McCainPedia

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On May 19, 2008, the United States Democratic Party made available to the public McCainPedia, a new website dedicated to gathering information about the presumptive Republican candidate for the U.S. presidency, Senator John McCain. http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/democrats-launc.html

[edit] Controversy

The website uses the same engine as Wikipedia, but does not allow members of the general public to edit pages or otherwise contribute. While not unusual for special-purpose wikis, the move was criticized due to the highly contested nature of the race.http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9947724-2.html?tag=nefd.riv