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February 05, 2023

Diplopedia,[1] billed as the Encyclopedia of the United States Department of State, is a wiki running on a State internal Intranet, called "OpenNet". It houses a unique collection of information pertaining to diplomacy, international relations, and Department of State tradecraft.

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The wiki may be used by U.S. foreign affairs agencies domestic and abroad with State intranet access. It is also available to the United States intelligence community and other national-security related organizations using the Intelink-U network as a mirrored, read-only archive. Both sites are rated by the government as sensitive but unclassified. The wiki on either network is not open to the public.

Diplopedia is a project of the Office of eDiplomacy (eDip), located in the Bureau of Information Resource Management within the Department of State. Diplopedia uses MediaWiki, the same software used by the Wikipedia free-content encyclopedia project.[2]

Creation and usage

The project was launched in September 2006[3] after a presentation by State at Wikimania 2006.[2]

The program began as part of a larger effort created by former Secretary Condoleezza Rice within the concept of Transformational Diplomacy. Under that plan, personnel utilized Web 2.0 technologies such as wikis, blogs, communities, and virtual work environments to provide diplomacy to areas that have been underrepresented.[4] The program continued under Secretary Hillary Clinton's vision of diplomatic Smart Power, which also relied heavily on new media to include the web, blogs, and wikis, in concert with commercial online media distribution including Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.[5]

At Wikimania 2008, eDiplomacy revealed the state of the wiki as of July 2008. In a presentation entitled "Diplopedia: Wiki Culture in the U.S. Department of State", the overall Diplopedia project hosted more than 4,400 substantive articles, is edited by 1,000 registered users, and has had 650,000 page views.[6]

In January 2009, Diplopedia was among 27 online technologies named as "The Best Government Tech of the Bush Years" by Wired.[7]

By February 2010, the wiki had grown to 10,000 articles by over 2,000 contributors.[8]

As reported at Wikimania 2012, Diplopedia surpassed 5,000 editors and 16,300 articles.[9]

Content

 
Diplopedia main page

Examples of Diplopedia content include a comprehensive collection of information for desk officers, the Foreign Service Officers who act as the in-house experts and go-to officials on a particular country.

Desk officers rotate out of their positions every two years and often have little lead time to learn the scope of their new job. Diplopedia provides a desk officer manual, advising them on everything from what to make of Department jargon, how to move a paper for decision, or how to navigate a new Ambassador through the complexities of Senate confirmation and assignment to his or her mission.

Forty briefing portals help Department employees find and contribute information on specific programs, economic issues, and international politics. Recent additions are part of a working space for foreign policy experts to share and collate information that underpins the Department's efforts to address a major global issue which encompasses economic, political, human rights and population concerns.[8]

Community practices

The wiki provides so much flexibility that several offices throughout the community are using it to maintain and transfer knowledge on daily operations and events. Anyone with access to read it has permission to create and edit articles after registering and acquiring an account with Diplopedia (there are no anonymous edits allowed). Since Diplopedia is intended to be a platform for expressing the various points of view of the Department, Diplopedia does not enforce a pure neutral point of view policy. Instead, viewpoints are attributed to the offices and individuals participating, with the hope that a consensus view will emerge. Positions or views in an article that do not fairly represent the consensus of the relevant community of interest are to be clearly marked with the author, office, or agency whose views they represent.[10]

Diplopedia has a unique categorization of abbreviations and acronyms (pervasive in government). Each is placed in Category:Abbreviation and most point to articles on the topic the abbreviation represents. Information is also grouped by categories familiar to diplomats and lay people alike such as Missions Abroad, Offices, Information Technology, and Security.[10] Diplopedia also contains non-encyclopedic content including notes and items of internal, administrative interest.

Diplopedia uses two categorizations for frequent users: mythical creatures from Wikipedia and colored belts as used on Intellipedia.

Intellipedia

Congressional testimony from Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia,[11] notes the difference between vertical and horizontal information sharing and suggests that both could be successful e-government endeavors. Intellipedia is an excellent example of sharing information horizontally across agencies, and Diplopedia has found similar success in sharing information within the Department of State bureaucracy. Statements on both wikis encourage cross posting of relevant information as appropriate.

See also

 
Wikinews has related news:
  • Wikimania 2008: MediaWiki use in the U.S. Department of State

References

  1. ^ Family Liaison Office. "A Guide to the Foreign Service" (PDF). Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b Bronk, Robert 'Chris' (2006-08-01). "Diplopedia: Application of the Wiki Model for Collaborative Drafting in Foreign Affairs". Proceedings of Wikimania 2006 - The Second International Wikimedia Conference (Abstract). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Wikimedia Foundation.
  3. ^ . U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
  4. ^ Bronk, Chris; Smith, Tiffany (2010). (PDF). Proceedings of the 2010 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (draft). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-20.
  5. ^ Lee, Matthew. "Hillary Clinton, e-diplomat, embraces new media". AP on realtas.net. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  6. ^ Johnson, Eric (2008-07-19). Diplopedia: Wiki Culture in the U.S. Department of State. Wikimania 2008 (Video). Alexandria, Egypt.
  7. ^ Thompson, Nicholas (2009-01-27). "The Best Government Tech of the Bush Years". Wired. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  8. ^ a b Licciardi, Tiffany Smith; Green, Linda G. "Diplopedia Celebrates 10,000 Articles". DipNote (U.S. Dept of State Official Blog). Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  9. ^ Bronk, Chris; Lydens, Anne. "Tech@State Hosts Wiki.Gov Conference". DipNote (U.S. Dept of State Official Blog). Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  10. ^ a b Johnson, Eric M. (2007-11-14). (PDF). EPA Environmental Information Symposium. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-26.
  11. ^ Wales Senate Testimony regarding "E-Government 2.0: Improving Innovation, Collaboration, and Access" Page 3,5

February 05, 2023
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Diplopedia 1 billed as the Encyclopedia of the United States Department of State is a wiki running on a State internal Intranet called OpenNet It houses a unique collection of information pertaining to diplomacy international relations and Department of State tradecraft Diplopedia Logo The wiki may be used by U S foreign affairs agencies domestic and abroad with State intranet access It is also available to the United States intelligence community and other national security related organizations using the Intelink U network as a mirrored read only archive Both sites are rated by the government as sensitive but unclassified The wiki on either network is not open to the public Diplopedia is a project of the Office of eDiplomacy eDip located in the Bureau of Information Resource Management within the Department of State Diplopedia uses MediaWiki the same software used by the Wikipedia free content encyclopedia project 2 Contents 1 Creation and usage 2 Content 3 Community practices 4 Intellipedia 5 See also 6 ReferencesCreation and usage EditThe project was launched in September 2006 3 after a presentation by State at Wikimania 2006 2 The program began as part of a larger effort created by former Secretary Condoleezza Rice within the concept of Transformational Diplomacy Under that plan personnel utilized Web 2 0 technologies such as wikis blogs communities and virtual work environments to provide diplomacy to areas that have been underrepresented 4 The program continued under Secretary Hillary Clinton s vision of diplomatic Smart Power which also relied heavily on new media to include the web blogs and wikis in concert with commercial online media distribution including Twitter Facebook and YouTube 5 At Wikimania 2008 eDiplomacy revealed the state of the wiki as of July 2008 In a presentation entitled Diplopedia Wiki Culture in the U S Department of State the overall Diplopedia project hosted more than 4 400 substantive articles is edited by 1 000 registered users and has had 650 000 page views 6 In January 2009 Diplopedia was among 27 online technologies named as The Best Government Tech of the Bush Years by Wired 7 By February 2010 the wiki had grown to 10 000 articles by over 2 000 contributors 8 As reported at Wikimania 2012 Diplopedia surpassed 5 000 editors and 16 300 articles 9 Content Edit Diplopedia main page Examples of Diplopedia content include a comprehensive collection of information for desk officers the Foreign Service Officers who act as the in house experts and go to officials on a particular country Desk officers rotate out of their positions every two years and often have little lead time to learn the scope of their new job Diplopedia provides a desk officer manual advising them on everything from what to make of Department jargon how to move a paper for decision or how to navigate a new Ambassador through the complexities of Senate confirmation and assignment to his or her mission Forty briefing portals help Department employees find and contribute information on specific programs economic issues and international politics Recent additions are part of a working space for foreign policy experts to share and collate information that underpins the Department s efforts to address a major global issue which encompasses economic political human rights and population concerns 8 Community practices EditThe wiki provides so much flexibility that several offices throughout the community are using it to maintain and transfer knowledge on daily operations and events Anyone with access to read it has permission to create and edit articles after registering and acquiring an account with Diplopedia there are no anonymous edits allowed Since Diplopedia is intended to be a platform for expressing the various points of view of the Department Diplopedia does not enforce a pure neutral point of view policy Instead viewpoints are attributed to the offices and individuals participating with the hope that a consensus view will emerge Positions or views in an article that do not fairly represent the consensus of the relevant community of interest are to be clearly marked with the author office or agency whose views they represent 10 Diplopedia has a unique categorization of abbreviations and acronyms pervasive in government Each is placed in Category Abbreviation and most point to articles on the topic the abbreviation represents Information is also grouped by categories familiar to diplomats and lay people alike such as Missions Abroad Offices Information Technology and Security 10 Diplopedia also contains non encyclopedic content including notes and items of internal administrative interest Diplopedia uses two categorizations for frequent users mythical creatures from Wikipedia and colored belts as used on Intellipedia Intellipedia EditCongressional testimony from Jimmy Wales the co founder of Wikipedia 11 notes the difference between vertical and horizontal information sharing and suggests that both could be successful e government endeavors Intellipedia is an excellent example of sharing information horizontally across agencies and Diplopedia has found similar success in sharing information within the Department of State bureaucracy Statements on both wikis encourage cross posting of relevant information as appropriate See also Edit Wikinews has related news Wikimania 2008 MediaWiki use in the U S Department of State A Space Bureaupedia FBI s online encyclopedia Dipnote DoDTechipedia GCTools milSuite State Department Sounding Board United States Foreign ServiceReferences Edit Family Liaison Office A Guide to the Foreign Service PDF Retrieved 21 April 2015 a b Bronk Robert Chris 2006 08 01 Diplopedia Application of the Wiki Model for Collaborative Drafting in Foreign Affairs Proceedings of Wikimania 2006 The Second International Wikimedia Conference Abstract Cambridge Massachusetts Wikimedia Foundation Major Programs of the Office of eDiplomacy U S Department of State Archived from the original on 2008 01 11 Retrieved 2008 02 02 Bronk Chris Smith Tiffany 2010 Diplopedia Imagined Building State s Diplomacy Wiki PDF Proceedings of the 2010 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems draft Archived from the original PDF on 2010 05 20 Lee Matthew Hillary Clinton e diplomat embraces new media AP on realtas net Retrieved 2009 06 21 Johnson Eric 2008 07 19 Diplopedia Wiki Culture in the U S Department of State Wikimania 2008 Video Alexandria Egypt Thompson Nicholas 2009 01 27 The Best Government Tech of the Bush Years Wired Retrieved 2009 02 05 a b Licciardi Tiffany Smith Green Linda G Diplopedia Celebrates 10 000 Articles DipNote U S Dept of State Official Blog Retrieved 2010 02 05 Bronk Chris Lydens Anne Tech State Hosts Wiki Gov Conference DipNote U S Dept of State Official Blog Retrieved 2012 07 20 a b Johnson Eric M 2007 11 14 Diplopedia Knowledge sharing through an enterprise wiki at the U S Department of State PDF EPA Environmental Information Symposium U S Environmental Protection Agency Archived from the original PDF on 2012 10 26 Wales Senate Testimony regarding E Government 2 0 Improving Innovation Collaboration and Access Page 3 5 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Diplopedia amp oldid 1025062693, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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