LocalWiki looks like a great project. In a similar vein, Wikimedia NYC has been engaged with local free culture and community groups on our joint 'NYCwiki' initiative:
http://nycwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page http://nycwiki.org/wiki/NYCwiki:Community_portal Thanks, Richard (User:Pharos) Wikimedia NYC http://www.wikimedianyc.org On 9/7/10, phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is spammy and OT -- but still may be of interest to people on > this list. I can vouch for the awesomeness of the localwiki project, > which is trying to make local and city wikis (like the amazing Davis > Wiki, which serves my hometown) for the world. Free, local, open and > nonprofit -- and they're raising money, and need to raise a bunch more > in the next week to get their kickstarter grant funded. If this > project is successful, they will help grow an essential part of the > free content/collaborative landscape that Wikimedia by and large > doesn't serve at all. > > -- phoebe > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Michael Ivanov <miva...@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 3:57 PM > Subject: [Wikipedia-l] LocalWiki project needs your support > To: wikipedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Hi folks, my name is Mike Ivanov, I am one of the co-founders of the > Davis Wiki, currently the largest local community wiki in the world, > where nearly every local resident uses the wiki and 1 in 7 contribute > content. > > LocalWiki (http://localwiki.org) is our new non-profit project to > create the next generation of wiki software designed specifically for > local communities and promote the use of community wikis as a new kind > of collaborative, community-owned local media. We want to apply the > lessons we learned building the Davis Wiki to help as many communities > as possible create the same kind of useful, engaging local resource. > > The technical costs of this project are covered by a grant from the > Knight Foundation, but in order to reach more communities and have > more of an impact, we are raising an additional $25,000 for community > outreach and education. If you support this project, please make a > pledge on our Kickstarter page at http://kck.st/a5vx43 and help us > spread the word. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so your donation is > tax-deductible. Nearly 300 people have already donated over $17,000 > as of today, and we only have 5 days left in this all-or-nothing > pledge drive. We cannot do this without your support. > > You can read more about LocalWiki at http://www.localwiki.org > (@localwiki on Twitter) or about the Knight Foundation grant at > http://www.newschallenge.org/winner/2010/local-wiki and I would be > happy to answer any questions or comments. > > Thank you, > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > Wikipedia-l mailing list > wikipedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l > > > > -- > * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers > <at> gmail.com * > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
