WikiCandidate

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WikiCandidate
URL	WikiCandidate08.com
Type of site	wiki
Registration	required (to edit)
Available language(s)	English
Created by	Cornell University students and faculty

WikiCandidate is a wiki designed to collaboratively create a virtual political campaign for a fictional U.S. presidential candidate. Begun by students and faculty at the Cornell University Department of Communication, it's content is intended to be a tool for understanding what characteristics the ideal candidate would have, as determined through a consensus among the community of users. For the university, the endeavor is a research project investigating online civic participation. The site is run on MediaWiki and registering an account is required to edit. All content on the site is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

[edit] See also

• List of wikis

[edit] References

• "New: Design your own US president", AFP, April 16, 2008. 
• Robson, David. "Wiki lets users create the perfect US president", New Scientist, 19 April 2008. 
• Chadwick, Andrew, Head of the Dept. of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London (Apr 07, 2008). WikiCandidate (blog). Internet Politics.

[edit] External links

• Cornell University Dept. of Communication

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