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

Background
This project grew out of a October 2016 discussion on the YIMBY Town mailing list (US national Yimby email list/forum): "The Opposition in Portland has Arrived" (subsequently moved to "YIMBY knowledgebase/wiki (was The Opposition in Portland..). in October 2016. However, as noted in thread, 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.

Lead admin/editor:
Tim McCormick, San Francisco - Houslets, SFYIMBY.
email: editor.yimby.wiki (at) tjm.org.
web: tjm.org. Twitter: @tmccormick, @houslets.

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

Thanks for early input & help from:
Laura Clark - President of GrowSF (member org of SFYIMBY).
Mike Schiraldi
Diego Aguilar-Canabal - SFYIMBY, & SFBA Metro Observer.
Jesse Kanson-Benanav - Chairman, A Better Cambridge.
Laura Loe Bernstein - Founder, YIMBY Seattle.
Ken Hotard - SVP at Boulder Area Realtor Association.
Zane A. Selvans - YIMBY Town, Better Boulder, Boulder Housing Coalition, etc.

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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 '''Background'''<br/> This project grew out of&nbsp;a October 2016 discussion on the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/yimbytown YIMBY Town] mailing list (US national Yimby email list/forum):&nbsp;"[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/yimbytown/qUBbHOczybk The Opposition in Portland has Arrived]"&nbsp;(subsequently moved to&nbsp;"[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/yimbytown/71H8zBXFnI0 YIMBY knowledgebase/wiki (was The Opposition in Portland..)].&nbsp;in October 2016. However, as noted in thread, 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?"
+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;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?"''
 Conversation and building ensued.&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;