Wagn, how Wikirate rolls

Wagn

How Wikirate rolls

wagn.org ~ wikirate.org

Wikirate Wagn

Vishal Kapadia Ethan McCutchen


Outline

I. Welcome

II.Wikirate

III.Wagn Whos, Wheres, & Whens

IV.Wagn Whats & Hows

V. Wagn Whys


What’s Wikirate?Wikirate is an open, shared inquiry

into

how companies affect people


Wikirate SubjectsCompany + Topic = Analysis


Wikirate Claims

Summaries

cite

Claimscite

Sources


Why Wagn?Wikirate needs:

• structured data (companies, topics, claims…)

• collaborative editing (summaries)

• approachable interface

• deep transparency

That’s Wagn.


Outline

I. Welcome

II. Wikirate



V. Wagn Whys


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


New Wagn Research Centre

to be created in Europeprobably in Berlin ( Wagn Wikirate )funded by CAPS grant for years 2 and 3


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”


Samples: CARB

proposal submission and review web tool for

California Air Resources Board


Samples: assortedAdvocacy Academics

Commercial Teen Wolves


User types

Readers

Editors

Wagneers

Developers


Outline

I. Welcome

II. Wikirate



V. Wagn Whys


Readers

This is a wiki?

• skinning

• dynamic lists

• data reuse

• image rich


Editors

• simple gear menu

• minimal visual noise

• in-place editing

• double click


EditorsWikipedia / MediaWiki Wikirate / Wagn


Wagneers

not necessarily coders

structuring, configuring, arranging, querying…

the way in: “advanced”:


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


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


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


Developers

Free and open-source software

GNU Public License version 2

github.com/wagn/wagn

3 coders with 1000+ commits

#4 has 5 commits


Outline

I. Welcome

II. Wikirate



V.Wagn Whys


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


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


Thanks.

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Wagn, how Wikirate rolls

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