On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Robert Rohde <rarohde(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Another idea that I encountered somewhere (not
currently sure where)
was to create a global wiki directory to essentially replace the
yellow pages. Something managed under a wiki model to include the
names, addresses, phone numbers, websites, and a short description of
any and all local businesses. Commercial businesses are a fine
example of entities that are usually verifiable but not notable from
Wikipedia's point of view, and having a central repository of
directory information would generally be useful. A crowd sourced
directory would suffer from the general problems of accuracy that all
our wikiprojects have to worry about, but probably has the potential
to include more comprehensive information than the commercial
providers can manage.
WiserEarth <http://wiserearth.org/> originally intended to do this for
organizations with social missions. Its emphasis has since expanded to
become more social network/community-oriented, but its directory data
still exists, is editable, and is an important part of the site.
=Eugene
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