[WikiEN-l] Placeopedia

Tue Oct 18 00:41:38 UTC 2005

I saw another site recently which also integrated Wikipedia results
into its performance (in a way which was not a simple mirror) --
seeing two of these in one day made me think perhaps we'd need a
category for these specifically (I couldn't find one pre-existing), so
I created [[Category:Technologies which use Wikipedia]] for the time
being (not the most elegant name -- in fact I think it is
grammatically incorrect now that I think about it, the whole
which/that thing -- but fortunately at the moment I know of only two
of them so it shouldn't be hard to change). If there are others of
this sort, it would be great to put them into a category of this sort
(assuming one doesn't already exist), though if someone wants to
rename my sad little category, please do...

FF

On 10/17/05, Angela <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:
> Placeopedia is an online application which integrates Google Maps
> images and Wikipedia encyclopedia articles.See
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placeopedia>
> and<http://www.placeopedia.com/>.
>
> The Board are currently working on a logo licensing contract which
> would permit such sites to use the Wikipedia logo.
>
> A new mailing list for Placeopedia has recently been created at
> <http://www.mysociety.org/mailman/listinfo/mysociety-maps> and they
> would welcome input from Wikipedians on various aspects of the site.
>
> For example, some issues already raised are whether links to
> Placeopedia should be added automatically to all Wikipedia articles
> that have a corresponding entry in Placeopedia. There is already a
> template for this on the English Wikipedia
> (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Placeopedia>) but so far any
> links have only been added manually.
>
> Another issue is whether users of Placepedia should be able to add
> categories to Wikipedia directly from Placeopedia.
>
> If you have an interest in maps, please join the mailing list to help
> answer these Wikipedia-related questions.
> <http://www.mysociety.org/mailman/listinfo/mysociety-maps>
>
> Angela.
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