Micro Persuasion: NBA's Dallas Mavs Ask Fans to Wiki Every Game

Monday, January 15, 2007

NBA's Dallas Mavs Ask Fans to Wiki Every Game

The Dallas Mavericks have broken new ground with a wiki that allows fans to catalog every single game. The wiki is powered by MediaWiki - the same software used by Wikipedia. However, it is moderated.

According to the Mavs, the team is also hoping fans will use the wiki to chronicle historical games. To that end they are soliciting fan photographs.

MavsWiki is the first in professional sports, according to the team. The Dallas Mavericks are owned by Mark Cuban, a long time basketball fan and Internet pioneer.

Tags: DallasMavericks, MarkCuban, NBA, basketball, sports

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