What is LocalWiki, and why is it so much fun? Let's edit it!
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LocalWiki runs small city wikis for deep local detail and few rules, backed by open source code, Kickstarter and Knight Foundation grants, a visual editor, maps and Flickr image embeds, plus Facebook outreach. Davis reports half of people in Davis use it and one in ten contributes. Local projects here build Isla Vista and San Francisco wikis, recruit classes to produce 20 new contributors, use Facebook ads that reach about 20,000 people, and successfully turn research into preserved local pages and landmark nominations.
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- 0:00Introduction
- 0:56Agenda
- 7:26What is LocalWiki
- 10:40Why is this fun
- 13:51Marketing
- 14:53Content Marketing
- 16:32Making Friends
- 22:06Home Page
- 23:00Promotion and Collaboration
- 24:40Facebook Group
- 24:59Facebook Ads
- 26:03Roles
- 26:53Research
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