Difference between revisions of "ICANNWiki:Community portal"

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Welcome to ICANNWiki's Community Portal

Help us give everyone a voice in the future of the internet.

Be a Leader

ICANNWiki needs a leader like you!

Current Strategic Planning

Mission:

Giving everyone a voice in the future of the Internet.

Purpose:

[same as Mission]

Value

provides neutral, third-party information for ICANN meeting attendees, community members, and Internet citizens at large

Organizations Goals ( up to 3)

Content is up to date
Sponsorship
Community - edits, social media is engaging as a baby step

Key Objectives ( maybe 2 within each Org Goal)

Metrics

Sponsorship metrics are easy
Difficult to have for content

Write for your community

Get started

Request a user account.
ICANNWiki Admins and Editors review your request.
You're approved.
Write about your connections to or interests in ICANN, the DNS, or Internet governance.
Be yourself and let us know who you are.
Edit existing articles and fill in gaps in the wiki. Review our guide to creating a great article, FAQs, or examples of good articles that utilize ICANNWiki templates.

Learn how to do it

Check out what we need

Use a template

Templates provide a common information display box for companies, community members, and TLDs. These are copy-paste versions for you to put into new articles (or articles that are missing that information).

Other ways to grow ICANNWiki

Tell us what to spotlight

Feel free to recommend an article to be featured! Edit the upcoming list to propose an article.

Use these references and resources

The community has compiled lists of valuable guides, coverage of ICANN, and other useful information. Please add to the lists!

Sponsor our work

If you are interested in sponsoring ICANNWiki or have ideas of how you'd like to participate, let us know! You can also donate via Paypal.

Make suggestions & requests

This resource exists for the ICANN community, and it is powered by awesome volunteers within that community. After a hiatus, we now also have paid editorial support! Your opinions are valuable - they help us direct the work of our paid editors and provide prompts and guidance for volunteers.

How can we improve ICANNWiki?
What articles would you like to see created?

Stay in touch

Email us

Email our Managing Content Editor, Jessica

Social media

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-Welcome to the ICANNWiki Community Portal! The community portal is your place to find useful information, resources, and news regarding the ICANNWiki community. If you don't have a user account, [[Special:RequestAccount|request one here]]. Join us in contributing to a great site about the [[ICANN]] community and [[Internet Governance]] topics.
+<div style="width:100%; height:35px; background:#61a376; border:1px solid #4B815D; margin:1.2em 0 6px 0; text-align: center;"><div style="font-size: 1.7em; color:#F2EFEA;"><strong>Welcome to ICANNWiki's Community Portal</strong></div></div>
+{|align=right
+  |__TOC__
+  |}
+'''<big>Help us give everyone a voice in the future of the internet.</big>'''
+==Be a Leader==
+[[Volunteer Leaders Needed|ICANNWiki needs a leader like you!]]
-<div style="padding: 0.4em 1em 0.3em 1em;">
+==Current Strategic Planning==
-<div style="width: 47%; vertical-align: top; float: left; margin: 10px;">
+Mission:
-<div style="border: 1px solid #0d8323; margin-bottom: 1em;">
+* Giving everyone a voice in the future of the Internet.
-<div style="border: 1px solid #0d8323; background-color: #0d8323; padding: 0.2em 0.5em 0.2em 0.5em; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold; color: white; ">'''Writing for your community'''</div>
+Purpose:
-<div style="padding: 0.4em 1em 0.3em 1em;">
+* [same as Mission]
-<div style="border-top: 1px solid #0d8323; padding-top: 0.4em; margin-top: 0.8em;">
+Value
-<div style="padding: 0.4em 1em 0.3em 1em;">
+* provides neutral, third-party information for ICANN meeting attendees, community members, and Internet citizens at large
-;[[ICANNWiki]] uses the [[MediaWiki]] platform.  Editing instructions can be found [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing here]. If you are interested in creating a great website about the [[ICANN]] community and [[Internet Governance]], check out the following pages:
+Organizations Goals ( up to 3)
+* Content is up to date
+* Sponsorship
+* Community - edits, social media is engaging as a baby step
-* [[Getting Started]]
+Key Objectives ( maybe 2 within each Org Goal)
-** [[How to create a great article]]
-** [[Wiki-Editing Tutorial]]
-**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiPPg1H8Oe0 Video Tutorial]
-* [[More help on writing articles]]
-* Templates:
-** [[Template:CompanyInfo]]
-** [[Template:People]]
-** [[Template: TLD]]
-<div style="text-align: right; clear: both; border-top: 1px solid #0d8323; padding-top: 0.4em; margin-top: 0.8em; font-size: 95%;">
+Metrics
-</div>
+* Sponsorship metrics are easy
-</div></div>
+* Difficult to have for content
-</div></div>
-<div style="border: 1px solid #0d8323; margin-bottom: 1em;">
+==Write for [[:Category:People|your community]]==
-<div style="border: 1px solid #0d8323; background-color: #0d8323; padding: 0.2em 0.5em 0.2em 0.5em; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold; color: white;">'''Discussions and Requests'''</div>
+===Get started===
-<div style="padding: 0.4em 1em 0.3em 1em;">
+# [[Special:RequestAccount|Request a user account]].
-Want to see a page created or have a suggestion for improvement?
+# [[ICANNWiki]] [[Contact ICANNWiki#ICANNWiki Contacts|Admins and Editors]] review your request.
-* [[Articles needed#Community_Suggestions|Community Suggestions]]
+# You're approved.
-</div></div>
+# Write about your connections to or interests in [[ICANN]], the [[DNS]], or [[Internet governance]].
+# Be yourself and let us know who you are.
+# Edit existing articles and fill in gaps in the wiki. Review our guide to [[How to create a great article|creating a great article]], [[FAQs]], or [[More help on writing articles|examples of good articles]] that utilize ICANNWiki [[#templates|templates]].
-</div>
+===Learn how to do it===
-<div style="width: 47%; float: left; vertical-align: top; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 10px; border: 1px solid #006699;">
+* [[Wiki Editing Tutorial Videos|Basic Editing Functions in ICANNWiki]]
-<div style="border: 1px solid #006699; background-color: #006699; padding: 0.2em 0.5em 0.2em 0.5em; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold; color: white;">'''Community
+* ICANNWiki uses Wikimedia's [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing|markup language]
-Resources'''</div>
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiPPg1H8Oe0 Video Tutorial]
-<div style=" padding: 0.4em 1em 0.3em 1em;">
+* [[ICANNWiki Volunteer Toolkit]]
-;
-*[[Sites]]
-*[[Blogs & News]]
-*[[Books]]
-*[[:Category:Glossary|Glossary]]
-<div style="text-align: right; clear: both; padding-top: 0.4em; margin-top: 0.8em; font-size: 95%;">
-</div>
-</div></div>
-<div style="width: 47%; float: left; vertical-align: top; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 10px; border: 1px solid #0d8323;">
+===Check out what we need===
-<div style="border: 1px solid #0d8323; background-color: #0d8323; padding: 0.2em 0.5em 0.2em 0.5em; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold; color: white;">'''Stay Updated'''</div><div style="padding: 0.4em 1em 0.3em 1em;">
+*[[Special:Wantedpages|List of topics with no article but lots of links]]
-*[http://conta.cc/1LUkUZT July 2015 Newsletter]
+*[[Articles needed|Community-suggested article & update list]]
-*[[Articles needed]]
+*[[Increasing Multi-Lingual Capability]]
-* [[Authors|Our authors]]
-*[[Special:ActiveUsers|What they're working on]]
-*Upcoming Projects
-*Upcoming Conferences
-**[[ICANN 54 - Dublin]]
-</div>
-</div>
+===Use a template===
+Templates provide a common information display box for companies, community members, and TLDs. These are copy-paste versions for you to put into new articles (or articles that are missing that information).
+* [[Template:CompanyInfo]]
+* [[Template:People]]
+* [[Template: TLD]]
-<div style="width: 47%; float: left; vertical-align: top; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 10px; border: 1px solid #006699;">
+==Other ways to grow ICANNWiki==
-<div style="border: 1px solid #006699; background-color: #006699; padding: 0.2em 0.5em 0.2em 0.5em; font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold; color: white;">'''Contact and Social Media'''</div>
+===[[Featured Articles|Tell us what to spotlight]]===
-<div style="padding: 0.4em 1em 0.3em 1em;">
+Feel free to recommend an article to be featured! Edit the [[Featured Articles#Upcoming|upcoming list]] to propose an article.
-Email
-*staff [at] icannwiki.com
+===Use these references and resources===
-*Sign Up on our <big>[http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=dzuy96oab&amp;p=oi&amp;m=1115545162531&amp;sit=7dpoixiib&amp;f=14419ea4-a878-4cb6-b310-d58d4ea2c43f Mailing List]</big>
+The community has compiled lists of valuable guides, coverage of ICANN, and other useful information. Please add to the lists!
-Social Media
+* [[Sites]]
-* [https://www.facebook.com/ICANNWiki Facebook]
+* [[Blogs & News]]
-* [https://twitter.com/ICANNWiki Twitter]
+* [[Books]]
-</div>
+* [[:Category:Glossary|Glossary]]
-</div>
-<br style="clear: both;" />
+===[[Sponsorship Options|Sponsor our work]]===
+If you are interested in sponsoring ICANNWiki or have ideas of how you'd like to participate, [[Talk:Sponsorship|let us know]]! You can also [https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=YeQFOHAX97BCeMSsgRvg8qa5uvV_---iJ7SYAuoFQoyHj0TfXOR3HiUCesHwe-fSoRnBeW&country.x=US&locale.x=US donate via Paypal].
+===Make suggestions & requests===
+This resource exists for the ICANN community, and it is powered by awesome volunteers within that community. After a hiatus, we now also have paid editorial support! Your opinions are valuable - they help us direct the work of our paid editors and provide prompts and guidance for volunteers.
+*[[Project talk:Community portal|How can we improve ICANNWiki?]]
+*What articles would [[Articles needed#Community_Suggestions|you like to see created]]?
+==Stay in touch==
+===Email us===
+* Email our Managing Content Editor, [mailto:jessica@icannwiki.org Jessica]
+===Social media===
+* [https://twitter.com/ICANNWiki ICANNWiki on Twitter]
+* [https://www.facebook.com/ICANNWiki ICANNWiki on Facebook]
+[[Category:ICANNWiki]]
+[[Category:Loose initiatives]]