Difference between revisions of "Wikipedia Entry Maintenance"

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This page contains information about [http://wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] entries that OSGeo members may be interested in creating and/or maintaining. If there is sufficient interest in this effort a more formal process for creation and maintenance of Wikipedia interests may be adopted.
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This page was originally started to contain information about [http://wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] entries that OSGeo members would be interested in creating and/or maintaining. Some discussion on the main OSGeo mailing list indicated that Wikipedia may not be the best place for the type of information we want to publish on GIS and FOSS GIS in particular.
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Why not use Wikipdeia? They have some fairly restrictive content and editing policies, which may be a problem. (It has proven to be a problem for other OSGeo members contributing to wikipedia in the past.) For more information on the content and editing policies of wikipedia, see the subsequent links"
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not What Wikipedia Is Not]
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As an alternative, we might use [http://www.internet-encyclopedia.org/index.php/Main_Page Wikiinfo], which seems to have more flexible standards on content and editing policies.
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If there is sufficient interest in this effort a more formal process for creation and maintenance of Wikiinfo interests may be adopted.
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Information on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_to_Wikipedia contributing to Wikipedia].
 
  
 
==Interested OSGeo Members==
 
==Interested OSGeo Members==
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[[Category: Education]]
 
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Revision as of 07:33, 20 December 2007

This page was originally started to contain information about Wikipedia entries that OSGeo members would be interested in creating and/or maintaining. Some discussion on the main OSGeo mailing list indicated that Wikipedia may not be the best place for the type of information we want to publish on GIS and FOSS GIS in particular.

Why not use Wikipdeia? They have some fairly restrictive content and editing policies, which may be a problem. (It has proven to be a problem for other OSGeo members contributing to wikipedia in the past.) For more information on the content and editing policies of wikipedia, see the subsequent links"

What Wikipedia Is Not

As an alternative, we might use Wikiinfo, which seems to have more flexible standards on content and editing policies.

If there is sufficient interest in this effort a more formal process for creation and maintenance of Wikiinfo interests may be adopted.


Interested OSGeo Members

  • The Sunburned Surveyor [Landon Blake]

Existing Wikipedia Entries

Entry OSGeo Maintainer Category
General Terms
General Terms

Wikipedia Entries Not Created Yet

Entry Category