MNopedia
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| Web address | mnopedia |
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Type of site
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Internet encyclopedia project |
| Available in | English |
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Content license
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CC-BY-SA 3.0, public domain, and all rights reserved |
| Launched | August 15, 2011 |
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Alexa rank
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5,257,349 (January 2013[update])[1] |
MNopedia 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] The site came online on August 15, 2011 with initial funding of $215,000 for 2010 and 2011.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5] MNHS paid history scholars including Rhoda Gilman and Annette Atkins to compose essays for the site[6] and the historical society also awards grants for the creation of entries on select topics.[7]
MNopedia is queryable via API.[8] 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.[9]
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