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YIMBYwiki is a wiki / knowledgebase for [[YIMBY_concept|YIMBY]] (Yes In My Backyard) & housing issues. That is, to gather ideas, research, and strategies for creating more inclusive, affordable, equitable housing and communities. We are an affiliate project of [https://yimbyaction.org/ YIMBY Action], which is a member of the [http://www.sfyimby.org/ SFYIMBY] coalition, San Francisco. <br/>
'''Mission''' <br/> Build the most usable, complete, and open online resource for understanding housing and land-use issues, and for working to create more inclusive and affordable communities. <br/>
'''Sponsorship'''<br/> YIMBYwiki is supported in 2017 by a grant from [http://betterboulder.com/ Better Boulder] and [http://www.baraonline.com/ Boulder Area Realtors Association].
'''[[Development_Roadmap|Development Roadmap]]''': to-do items and proposed or planned developments.<br/>
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<br/> on YIMBY Town list, Mike Schiraldi (San Francisco) wrote: <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 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?"''
Following on these conversation, SFYIMBY member Tim McCormick proposed and launched YIMBY.wiki, and continues to lead its development. <br/>
'''Please [[Support_YIMBYwiki|support YIMBYwiki]].'''
'''Lead admin/editors: '''<br/> Admin:<br/> Tim McCormick, San Francisco / Oakland. (on site: [[User:Admin|Admin]] / [[Tmccormick]] )
Editors: <br/> [[User:Eaymer|Elise Aymer]], Toronto.<br/> [[User:GrantHenninger|Grant Henninger]], Anaheim.
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'''Editing/Creating pages: '''<br/> open to anyone, requires account with email confirmation. <br/> New content/edits go live immediately, though may be reviewed and changed by editors later. Change logs are reviewed regularly. <br/>
'''Thanks for early input & help from: '''<br/> Laura Clark - President of
'''Installation details: '''<br/> MediaWiki 1.26.31<br/> + [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WYSIWYG WYSIWYG extension] (WYSIWYG-CKeditor 1.27) for visual editor. <br/> + [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL ShortURL] url rewriting set up. <br/> + [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MobileFrontend MobileFrontend] extension to improve reading/editing on mobile <br/> (note, this means some pages like site Main page have an alternate mobile version, for example to show logo which would otherwise not appear on Main in mobile view; so changes to that page need to be edited in both the normal place and a second section below, enclosed in tags. See [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Thread:Extension_talk:MobileFrontend/Can_i_hide_some_content_from_the_desktop-view_and_show_it_ONLY_in_mobile_View? note on how]. <br/> + [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:InputBox InputBox] extension to make it easier / more obvious how ot create a new page.
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