On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Robert Rohde <raro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Another idea that I encountered somewhere (not currently sure where) > was to create a global wiki directory to essentially replace the > yellow pages. Something managed under a wiki model to include the > names, addresses, phone numbers, websites, and a short description of > any and all local businesses. Commercial businesses are a fine > example of entities that are usually verifiable but not notable from > Wikipedia's point of view, and having a central repository of > directory information would generally be useful. A crowd sourced > directory would suffer from the general problems of accuracy that all > our wikiprojects have to worry about, but probably has the potential > to include more comprehensive information than the commercial > providers can manage.
WiserEarth <http://wiserearth.org/> originally intended to do this for organizations with social missions. Its emphasis has since expanded to become more social network/community-oriented, but its directory data still exists, is editable, and is an important part of the site. =Eugene -- ====================================================================== Eugene Eric Kim ................................ http://xri.net/=eekim Blue Oxen Associates ........................ http://www.blueoxen.com/ ====================================================================== _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l