[Vision2020] Re: MoscowWiki

[Nils Peterson]

Thank you Bill for calling this to the attention of V2020.

To get an idea of what MoscowWiki could offer, explore the Affinity Groups
page  http://moscowwiki.editme.com/AffinityGroups. Note the ethnic group
"Chinese" started by a WSU staff member who is ethnic Chinese. It has
quickly become a one-page web site for things Chinese. It links to a couple
existing student web sites at WSU, but also is the sole web presence for two
other groups. 

MoscowWiki could be the web presence for other micro-organizations, that
might not otherwise have a web site. Shortly MoscowWiki will be indexed by
Google, so things will be found by search engines.

V2020 has a web site. That site seems to meet the current needs of the list.
MoscowWiki has (experimental) sections like Letters that might be understood
by Visionaries as useful extensions to V2020. If V2020 discovered a need for
other public input/ collaboration resources, MoscowWiki might extend the
current website.  But maybe not. If you can't see a way to use it, then
don't.

Or perhaps you now know enough about MoscowWiki that you see it could be
useful to some other group/ activity in your life. Consider this an
invitation to join the fun.




On 4/29/05 10:09 AM, "Bill London" <london at moscow.com> wrote:

> Nils Peterson (with Steve Spaeth and Theron DesRosier) has begun the Moscow
> Wiki.  He asked me about the relationship of the Moscow Wiki with Moscow
> Vision 2020.  I am replying on V2020 with the hope that others will join in
> the discussion on V2020 or will add their own expertise to the MoscowWiki.
> 
> Here's some info about the MoscowWiki (http://moscowwiki.editme.com/) :
> This new Internet-based free information-sharing system (named for the words
> "wiki" meaning quick in Hawaiian and "pedia" for encyclopedia) is based on
> the public adding and editing text to create a people's encyclopedia of
> Moscow, said Peterson, a Moscow resident who works as the assistant director
> of the Washington State University Center for Teaching, Learning and
> Technology.  The goal of Peterson and his small group of "wiki gardeners" is
> to enlist the public in creating a comprehensive resource, composed of text
> and links, for the Moscow community.
> 
> "Wikis began in the late 1990's," Peterson said.  "They are websites that
> are very easy to modify or expand.  Everyone can participate.  We want to
> build a wiki for Moscow that will not be any one organization's web site, or
> the voice of any one person.  We want the public to add their ideas and
> perspectives describing the resources of our community."
> 
> So, the MoscowWiki is a moderated on-line encyclopedia that welcomes the
> additions and participation of all of us.  V2020 is a non-moderated email
> discussion that welcomes the additions and participation of all of us.
> 
> V2020 is now linked to the MoscowWiki.  Meaning you can search around the
> Wiki and find V2020 and then join the V2020 discussion.
> 
> Given the different focuses of the wiki and V2020, I do not know how they
> could be, or should be, drawn closer.  But I also think that the MoscowWiki
> is a cool thing -- I added a small section of Moscow Parks under the outdoor
> activities department.  I urge you to check it out, and add your own
> information (it was very easy).     BL
> 
> 

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