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YIMBYwiki is a wiki / knowledgebase for YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) & housing issues.

Background
This project grew out of a discussion on the YIMBY Town mailing list, "The Opposition in Portland has Arrived", subsequently moved to "YIMBY knowledgebase/wiki (was The Opposition in Portland..)" in October 2016. However, as noted in the discussion, there have been various previous discussions about idea, and prior related efforts such as the SFBARF FAQ created by San Francisco Bay Area Renters Federation) on Reddit

Mike Schiraldi (San Francisco) wrote:
"I don't want to get off on too much of a tangent, but one of the reasons it's so exciting to see nationwide YIMBY collaboration is that
we can jointly build up a body of answers to frequent objections (both good-faith and bad-faith)....Any suggestions as to what sort of storage system might work for such a knowledgebase?"

Conversation and building ensued.

Admin/editor:
Tim McCormick, San Francisco.
email: editor.yimby.wiki (at) tjm.org.
web: tjm.org. Twitter: @tmccormick.
To support: cash.me/$tmccormick1.

Editing/Creating pages:
open to anyone, requires account with email confirmation.
Content reviewed by editor.

Installation details:
MediaWiki 1.26.31
+ WYSIWYG extension (WYSIWYG-CKeditor 1.27) for visual editor.
+ ShortURL url rewriting set up.
+ MobileFrontend extension to improve reading/editing on mobile
+ InputBox extension to make it easier / more obvious how ot create a new page.

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 YIMBYwiki is a wiki / knowledgebase for YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) & housing issues. &nbsp;
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-This project grew out of&nbsp;a discussion on the YIMBY Town mailing list, "[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/yimbytown/qUBbHOczybk The Opposition in Portland has Arrived]", subsequently moved to&nbsp;<br/> "[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/yimbytown/71H8zBXFnI0 YIMBY knowledgebase/wiki (was The Opposition in Portland..)]" in October 2016. However, as noted in the discussion, there have been various previous discussions about idea, and&nbsp;prior related efforts such as the&nbsp;[https://www.reddit.com/r/SFBARF/wiki/faq SFBARF&nbsp;FAQ] created by San Francisco Bay Area Renters Federation) on&nbsp;Reddit
+'''Background'''<br/> This project grew out of&nbsp;a discussion on the YIMBY Town mailing list, "[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/yimbytown/qUBbHOczybk The Opposition in Portland has Arrived]", subsequently moved to&nbsp;"[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/yimbytown/71H8zBXFnI0 YIMBY knowledgebase/wiki (was The Opposition in Portland..)]" in October 2016. However, as noted in the discussion, there have been various previous discussions about idea, and&nbsp;prior related efforts such as the&nbsp;[https://www.reddit.com/r/SFBARF/wiki/faq SFBARF&nbsp;FAQ] created by San Francisco Bay Area Renters Federation) on&nbsp;Reddit
 Mike Schiraldi (San Francisco) wrote:&nbsp;<br/> "I don't want to get off on too much of a tangent, but one of the reasons it's so exciting to see nationwide YIMBY collaboration is that&nbsp;<br/> we can jointly build up a body of answers to frequent objections (both&nbsp;good-faith and bad-faith)....Any suggestions as to what sort of storage system might work for such&nbsp;a knowledgebase?"