Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia Announces " Campaigns Wikia".
Chatmag.com, FL - 15 minutes ago
"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 ...

Wikipedia founder launches political site
ZDNet - 1 hour ago
Wikipedia founder Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales this week announced the opening of a wiki devoted to hot-button political topics such as gay marriage and environmental ...

Wikipedia founder launches political site
CNET News.com, CA - 1 hour ago
Wikipedia founder Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales this week announced the opening of a wiki devoted to hot-button political topics such as gay marriage and environmental ...

Wikipedia founder Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales this week announced the opening of a wiki devoted to hot-button political topics such as gay marriage and environmental protection.

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Wikipedia founder tackles politics
ITworld.com, MA - 33 minutes ago
The founder of Wikipedia, the peer-edited online encyclopedia, has launched a new political wiki site, saying it's "time for politics to become more intelligent ...

( InfoWorld ) - HThe founder of Wikipedia, the peer-edited online encyclopedia, has launched a new political wiki site, saying it's "time for politics to become more intelligent." Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales launched the  Campaigns Wikia site  on the Fourth of July. "It's time for ... democracy to really involve the people," he said in the site's mission statement. "Broadcast media tells you what

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The founder of Wikipedia, the peer-edited online encyclopedia, has launched a new political wiki site, saying it's "time for politics to become more intelligent."

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This ought to help provide some insights into the Institutional POV at Wikipedia.

Would it be safe to assume that this is primarily meant to "offload" the sources of the more bitter and divisive politics-related conflicts onto another site, where they'll be out of the spotlight and less likely to make Wikipedia look like a big flame-war zone?

It should be just a matter of time before we start seeing exhortations for people to "take it to Campaigns Wiki" whenever someone starts a political argument.

That's another good point - as Wikipedia's growth rate starts to slow down, moving the heavy-action topics (along with their more heated arguments) to another site that's been carrying Google ads from the start is definitely a good business move. I just took a look at the Recent Changes over there, and it's already more active there than most of the minor wikis I've seen, and there's no shortage of partisanship either. No doubt that will be encouraged there, if only for that reason.

I might also add that launching the site on the Fourth of July strikes me as a rather cynical, not to mention blatantly opportunistic, thing to do.

Wikipedia founder tackles politics
PC World Magazine, Australia - 12 minutes ago
The founder of Wikipedia, the peer-edited online encyclopedia, has launched a new political wiki site, saying it's "time for politics to become more intelligent ...

The founder of Wikipedia, the peer-edited online encyclopedia, has launched a new political wiki site, saying it's "time for politics to become more intelligent."

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Wikipedia founder tackles politics
LinuxWorld.au, Australia - 51 minutes ago
The founder of Wikipedia, the peer-edited online encyclopedia, has launched a new political wiki site, saying it's "time for politics to become more intelligent ...

The founder of Wikipedia, the peer-edited online encyclopedia, has launched a new political wiki site, saying it's "time for politics to become more intelligent."

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Wikipedia founder tackles politics
Macworld UK, UK - 36 minutes ago
The founder of Wikipedia, the peer-edited online encyclopedia, has launched a new political wiki site, saying it's "time for politics to become more intelligent ...

Wikipedia founder tackles politics
Macworld UK, UK - 57 minutes ago
The founder of Wikipedia, the peer-edited online encyclopedia, has launched a new political wiki site, saying it's "time for politics to become more intelligent ...

Wikipedia founder launches political Wiki
PC Advisor, UK - 1 hour ago
Jimmy 'Jimbo' Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, has launched a political wiki site, saying that it is "time for politics to become more intelligent". ...

Jimmy 'Jimbo' Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, has launched a political wiki site, saying that it is "time for politics to become more intelligent".

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Wikipedia founder unveils political site
Crave, UK - 2 hours ago
Wikipedia founder Jimmy 'Jimbo' Wales this week announced the opening of a wiki devoted to hot US political topics such as gay marriage and environmental ...

In my experience, as many here will know, it isn't that sort of conflict that raises the temperature. Maybe whether Seamus Heaney was born in Derry or Londonderry is vaguely political, but whether Max Born was British isn't.


Hey - I've got promoted. I'm a junior member now. How did that happen?

Wikipedia Gets Politically Correct
Moneycontrol Tech Blog, India - 43 minutes ago
Founder of Wikipedia has introduced a political version of the popular wiki site, http://campaigns.wikia.com/wiki/Campaigns_Wikia, aptly launched on the ...

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I think there are now two threads on this topic, which should be merged continued at this thread. I think that the combat and intrigue that surround the controversial articles are a leading cause of Wiki-addiction, and the new high-combat zone will be a magnet for the addicts. Therefore it is probably not a coincidence that the new site has Google ads all along the right margin. This may be a milestone in Jimbo's master plan.

Wikipedia founder launches political site Campaigns Wikia
Newstarget.com, Taiwan - 25 minutes ago
(NewsTarget) Political buffs and armchair pundits have a new resource as of this week: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced on Tuesday a wiki devoted to ...

Wikipedia site attempts to make ‘politics healthier’
The Hill, DC - 41 minutes ago
The user-edited online encyclopedia Wikipedia made news on Capitol Hill early this year after staffers for several members of Congress were caught deleting ...

The user-edited online encyclopedia Wikipedia made news on Capitol Hill early this year after staffers for several members of Congress were caught deleting objectionable material from their bosses’ entries on the site.

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Many participants of Newsvine are political. The founder of Wikipedia luanched a new political campaigns section at .



http://SpookyET.newsvine.com/_news/2006/07...campaigns-wikia

The user-edited online encyclopedia Wikipedia made news on Capitol Hill early this year after staffers for several members of Congress were caught deleting objectionable material from their bosses’ entries on the site.

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Political buffs and armchair pundits have a new resource as of this week: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced on Tuesday a wiki devoted to heavily debated political topics, called Campaigns Wikia.



http://sali.newsvine.com/_news/2006/07/13/...campaigns-wikia