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{{Wiki | {{Wiki | ||
|logo = [[Image:DavisWiki.png]] | |logo = [[Image:DavisWiki.png]] | ||
|URL = | |URL = https://localwiki.org/davis | ||
|recentchanges URL = | |recentchanges URL = https://localwiki.org/davis/_activity | ||
|wikinode URL = | |wikinode URL = https://localwiki.org/davis/WikiNode | ||
|about URL = | |about URL = https://localwiki.org/davis/Welcome_to_the_Wiki | ||
|status = Vibrant | |status = Vibrant | ||
|language = English | |language = English | ||
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|license = Creative Commons Attribution | |license = Creative Commons Attribution | ||
|maintopic = Cities | |maintopic = Cities | ||
}}{{WikiTourBus|7|url= | }}{{WikiTourBus|7|url=https://localwiki.org/davis/TourBusStop}} | ||
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|statistics URL = | |statistics URL = https://localwiki.org/davis/_activity | ||
|wikiFactor = <!--Preferred. If unknown leave void. See: Category:wikiFactor.--> | |wikiFactor = <!--Preferred. If unknown leave void. See: Category:wikiFactor.--> | ||
|wikiFactor URL = <!--Preferred, source of wikiFactor (often 'PopularPages' or 'MostVisitedPages'). If unknown leave void.--> | |wikiFactor URL = <!--Preferred, source of wikiFactor (often 'PopularPages' or 'MostVisitedPages'). If unknown leave void.--> | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
[[Image:33wikisin33days.png|thumb|right|[http://eastwikkers.typepad.com/eastwikkers_/2006/03/33_wikis_5_davi.html eastwikkers: 33 Wikis]]] | [[Image:33wikisin33days.png|thumb|right|[http://eastwikkers.typepad.com/eastwikkers_/2006/03/33_wikis_5_davi.html eastwikkers: 33 Wikis]]] | ||
Note on [[:Category:Wiki Engine|wiki engine]]: They started with [[:Category:MoinMoin|MoinMoin]], but it is now thoroughly hacked. DavisWiki | Note on [[:Category:Wiki Engine|wiki engine]]: They started with [[:Category:MoinMoin|MoinMoin]], but it is now thoroughly hacked. DavisWiki was integrated into the {{tag|Wiki Spot}} platform, and used the {{tag|Sycamore}} engine, for a number of years. Then it was integrated into the nonprofit [[LocalWiki]] effort. | ||
Many, many year after its creation, DavisWiki cofounder Philip Neustrom went on to co-found the [[Encycla]] project ([https://encycla.com encycla.com]). | |||
;There are several {{tag|GreatFeature|GreatFeatures}}: | ;There are several {{tag|GreatFeature|GreatFeatures}}: | ||
Revision as of 05:48, 15 February 2021
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(As of: 19 December 2012)
January 20, 2006
Davis Wiki is a really great local wiki that focuses entirely on the city of Davis, California. Some of the features that make it unique are an interactive map, which provides another way to navigate the wiki! I gotta figure out how they did that. You can drill down on the map easily get to any store, business or other attraction for which there is a wiki article, here's an example of an article. A look at the RecentChanges page shows that the wiki is clearly vibrant and what else is neat is that there seem to be 500 or so people with personal pages. UC Davis is right there and that probably works to the wiki's advantage in that students dig interactive web sites like Facebook, etc. and the wiki is even easier to use.
There are a number of "citi-wikis", like the BerlinWiki (Wikia) for example, but Davis Wiki stands out because it has really captured the hearts and minds of its community. What is the secret? I hope to see more like this!
via Archive.org link to weblog post.
Description
Note on wiki engine: They started with MoinMoin, but it is now thoroughly hacked. DavisWiki was integrated into the Wiki Spot platform, and used the Sycamore engine, for a number of years. Then it was integrated into the nonprofit LocalWiki effort.
Many, many year after its creation, DavisWiki cofounder Philip Neustrom went on to co-found the Encycla project (encycla.com).
- There are several GreatFeatures
- You can activate comments for each page if you want
- There is a graphical map aspect to the wiki navigation
- also this wiki is part of the RealNamesNetwork.