Jimmy Wales announces project to wikify politics
Re-blogged from Michael Parekh, announcing the Campaign Wikia project:
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Jimmy Wales:
“If broadcast media brought us broadcast politics, then participatory media will bring us participatory politics…”
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.”
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For background see our entries on Participatory Democracy, Open Politics, and more generally our pages on Peer Governance.
