daviswiki.org is a

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based in

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about the people, events, universities, bands, places and other things of the city. For example, it includes information about local events, advice for classes to take or not take at

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, locations of the cleanest bathrooms in town, and ways a poor student can best pack a to-go box from the local restaurant buffets. Newcomers or anyone with a question about life in Davis are often asked by "wikivangelists", "Did you check the wiki?", much in the spirit of

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. It was launched in June 2004.

Size and activity

DavisWiki was at one point the largest

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in the world.

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's city wiki

Stadtwiki Karlsruhe The Stadtwiki Karlsruhe is a city wiki of the German town Karlsruhe and its surroundings, which is the largest in the world. History It was founded by the former pupil Hauke Löffler on 22 July 2004. The first version was running PmWiki; lat ...

has since surpassed DavisWiki in total page count, but differences in the wiki software, varying content/page densities, make drawing conclusions from page counts problematic. As of November 2009 DavisWiki has over 14,945 pages, 11134 registered editors, 301 editors who have made over 100 edits, and 35 editors who have made over 1000 edits. 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."

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 for Excellence in Community Involvement.

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. 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 LocalWiki is a collaborative project that aims to collect and open the world's local knowledge. The LocalWiki project was founded by DavisWiki creators Mike Ivanov and Philip Neustrom and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in San F ...

project and is financed by the LocalWiki charitable 501(c)3 organization. They are run advertisement-free through community donations and fundraising events.

LocalWiki

Some of the Davis Wiki team, including co-founders Philip Neustrom and Mike Ivanov, were working on the LocalWiki project. The LocalWiki project aims to be an ideal platform for sharing local community information.Localwiki.org

References

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External links

* Davis Wiki *

Citizen mass media in California Davis, California Internet properties established in 2004 Wikis