Wiki’s to change politics?

by on July 21, 2006

Jimmy Wales (a guy who DOES know how to set up his own wiki server — he’s the founder of Wikipedia) is starting a political wiki, Central Campaign Wikia, that he hopes will change the face of politics the way wikipedia changed the face of encyclopedic information.

  • I posted on this after his Barcamp Chicago speech, the first puclic speech on the topic. In my post there is a link to a series of public meetups being held to launch the "campaign".
  • I expressed the concern over on one of my blogs a few weeks ago that this is something likely to devolve into a political mudpit, rather than the highbrow information resource that it would like to be. Politics is so volatile these days it is difficult for either side to let an opportunity pass to take potshots online. The same passion that can make politics fun can also make it difficult to survive in a public as the editor forum.
  • His mission statement looks awesome! A thoughtful debate that is not made up of soundbites, that allows for depth and understanding, is just what we need.
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