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== Topics to cover == | == Topics to cover == | ||
# What PortlandWiki is | # What PortlandWiki is: brief presentation | ||
#: Portland Wiki is a repository of knowledge for the Portland Metro area. Our aim is to represent the [[Voice of Portland]] by providing a citizen-generated news, information resource, knowledge hub and historical archive for Portland, Oregon and surrounding region. | #: Portland Wiki is a repository of knowledge for the Portland Metro area. Our aim is to represent the [[Voice of Portland]] by providing a citizen-generated news, information resource, knowledge hub and historical archive for Portland, Oregon and surrounding region. | ||
#* history | #* history | ||
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#** library news (original or automatically pulled from Twitter feeds, RSS feeds, etc) | #** library news (original or automatically pulled from Twitter feeds, RSS feeds, etc) | ||
#** map/listing of all branches | #** map/listing of all branches | ||
#** | #** neighborhood-based information and links | ||
#** staff and patrons alike could update and edit all content, fostering better communication | #** staff and patrons alike could update and edit all content, fostering better communication | ||
#* Library could turn to PortlandWiki administrators for any of their wiki questions and needs, we have knowledge and expertise | #* Library could turn to PortlandWiki administrators for any of their wiki questions and needs, we have knowledge and expertise | ||
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#* Could use PortlandWiki as a platform for any documentation or document building that needs to be open to public input | #* Could use PortlandWiki as a platform for any documentation or document building that needs to be open to public input | ||
# Hosting (if it comes up) | # Hosting (if it comes up) | ||
#* As a volunteer-driven, open community resource, PortlandWiki | #* As a volunteer-driven, open community resource, PortlandWiki could be a great match with the library system, together with hosting. | ||
#* Examples and experiences of other civic wikis that have been hosted by their local library system ([http://ArborWiki.org ArborWiki] & [http://CantonWiki.org CantonWiki]) | #* Examples and experiences of other civic wikis that have been hosted by their local library system ([http://ArborWiki.org ArborWiki] & [http://CantonWiki.org CantonWiki]) | ||
#* Server requirements | #** Mark Dilley has been in contact with admins from both of these civic wikis. They continue to be physically hosted by the libraries and they have informal agreements that include: should the libraries choose at some point to not host the wikis, they will be given back to the community. At this time, it feels to those parties that the natural fit for their public space, civic wikis remains with the libraries. | ||
#* Server requirements (Dave) | |||
Revision as of 15:31, 30 January 2012
Topics to cover
- What PortlandWiki is: brief presentation
- Portland Wiki is a repository of knowledge for the Portland Metro area. Our aim is to represent the Voice of Portland by providing a citizen-generated news, information resource, knowledge hub and historical archive for Portland, Oregon and surrounding region.
- history
- PortlandWiki began in September 2009 and is administered by several of its creators. It is a completely volunteer operation. (See An Introduction to PortlandWiki).
- popular pages
- At PortlandWiki, we're proud of the thousands of local resident-generated pages on the site. Among them are many Popular Pages that attract significant traffic and new content on a regular basis. Several of them are: Green industry, Occupy Portland and Occupy Portland Events, CivicApps, Local blogs, Coffee and Tea Shops and Photo Contest.
- number of edits (25,406), pages (6,071), editors (registered accounts - 491; active editors - 1), visitors ()
- WikiStatistics
- Possibilities for partnering with library
- Community-library portal that anyone can update
- library events (like Occupy Portland Events)
- library news (original or automatically pulled from Twitter feeds, RSS feeds, etc)
- map/listing of all branches
- neighborhood-based information and links
- staff and patrons alike could update and edit all content, fostering better communication
- Library could turn to PortlandWiki administrators for any of their wiki questions and needs, we have knowledge and expertise
- Could use PortlandWiki as a platform for collaborative editing as an educational tool
- Could use PortlandWiki as a platform for any documentation or document building that needs to be open to public input
- Community-library portal that anyone can update
- Hosting (if it comes up)
- As a volunteer-driven, open community resource, PortlandWiki could be a great match with the library system, together with hosting.
- Examples and experiences of other civic wikis that have been hosted by their local library system (ArborWiki & CantonWiki)
- Mark Dilley has been in contact with admins from both of these civic wikis. They continue to be physically hosted by the libraries and they have informal agreements that include: should the libraries choose at some point to not host the wikis, they will be given back to the community. At this time, it feels to those parties that the natural fit for their public space, civic wikis remains with the libraries.
- Server requirements (Dave)