested in online dating and matching feel free to join the DS wiki, by clicking the "join this wiki" (sign-up) button, and begin contributing. A good place to start is the list of articles to write or be a quick contributor by add a short review (see below) or even give feed back about sites via the "threads" at the bottom of each article.


Reviews
See main: Dating site reviews, Information sites
Have you used a particular dating site and would like to post a short review? If so, (a) use the "search this site" box to find the site, (b) if the site does not exist (in the DSW) click the "create" this page now button, (c) add the site article to the DSW, (d) type in the review, (e) click save. Other DSW editors will help you format the page after you are done.

You can also type in reviews or comments about particular sites in the threads section below each site article or add reviews as "attachments" (PDF) to each article as a link.



Further reading
● Schwartz, Joe. (1999). The Completed Idiot’s Guide to Online Dating and Relating (abstract). Que.
● Fein, Ellen and Schneider, Scherrie. (2002). The Rules for Online Dating: Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right in Cyberspace. Simon and Schuster.
● Orr, Andrea. (2003). Meeting, Mating, and Cheating: Sex, Love, and the New World of Online Dating. Prentice Hall.
● Katz, Evan M. (2004). I Can’t Believe I’m Buying This Book: A Commonsense Guide to Internet Dating. Ten Speed Press.
● Culbreth Judsen. (2005). The Boomers Guide to Online Dating. Rodale.
● Monas, Steve. (2006). Chemistry and Numbers 2: Sexy, Funny, and Yes, Successful Online Dating Stores from More than 50 Online Daters. Fast Agency.
Dating Sites Wiki (bottom page icon)