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== Topics to cover ==
# What PortlandWiki is / presentation
#: Portland Wiki is a repository of knowledge for the Portland Metro area. Our aim is to represent the [[Voice of Portland]] by providing a citizen-generated news, information resource, knowledge hub and historical archive for Portland, Oregon and surrounding region. 
#* history
#** PortlandWiki began in September 2009 and is administered by several of its creators. It is a completely volunteer operation. (See [[PortlandWiki:Introduction|An Introduction to PortlandWiki]]).
#* popular pages
#** At PortlandWiki, we're proud of the thousands of local resident-generated pages on the site. Among them are many [[Special:PopularPages|Popular Pages]] that attract significant traffic and new content on a regular basis. Several of them are: [[Green industry]], [[Occupy Portland]] and [[Occupy Portland Events]], [[CivicApps]], [[Local blogs]], [[Coffee and Tea Shops]] and [[Photo Contest]].
#* number of edits ({{NUMBEROFEDITS}}), pages ({{NUMBEROFPAGES}}), editors (registered accounts - {{NUMBEROFUSERS}}; active editors - {{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}}), visitors ()
#* [[WikiStatistics]]
# Possibilities for partnering with library
#* Community-library portal that anyone can update
#** library events (like [[Occupy Portland Events]])
#** library news (original or automatically pulled from Twitter feeds, RSS feeds, etc)
#** map/listing of all branches
#** etc
#** staff and patrons alike could update and edit all content, fostering better communication
#* Library could turn to PortlandWiki administrators for any of their wiki questions and needs, we have knowledge and expertise
#* Could use PortlandWiki as a platform for collaborative editing as an educational tool
#* Could use PortlandWiki as a platform for any documentation or document building that needs to be open to public input
# Hosting (if it comes up)
#* As a volunteer-driven, open community resource, PortlandWiki would be a great match for being hosted by the library system
#* Examples and experiences of other civic wikis that have been hosted by their local library system ([http://ArborWiki.org ArborWiki] & [http://CantonWiki.org CantonWiki])
#* Server requirements