ICANNWiki
{{Short description|Wiki about ICANN and Internet Governance}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = ICANNWiki
| logo =
| founded_date = {{start date and age|2005}}
| headquarters = Portland, Oregon, United States
| key_people = {{Ubl
| Raymond King (founder)
}}
| type = 501(c)3 organization
| focus = Organize information about ICANN and Internet Governance
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}
ICANNWiki is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2005, dedicated to supporting the Internet community's collaborative development of wiki articles on ICANN and Internet Governance-related topics. It currently counts with over 8,500 articles,{{cite web |title=Special:Statistics |url=https://icannwiki.org/Special:Statistics |website=ICANNWiki}} and has as its mission to provide neutral, third-party information, being an open platform governed by wiki values. ICANNWiki is not part of ICANN, being an entirely separate organization.
==History==
ICANNWiki was originally founded by Raymond King in 2005, with help from Brandon CS Sanders and John Stanton, with the belief that a public wiki could be of benefit to the greater ICANN community. The project debuted at ICANN 24 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The wiki was rebooted in 2010, with a focus on improving articles and standards.{{cite web |title=ICANNWiki |url=https://icannwiki.org/ICANNWiki#History |website=ICANNWiki}}
== Work ==
ICANNWiki is known within the Internet Governance community for innovating in its outreach, with caricatures of ICANN meeting attendants, decks of playing cards featuring community members, and recurring Edit-a-Thon events.{{cite web |title=ICANNWiki Edit-A-Thon |url=https://archive.icann.org/meetings/icann58/copenhagen/event/9qsW/icannwiki-edit-a-thon.html |website=ICANN 58}}{{cite web |title=Wiki Edit-A-Thon |url=https://archive.icann.org/meetings/icann65/meetings/ABSzqKdGLMrNdQF6i.html |website=ICANN 65}} ICANN itself has collaborated with the project in varied efforts of outreach and engagement, carried out in different regions of the world.{{cite web |title=Getting Ready to Talk in Singapore |url=https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/getting-ready-to-talk-in-singapore-4-2-2015-en |website=ICANN}}{{cite web |title=Looking Back on our Youth and Academia Outreach Efforts in Africa This Year |url=https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/looking-back-on-our-youth-and-academia-outreach-efforts-in-africa-this-year-5-12-2017-en |website=ICANN}}
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