WikiCandidate

Infobox Website
name = WikiCandidate

url = [http://www.wikicandidate08.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page WikiCandidate08.com]
type = wiki
language = English
owner =
author = Cornell University students and faculty
registration = required (to edit)

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.

ee also

* List of wikis

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External links

* [http://comm.cornell.edu/ Cornell University Dept. of Communication]