Post on 23-Jun-2015
description
Wagn
How Wikirate rolls
wagn.org ~ wikirate.org
Wikirate Wagn
Vishal Kapadia Ethan McCutchen
wagn.org ~ wikirate.org
Outline
I. Welcome
II.Wikirate
III.Wagn Whos, Wheres, & Whens
IV.Wagn Whats & Hows
V. Wagn Whys
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What’s Wikirate?Wikirate is an open, shared inquiry
into
how companies affect people
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Wikirate SubjectsCompany + Topic = Analysis
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Wikirate Claims
Summaries
cite
Claimscite
Sources
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Why Wagn?Wikirate needs:
• structured data (companies, topics, claims…)
• collaborative editing (summaries)
• approachable interface
• deep transparency
That’s Wagn.
wagn.org ~ wikirate.org
Outline
I. Welcome
II. Wikirate
III.Wagn Whos, Wheres, & Whens
IV.Wagn Whats & Hows
V. Wagn Whys
wagn.org ~ wikirate.org
Grass Commons
• 2004: founded in Oregon, USA as consumer education
nonprofit
• 2004-2007: collaborated with for-profits adding social /
environmental context to shopping sites
• 2006: began developing Wagn to help fill data void of
public consumer information
• 2008: moved to Colorado, USA
• 2009: released Wagn version 1.0
• 2013: on Wikirate CAPS grant for year one only
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New Wagn Research Centre
to be created in Europeprobably in Berlin ( Wagn Wikirate )funded by CAPS grant for years 2 and 3
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Samples: Connectipedia
community knowledge management project of Meyer Memorial Trust (Oregon’s largest private foundation).
Ward Cunningham:
“one of the most exciting contributions to wiki since I coined the term”
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Samples: CARB
proposal submission and review web tool for
California Air Resources Board
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Samples: assortedAdvocacy Academics
Commercial Teen Wolves
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User types
Readers
Editors
Wagneers
Developers
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Outline
I. Welcome
II. Wikirate
III.Wagn Whos, Wheres, & Whens
IV.Wagn Whats & Hows
V. Wagn Whys
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Readers
This is a wiki?
• skinning
• dynamic lists
• data reuse
• image rich
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Editors
• simple gear menu
• minimal visual noise
• in-place editing
• double click
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EditorsWikipedia / MediaWiki Wikirate / Wagn
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Wagneers
not necessarily coders
structuring, configuring, arranging, querying…
the way in: “advanced”:
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Wagneering Basics
Everything is a card
Every card has a unique name
Every card has a type
Every card is a member of many sets
Every rule is applied to a set of cards
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Wagneering gets fun when you…
create your own types
connect card types
create structured content
include cards within cards
use contextual names
write WQL queries
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Developers
Wagn 1.0
2009
Ruby-on-Rails app
MVC architecture
hard to extend
geeks only
Wagn 2.0
2014 (current 1.12.5)
Ruby Platform
MoVE architecture new!
mods API
broader audience
so 2.0 invites new community member: Wagn mod developer
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Developers
Free and open-source software
GNU Public License version 2
github.com/wagn/wagn
3 coders with 1000+ commits
#4 has 5 commits
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Outline
I. Welcome
II. Wikirate
III.Wagn Whos, Wheres, & Whens
IV.Wagn Whats & Hows
V.Wagn Whys
wagn.org ~ wikirate.org
Why build Wagn?
• crowdsourcing valuable structured data
• independent players integrate as effectively as departments of a big company
• bring coder patterns to more creators
• maximize teen wolf awareness
• juicy technology
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Why use Wagn?
combines powers of CMS, wiki, and database
web users empowered to create like coders
reduce context shifts (no separate admin area)
everything is tracked and reversible
mods integrate easily (no custom low-level data structures)
it’s fun
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Thanks.
ethan@wagn.org
vishal@wikirate.org