December 2007
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216 pages
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Chapter 6a. Case Study: Kerrydale Street
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Kerrydale Street – Celtic Football Club
www.kerrydalestreet.com
Type of organization: Fan Club for a Scottish Football Club
Number of wiki users: 500 + registered users
Kerrydale Street is a user-generated fan wiki created to celebrate Celtic FC, a Scottish Premiere League football team. Celtic FC has a large, passionate, and international fan base that has been rabidly following the team since its first match in 1888. During those 119 years of football history, Celtric FC has amassed a treasure trove of information that needs to be chronicled and celebrated. Kerrydale Street has become that place online. In a little over one year's time, Celtic fans have contributed over 3,500 pages of content, 7,000 images added, and over 18,000 contributions. And those numbers continue to grow every day.
1. Why did the site creator choose a wiki?
The idea for the Kerrydale Street wiki came from a desire to have a companion site for a very successful Celtic forum site. The site creator toyed with the idea of going down the usual "Fan Site" road with match reports, players of the month, and so on, but decided that the best way to differentiate from these other sites was to let as many passionate fans of Celtic FC as possible help build the ultimate fan site. A wiki proved to be the easiest way to activate the Celtic faithful.
2. What type of wiki is Kerrydale Street using?
Kerrydale Street is powered by a free consumer-oriented hosted wiki service.
3. How is ...
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