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In this section, let's discuss advocacy wikis. Wikis and advocacy go hand in hand. How is this? Wikis work to promote collaboration. Advocacy uses collaborative efforts to promote change on issues around the globe. So they're a natural fit. Imagine, if you would, the time and effort that goes into planning a major event, such as a conference or a rally. How could we use a wiki to make this more simple? Think about it, if you would, the different, small details that go into planning such things. Posting these details as they evolve on a wiki allows everybody involved to have the full info. Nobody goes without knowing everything that's going on. This allows everybody to stay informed. For example, groups can collaborate on fliers or on mission statements. They could post and refine a FAQ, a frequently asked questions about the organization. They could create a member directory that could be rapidly updated. So these are just a few ideas that an advocacy group could utilize a wiki to make their lives easier. Now here's some examples that I thought were really great of advocacy groups using wiki technology to really expand their horizons. The first is SourceWatch, created by the Center for Media in Democracy as a directory of the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda. And here you see here a very nice, colorful wiki and it has different portals devoted to different issues, such as tobacco, United States Legislation and issues, nuclear issues and a community portal. This is a really neat, really well-formed, full of content wiki. The next one is the Python wiki. This is developed by the community surrounding the Python programming language and if you know anything about programming languages, you will know that different supporters of various programming languages get quite involved in their programming language. There are different advocates of that language. So let's check this out. The Python wiki is a really great example of a community using a wiki to help refine their product. They have different documents here such as beginners guides, different documentation, books, so on and so forth, things that you can check out and edit if you see fit. They're using it for events, courses and conferences. You'll see here Python conferences, Python events and local user groups. Finally, we have the Global Voices Advocacy wiki and Global Voices is a group that is using a collaborative effort to work on projects to defend the human rights of bloggers around the world. Now, this happens to be one that's a little light on content right now. It's a great idea out of a group using a wiki to really make a difference in the world and if this is a group that interests you at all, I highly encourage you to check it out to defend the rights of bloggers and other Internet users around the world. So these are great examples of advocacy groups, people that are using the wiki technology to really advance their cause and I encourage you to check these out and see if any of these interest you and how you can contribute to them.