MNopedia

MNopedia
Type of site
 Internet encyclopedia project
Available in English
Website mnopedia.org
Alexa rank 5,257,349 (January 2013)[1]
Launched August 15, 2011
Content license
 CC-BY-SA 3.0,
public domain,
and all rights reserved

MNopedia: The Minnesota Encyclopedia is a free English-language encyclopedia project from the Minnesota Historical Society. Funded through a Legacy Amendment Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund grant, it is the first online encyclopedia about Minnesota,[2] a "resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history".[3] Approved by Minnesotans on November 4, 2008, planning took place in 2010, the site was built in 2011[4] and was online on August 15; initial funding for 2010 and 2011 was $215,000.[5] Many of the articles produced by the encyclopedia are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License as are some of its multimedia files.[6]

The Minnesota Historical Society had previously planned to produce a print encyclopedia, but opted for an online site for the sake of affordability and interactivity.[7] MNHS paid history scholars including Rhoda Gilman and Annette Atkins to compose essays for the site[8] and the historical society also awards grants for the creation of entries on select topics.[9]

MNopedia is queryable via API.[10] Online newspaper MinnPost publishes entries from MNopedia on a weekly basis as well as publishing bimonthly news articles that are later developed into entries for MNopedia.[11][12]

Molly Huber is the Editor and Project Manager.[3] The article on the Wealthy Apple is a staff and internet favorite; under CC-By-SA attribution it was imported from MNopedia into Wikipedia in 2012.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Mnopedia.org Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  2. ↑ "MNopedia: The Minnesota Encyclopedia". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 "MNopedia: Minnesota Encyclopedia". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ "About MNopedia". MNopedia. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  5. ↑ Regan, Sheila (September 2, 2011). "MNopedia, Minnesota's own encyclopedia". City Pages. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Copyright". MNopedia. Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  7. ↑ Tillotson, Kristin (August 22, 2011). "MNopedia site makes history fun". Star Tribune.
  8. ↑ Treacy, Mary (November 27, 2012). "MNopedia – An evolving encyclopedia of all things Minnesota". Twin Cities Daily Planet.
  9. ↑ Downer, Paul (December 6, 2012). "CCHS receives grant for MNopedia project". Sun Patriot.
  10. ↑ "About MNopedia". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  11. ↑ "MinnPost partners with Minnesota Historical Society on MNopedia". MinnPost. September 7, 2012.
  12. 1 2 Gray, Susan. "Minnesota Historical Society launches MNOpedia (audio)". KFAI. Ampers. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
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