DavisWiki
Created by | Community of Davis, California |
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URL | daviswiki |
Commercial | Nonprofit |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | June 24, 2004 |
daviswiki.org is a
Size and activity
DavisWiki was at one point the largest
In June 2010, DavisWiki claimed: "On a given day, about 1 in 6 residents visits the site. Over the course of one week, nearly half of the residents. And over a month, we have found that just about every Davisite visits the wiki. ... 1 in 7 residents actually contribute their own knowledge to the wiki."[3]
Community involvement
Based on the above activity, and the interest that local politics have on daviswiki, the Davis Human Relations Commission awarded the daviswiki the Thong Hy Huynh Award[4] for Excellence in Community Involvement.[5]
Viewpoint
Davis Wiki includes long discussions on its pages regarding local politics, local elections, development, city policies and similar material. This is a bit counter to many wikis, which strive for a neutral point of view in all articles.[neutrality is disputed] Articles on the Davis Wiki are balanced by consolidating commentary to present an aggregate set of multiple points-of-view, intending to reflect the actual Davis community.
Funding
DavisWiki is part of the LocalWiki project and is financed by the LocalWiki charitable 501(c)3 organization.[6] They are run advertisement-free through community donations and fundraising events.[7]
LocalWiki
Some of the Davis Wiki team, including co-founders Philip Neustrom and Mike Ivanov, were working on the LocalWiki project. [8] The LocalWiki project aims to be an ideal platform for sharing local community information.[9]
See also
- Comparison of wiki farms
- Comparison of wiki software
- List of wiki software
- List of wikis
References
- ^ DavisWiki offers resources to Davis residents, students[permanent dead link]
- ^ Web site has scoop on Davis community, Davis Wiki allows users to add and edit listings on everything from city politics to the best places in town for a date.
- ^ LocalWiki announcement on DavisWiki.org
- ^ Daviswiki.org
- ^ City.davis.ca.us Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine, Human Relations Commission, minutes, Thursday, April 26, 2007
- ^ LocalWiki
- ^ UC-Davis: UC-Davis alumnus-funded site holds event.
- ^ Wikispot.org Archived 2010-12-22 at the Wayback Machine, "Who we are"
- ^ Localwiki.org Archived 2010-11-17 at the Wayback Machine