6 July
2006 Chatmag News.
Jimmy Wales, creator
of Wikipedia, has announced a new Wiki site, "Campaigns Wikia".
According to Campaigns
Wikia's Mission Statement:
"I am launching
today a new Wikia website aimed at being a central meeting ground for people
on all sides of the political spectrum who think that it is time for politics
to become more participatory, and more intelligent.
This website,
Campaigns Wikia, has the goal of bringing together people from diverse
political perspectives who may not share much else, but who share the idea
that they would rather see democratic politics be about engaging with the
serious ideas of intelligent opponents, about activating and motivating
ordinary people to get involved and really care about politics beyond the
television soundbites."
Jimmy Wales has
also posted a to-do list:
"First, sign up
for the mailing list. Let's start a conversation, let's start teaching
each other how to reach out and get the attention of the campaigns. Or
drop me a personal email at jwales at wikia.com to talk more.
Second, sign up
here on the wiki, and let's start building the knowledgebase to make this
happen.
Third... blog
about it, email about it, talk about it, contact your local politicians
and help them to get involved. Make a big noise that there is a broad non-partisan
effort to making politics smarter, in engaging people at a personal level.
Politicians will respond, but they need to hear us demand it, in a big
way.
For now, just
sign up on the mailing list and give a shout out about what you are interested
in. We will get this ball rolling. "
During the last
U.S. Presidential Elections, bloggers were allowed into the conventions
as members of the press. Blogging has advanced from primarily personal
diaries to a new, professional approach to journalism.
--Chatmag News--
External Links:
Campaigns
Wikia. Main Site.
Campaigns
Wikia. Mission Statement.
Campaigns
Wikia. Participating Bloggers Sign up Page..
Campaigns
Wikia. Mailing list.
