Advice for New City Wikis

October 30, 2009

Update 11.10.09: CantonWiki.org has launched. Through my affiliation with ArborWiki.org, I was approached by a guy that wants to start a city wiki for Canton, MI. He had some specific questions about starting a city wiki and building momentum. Here is my response, which I felt is appropriate for anybody wishing to start a wiki: [...]

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Welcome Aboard, Piwik!

October 23, 2009

I just installed Piwik, an open source website analytics package. It is running alongside Google Analytics to give us another set of data to track the wiki’s performance and visit statistics. Why, you might ask? Well, mainly just for fun. Google Analytics is great and provides the basis for our monthly Site Statistics posts. But [...]

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September 2009 Site Stats

October 13, 2009

Visits to the wiki increased 20% over August and most of the other site usage metrics (pages per visit, time on site, etc.) improved as well. Additionally, 12.55% of visits resulted in a “goal conversion”. In our case, that means a new account setup, an edit made to an article, or a user login. Most [...]

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August 2009 Site Stats

September 4, 2009

Ahhh, the late summer slowdown. Like our collective productivity levels, the wiki has been relatively quiet. Most Popular Pages There were 33% fewer pageviews in August than July. Bounce rate improved (went down) and Average Time on Site improved (went up). Last year, traffic dramatically increased in the fall due to the popularity of the [...]

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How to Tell if Wikipedia Content is Trustworthy

September 1, 2009

Do you find yourself scared to trust anything you read on Wikipedia? If so, good for you! “Trust, but verify” has been one of my favorite sayings since I heard it from my grandfather when I was a kid. The concept of “trust” and “reliability” are recurring themes in the wiki world. After all, if [...]

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