Differences and Similarities between Digital Cyprus and Wikipedia

This article has been prepared to help especially those involved in the promotion and development of Digital Cyprus understand how Digital Cyprus is similar or different to Wikipedia.

Please do not make significant changes, unless you consult with someone from the Digital Cyprus staff.

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#	Wikipedia	Digital Cyprus
1	Owner: Wikimedia foundation; Non-Profit	Owner: Digital Cyprus DC, Non-Profit
2	Any topics are allowed	Must be related to Cyprus
3	Audience: Global	Mostly Cypriots or people interested in Cyprus
4	Wikipedia is an encyclopedia	Digital Cyprus is not interested oly about subjects that are encyclopedic interest (and thus mostly historical), but also about contemporary issues. Serves as focal point for those interested in something to connect and get involved.
5	Wikipedia is not a school	Digital Cyprus’ second most important goal is to contribute towards rendering the people of Cyprus technologically fit for the digital era. To achieve this, it introduces and teaches the basics of coding: to draft or edit a page, one has to use and learn MediaWiki’s markup language; a language that is easy for anyone.
6	Wikipedia is not a Directory, i.e., it does not aim complete coverage of a certain subject; focuses on the most important	Digital Cyprus is in many respects a Directory; For example, it aims to gradually include all Cypriot words, or all Cypriot families, or all Cypriot ancient ruins, etc.
7	Neutral point of view. No advocacy, no debates	Same, but with some differences. However, Digital Cyprus’ third most important goal is to cultivate openness and acceptance of a different point of view within the Cyprus public. To achieve this goal, in some cases debates will not only be allowed but also kindled; e.g., within sensitive sections such as politics and religion.
8	Wikipedia is not a newspaper	Same, but with some differences. Also Digital Cyprus is not a newspaper. However, it still allows coverage of contemporary issues and it is also open to future spin off projects in that direction like for example within the Digital Tools for Democracy initiative.
9	Wikipedia is not an advertising platform	Same, but with some differences. Also Digital Cyprus is not an advertising platform, but like Wikipedia it will promote its supporters in different ways; Simply because Cyprus is very small, promotion through mentioning and highlighting in certain sections may in some cases be perceived as advertising.
10	Funding: Crowdsourcing, no ADs	Same
11	Citations needed: No personal opinions, no interpretations	Same
12	Free content for anyone to use, edit, distribute	Same, but with some differences. Nevertheless, Digital Cyprus might launch additional projects in the future which might require subscription, as a means of securing its survivability.
13	No shameless self-promotion	Same, but with some differences. Individuals are allowed to initiate and publish an article about themselves or their organization; but of course that article maybe edited and modified by anyone.
14	No copyright violations	Same
15	No spamming	Same
16	Editing: Discuss in Talk page first	Same