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==<font size="+2">Philly's Wiki</font>== | ==<font size="+2">Philly's Wiki Since 2011</font>== | ||
*To sample our '''variety''', use the "<u>[[Special:Random|Next Random Page]]</u>" sidebar-menu item to quickly bring up a random sample. Just click it, then see a page, then click it again, then see another, ... | |||
*To look outside of Philadelphia, try our sister site, <u>[https://www.othernetworks.org OtherNetworks]</u>! While you're there, look at some of the titles in the [https://othernetworks.org/Searchable_Listing_of_over_1,100_Humanity_Rising_Episodes Searchable Listing of over 1,100 Humanity Rising Episodes], a series of recorded Zoom discussions that may include one that's irresistibly fascinating ''to you!'' | |||
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◊ Wikidelphia's '''newest''' (finished) '''page''' is <u>[[Small Biz Philly]]</u>, completed on August 6, 2026. | |||
<br>◊ The most recent '''historic preservation''' conversion of a page was <u>[[Carnaval de Puebla en Filadelfia (Is-Past)]]</u>, done on August 5, 2026. | |||
<br>◊ The page most recently '''migrated to [https://www.othernetworks.org OtherNetworks]''' is <u>[https://othernetworks.org/Josh_Mitteldorf Josh Mitteldorf]</u>, which was moved on August 5, 2026. | |||
<br>◊ On August 5, 2026, we scheduled "Random H.R. Page on O.N." X posts (or tweets) for '''Humanity Rising''' episodes [https://othernetworks.org/HR!Day076 #076] and [https://othernetworks.org/HR!Day573 #573] to appear on August 13 and 15. | |||
< | <br>◊ The latest '''full update''' of a page was done to <u>[[Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia (PAGP)]]</u> on August 4, 2026. | ||
<br>◊ '''Photos''' from randomly selected Wikidelphia pages were added (below on this Main Page) on August 4, 2026. The older two were moved to the bottom. | |||
<br>◊ Our '''newest stub''' is <u>[[Yo Adrienne Improv Festival (YAIF)]]</u>, posted on August 4, 2026. | |||
<!--<br>◊ The latest '''news item''' was added on April 14, 2026. It's from [https://www.westphillylocal.com/ West Philly Local] and appears on our <u>[[Kingsessing Recreation Center]]</u> page. | |||
<br>◊ To see '''what's new''' generally, check out our X (Twitter) profile (<u>[http://www.x.com/wikidelphia1 @Wikidelphia1]</u>), or see the <u>[[Special:RecentChanges|Recent Changes]]</u> list.--> | |||
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<p>Wikidelphia has '''''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} pages''''' organized with over '''''3,400 overlapping categories''''' (as of September 12, 2025).</center> | |||
<p><font size="+1">''"Where Philadelphia Discovers Collaborators"''</font> | |||
<br> '''Wikidelphia™''' is primarily a crowd-sourced, categorized index to websites. It aims to answer the question, "What are the people of the Philadelphia region doing to help themselves, their neighbors and their communities?" | |||
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<!--1. <u>[[:Category:Is-Wikidelphia_Resource_Page|Wikidelphia Resource Pages]]</u> will sometimes be a great place for you to look. For example, the <u>[[Food and Agriculture Resource Page]]</u> includes a long list of Wikidelphia Categories covering a wide range on food, horticulture, agriculture, etc.--> | <!--1. <u>[[:Category:Is-Wikidelphia_Resource_Page|Wikidelphia Resource Pages]]</u> will sometimes be a great place for you to look. For example, the <u>[[Food and Agriculture Resource Page]]</u> includes a long list of Wikidelphia Categories covering a wide range on food, horticulture, agriculture, etc.--> | ||
<!--2. When you want to add some fun things to your personal calendar, come on back over to Wikidelphia and have a look-see at "<u>[[:Category:Does-Event_Calendar|Does-Event Calendar]]</u>", our big collection of links to Wikidelphia pages that have event calendars! Many of the organizations and places on Wikidelphia have their own calendars, so pick some orgs you like the look of, and see if they have events you'd like to add to ''your'' calendar! When you get to each page, you'll find "Event Calendar" under the "Info" heading.--> | <!--2. When you want to add some fun things to your personal calendar, come on back over to Wikidelphia and have a look-see at "<u>[[:Category:Does-Event_Calendar|Does-Event Calendar]]</u>", our big collection of links to Wikidelphia pages that have event calendars! Many of the organizations and places on Wikidelphia have their own calendars, so pick some orgs you like the look of, and see if they have events you'd like to add to ''your'' calendar! When you get to each page, you'll find "Event Calendar" under the "Info" heading.--> | ||
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<!--5. Wikidelphia is a go-to site for volunteer opportunities. Under the Category <u>[[:Category:Using-Volunteers|Using_Volunteers]]</u>, just look over the big list of organizations, and pick one you want to volunteer for. The organization's Wikidelphia page will probably have a direct link to its Volunteer page where you can inquire or apply.--> | <!--5. Wikidelphia is a go-to site for volunteer opportunities. Under the Category <u>[[:Category:Using-Volunteers|Using_Volunteers]]</u>, just look over the big list of organizations, and pick one you want to volunteer for. The organization's Wikidelphia page will probably have a direct link to its Volunteer page where you can inquire or apply.--> | ||
<!--6. When you do a search for something you already know the name of, there's a pretty good chance that you can just type in the acronym. For example, "FNC" will easily pull up the Federation of Neighborhood Centers.--> | <!--6. When you do a search for something you already know the name of, there's a pretty good chance that you can just type in the acronym. For example, "FNC" will easily pull up the Federation of Neighborhood Centers.--> | ||
<!--7. Sometimes when you look at a Category, it has so many pages that you'd rather shrink the list before you look it over. That's what Multi-Category Search (in the left sidebar of every page) is for! If you use it to do a search using two or more Categories, the results will be easier to deal with.--> | |||
<!--8. When you click or tap on an external link (a link that takes you outside Wikidelphia), a new window will open on the site you're going to. Then you can explore that freely, and when you're done, just tab-switch back to the Wikidelphia window. We made it this way so that you won't exit Wikidelphia until you actually decide to.--> | <!--8. When you click or tap on an external link (a link that takes you outside Wikidelphia), a new window will open on the site you're going to. Then you can explore that freely, and when you're done, just tab-switch back to the Wikidelphia window. We made it this way so that you won't exit Wikidelphia until you actually decide to.--> | ||
<!--9. Our X account (<u>[https://www.x.com/wikidelphia1 @wikidelphia1]</u>), which we hope you'll follow, has a few main objectives: | <!--9. Our X account (<u>[https://www.x.com/wikidelphia1 @wikidelphia1]</u>), which we hope you'll follow, has a few main objectives: | ||
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*Share announcements of events where you can get free food or other necessities. | *Share announcements of events where you can get free food or other necessities. | ||
*Add connections to Philly's network of helpful do-gooders. (We like to say, "Helpfulness brings people into focus.")--> | *Add connections to Philly's network of helpful do-gooders. (We like to say, "Helpfulness brings people into focus.")--> | ||
<!--10. | <!--10. Wikidelphia is gradually removing pages that aren't local to—or closely linked to—Philadelphia. The pages are still available, but they're located at our sister site, [https://www.othernetworks.org Other Networks (ON)], which is maintained by Wikidelphia's progenitor, Stan Pokras. ON has lots of fascinating links from around the nation and the world. Go have a look!--> | ||
<!--11. The original idea behind naming our categories was to write something like the predicate of a sentence. Examples: | <!--11. The original idea behind naming our categories was to write something like the predicate of a sentence. Examples: | ||
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*[[Sally's Links]] is "About-Agriculture".--> | *[[Sally's Links]] is "About-Agriculture".--> | ||
<!--12. On some of our pages, you'll see "(Is-Past)" in the title. It's part of what we do when a page's subject goes defunct. For example, a local nonprofit shuts down, and their Wikidelphia page's link goes dead. We'll try to find a new link, because maybe the organization is still open, but it changed its website. We do a search, and if that fails, then we mark the page "(Is-Past)". We don't delete it, because we want the information available to local historians, and also because a closure doesn't mean that the organization didn't have a great idea for somebody else to learn from and develop.--> | |||
<!--13. One way we find ideas for new pages is to check local news outlets. Over the years we've put together an interesting <u>[[News Sources|collection]]</u> of local sources.--> | |||
 Beginning in February 2026, we started migrating non-local pages to our excellent sister site, <u>[https://www.othernetworks.org OtherNetworks.org]</u>. Our staff editor had been wanting to do it for a long time, and a consultation with Grok AI validated the idea: Wikidelphia should cover ''Philadelphia'', especially since we also have the OtherNetworks site, where non-local pages would fit very well. As more non-local pages move to OtherNetworks, Wikidelphia will become more and more focused on Philly.<br> ''Note:'' Our <u>[https://www.x.com/wikidelphia1 X account]</u> has been Philly-centric ever since we started on Twitter in 2022. In mid-2026 we started including posts (on X) about episodes from Wikidelphia inventor and owner [[User:Stan|Stan]]'s other long-term project, the [https://othernetworks.org/Humanity_Rising Humanity Rising] series archive. | |||
<!--15. Wikidelphia is mobile-optimized (mostly)! In late 2025, our provider updated our software, and a few of our features needed repair. ''BUT,'' there's a <big>big benefit</big>: If you rotate your phone (90°) to landscape mode, you can read everything! Text isn't tiny and un-zoomable! (Maybe you'll need to zoom a wee bit or Hide a sidebar.) The same phone-friendly "upgrade" has been discovered at our non-Philly sister site <u>[https://othernetworks.org Other Networks]</u>.--> | |||
<!--16. Wikidelphia has a disproportionately difficult time staying up-to-date. It's not for lack of trying! ''One factor:'' We can only pay our Staff Editor for six hours a week. ''Another:'' We don't wait for an organization to become well-established. We welcome newbies! Occasionally, we discover a place and list it before it even opens, e.g., the <u>[[Museum of the American Revolution]]</u>, which we listed a year or more before it opened, and we added "In The News" updates all along. But welcoming newbies comes with a problem: they often fail, and so their Wikidelphia pages go out-of-date. It doesn't stop our eagerness to include the newest.--> | |||
<!--17. On our X account <u>[https://www.x.com/wikidelphia1 @Wikidelphia1]</u>, I (staff editor Paul) re-post various events in Philly. Most aren't political, but some are. The political ones ''do not'' imply endorsement. What we ''do'' endorse is your going out and enjoying something in person. When looking at an event post, I ask: | |||
#Is the event in-person? | |||
#Is it within the city limits? | |||
#Is it at least 24 hours in the future? | |||
 If the answers are all "Yes", then it qualifies, and I leave it up to ''you'' to decide whether you like it and want to go there.--> | |||
<!--18. Descriptions of Wikidelphia subjects (organizations, companies, individuals, recurring events) are generally copied from the subject's own website, and thus they ''do not'' represent the views of Wikidelphia or its staff. In making Wikidelphia descriptions, I (staff editor Paul) avoid mission statements, because they often don't tell you what the subject actually ''does''. I avoid values statements for the same reason. Occasionally, a website doesn't have enough information for a description, so I go ask Grok AI a detailed query aimed at finding information from the widest possible variety of sources and summarizing it all in a useful paragraph or two.--> | |||
<!--19. On this page, the two blue-framed photos were selected randomly. The captions link you to Wikidelphia pages. Photos are copied from the Wikidelphia subject's (organization's, company's, etc.) own website, and as far as we could tell by looking closely, the pics are copyright-free enough for Wikidelphia to use for informing our visitors about the subject.--> | |||
<br> ''All of the Tips that appear in this section of the Main Page can be seen in one view on the <u>[[All Tips]]</u> page.'' | <br> ''All of the Tips that appear in this section of the Main Page can be seen in one view on the <u>[[All Tips]]</u> page.'' | ||
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For questions or to volunteer, write a note to [mailto:stan@communitymagic.org stan@communitymagic.org] (Wikidelphia progenitor [[User:Stan|Stan]]). | For questions or to volunteer, write a note to [mailto:stan@communitymagic.org stan@communitymagic.org] (Wikidelphia progenitor [[User:Stan|Stan]]). | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:21, 6 August 2026
Philly's Wiki Since 2011
- To sample our variety, use the "Next Random Page" sidebar-menu item to quickly bring up a random sample. Just click it, then see a page, then click it again, then see another, ...
- To look outside of Philadelphia, try our sister site, OtherNetworks! While you're there, look at some of the titles in the Searchable Listing of over 1,100 Humanity Rising Episodes, a series of recorded Zoom discussions that may include one that's irresistibly fascinating to you!
| WIKIDELPHIA UPDATE BOARD
◊ Wikidelphia's newest (finished) page is Small Biz Philly, completed on August 6, 2026.
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Wikidelphia has 2,565 pages organized with over 3,400 overlapping categories (as of September 12, 2025).
"Where Philadelphia Discovers Collaborators"
Wikidelphia™ is primarily a crowd-sourced, categorized index to websites. It aims to answer the question, "What are the people of the Philadelphia region doing to help themselves, their neighbors and their communities?"
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TIP (#14 OF 19)
Beginning in February 2026, we started migrating non-local pages to our excellent sister site, OtherNetworks.org. Our staff editor had been wanting to do it for a long time, and a consultation with Grok AI validated the idea: Wikidelphia should cover Philadelphia, especially since we also have the OtherNetworks site, where non-local pages would fit very well. As more non-local pages move to OtherNetworks, Wikidelphia will become more and more focused on Philly.
Note: Our X account has been Philly-centric ever since we started on Twitter in 2022. In mid-2026 we started including posts (on X) about episodes from Wikidelphia inventor and owner Stan's other long-term project, the Humanity Rising series archive.
All of the Tips that appear in this section of the Main Page can be seen in one view on the All Tips page.
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TOP LEVEL: About | Does | Frequency | Is | Issue | Makes | Sells | Serves | Teaches | Using | Where
QUICK SEARCHES: Animal — Arts — Business — Children — Education — Employment — Families — Food — Health — Historic — Housing — Music — Seniors — Youth
- Does-Event Calendar — Event calendars from all over Philly.
- Does-Facility Rentals — Places to host your next event.
- Does-Online Store — Do some online shopping locally!
- Is-Museum — More than 90 museums!
- Local News — Chestnut Hill Local, Germantown Info Hub, Northeast Times, Passyunk Post, Roxborough Review, West Philly Local, etc.
- Arts & Culture Resource Page
- Community Resource Page
- Housing Resource Page
- Jobs Resource Page
- More Wikidelphia Resource Pages
- Advocacy: Is-Advocacy Organization — Shows a multitude of causes being championed!
- Businesses: Is-Business — Is-Business Association — Is-Business Directory — Is-Restaurant — Is-Store.
- Volunteer Here: Using-Volunteers — Volunteering in Philadelphia — Opportunities galore!
Annual Events ∗ Government Agencies ∗ Nonprofit Organizations ∗ Tourist Attractions
POPULAR ISSUES: Idea Pages ∗ Liberating Structures ∗ Other Networks Newsletter ∗ "Sullivan Principles"
Take charge of the information about your passion!
Get your name in lights (or bold text)! Register for free as an editor to add to or update Wikidelphia! Write to Stan Pokras (stan@communitymagic.org) for a username and password. If you've never made or edited a Wiki page before, we'll be delighted to give you a lesson. There will always be new pages to make and existing pages to update at Wikidelphia!
Calling all info geeks! Wikidelphia seeks Indexers and Topic Curators!
—Write to Stan if you're interested! stan@communitymagic.org—
See Also
Helpfulness brings people into focus. Community Magic collects and builds tools people can use to help members of their community. The aim is to make useful connections among neighbors and communities. When enough people are busy connecting their neighbors, and they themselves are connected to each other, magical things can happen!
Wikidelphia's sister site. A crowd sourced catalog of documents, people, organizations, and websites exploring digital alternatives from around the world.
| Stan's Original Introduction to Wikidelphia |
Wikidelphia is a trademark of and is managed by Community Magic, a project of the Uptown Entertainment and Development Corporation (UEDC).
Disclaimer
Wikidelphia does not recommend or endorse the agencies or resources listed on this site. This is an informational site only. We encourage users to carefully review and evaluate all services and decide what is best to meet their needs and the needs of their families, neighbors, clients, associates, and friends.
Contact Us
For questions or to volunteer, write a note to stan@communitymagic.org (Wikidelphia progenitor Stan).
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