I find projects to build large catalogs interesting; many of these are simply not done well online. If you have a free catalog, you can visaulize its elements on a map / with search; add reviews and images and comments to what was previously uncommentable. Some potential catalogs:
Organizations - O(10M) V [ like wiserearth, whitepages? ] Books and published works - O(10M) new published pieces a year. [ openlibrary.org ] Websites - O(10M) V, non-spam sites? [ aboutus.com ] People/genealogy - O(1B) verifiable data points. [ rodovid : O(100k) ] Locations - O(1B) buildings and urban places. Fewer identifiable/V places in nature. Popular online files - O(1B) V + N (for some defined N), by url + date Mass-produced objects - O(10B) V, by UPC or other code. [ no public site ] On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Eugene Eric Kim <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Robert Rohde <[email protected]> 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 > > -- > ====================================================================== > Eugene Eric Kim ................................ http://xri.net/=eekim > Blue Oxen Associates ........................ http://www.blueoxen.com/ > ====================================================================== > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
