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| The StadtWiki Karlsruhe (CitiWiki Karlsruhe) is an online information portal for the people of the region of Karlsuhe in Northern Baden-Württemberg. It has been initiated in 2004 by a citizen of Karlsruhe. |
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Following the logics of the “wisdom of the crowds”, the wiki is not administered by a single person or institution, it rather allows citizens to write posts and articles and share their knowledge. The only thing they have to do is register as authors. There are regular meetings (every two months) in which the authors of the wiki come together and debate about the development of the project and generate new ideas. |
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| The information provided in the wiki is separated into different categories: |
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- Geography and Nature
maps of the city and the region, information about infrastructure
- History, Politics and Religion
history of the city, demographic data, religion, political parties, deputies
- Tourism and Leisure
hotels, hostels, bars, pubs
- Education Culture and Sports
hotels, hostels, bars, pubs
- Economy, Media, Traffic and Social Affairs
Companies, entrepreneurs, agencies, shopping, newspapers, city traffic, health, acoomodation
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The wiki also offers citizens an overview of important events and dates in the region. Languages available are German, English, French and Russian.
The goals of the wiki, as stated in the imprint, are to
- be an information portal for tourists and business people
- make it easier for new citizens to get to know the region and the city
- be a provider opf historic information for citizens.
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The wiki is declared to be
- A webportal
- that provides information from the region for the region
- not for advertising but for providing information
- no online newspaper even though it also provides recent news
- not complete and enlargeable
- without a permanent editorial department but with multiple authors from the region
- self-regulating, advertisement free and barrier free
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| A total number of 21,132 Articles and 15,993 pictures have so far been uploaded to the wiki and it keeps growing. |
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