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Wikidelphia has 2,569 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 (#2 OF 18)
When you want to add some fun things to your personal calendar, come on back over to Wikidelphia and have a look-see at "Does-Event Calendar", 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.
All of the Tips that appear in this section of the Main Page can be seen in one view on the All Tips page.
Big Links
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).