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MikeFellows

posted on 14/12/11 at 11:57 AM Reply With Quote
wiki

I was thinking about this the other day after the thread about repeat questions on the forum and the poor search.

a Wiki would be a great source of information and links could be added to the pages back to relevant posts on the forum keeping relevant threads together

ive not thought about it much but just wondered if people would be willing to contribute it might be something useful for everyone - it would only work if people where genuinely willing to contribute though

what do you think?

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Bluemoon

posted on 14/12/11 at 12:01 PM Reply With Quote
This has come up a number of times, I think one might even have been started?
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liam.mccaffrey

posted on 14/12/11 at 12:13 PM Reply With Quote
there is (or was) a locost wiki.

I have no idea where it is though





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scudderfish

posted on 14/12/11 at 12:32 PM Reply With Quote
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=48318






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Bluemoon

posted on 14/12/11 at 12:34 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by scudderfish
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=48318


Yes but it's now a dead link...

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sprouts-car

posted on 14/12/11 at 12:41 PM Reply With Quote
Seems that the creator of the original wiki was Banned.
Presumably taking the wiki with him....





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MikeFellows

posted on 14/12/11 at 12:53 PM Reply With Quote
dead then.

I dont see having it on a different site as been the solution, imo it would have to be part of locostbuilders.co.uk to even think about it working - because whatever work that guyand possibly others put into that other one its gone now - which is a shame and people are unlikely to want to do work twice

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Bluemoon

posted on 14/12/11 at 01:01 PM Reply With Quote
yes dead but not completely forgotten:



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MikeFellows

posted on 14/12/11 at 01:08 PM Reply With Quote
Im not sure how one organises something like this.

there is no point in setting it up unless volunteers step forward to add to it

and no point in asking volunteers to come forward without someone saying yeah we can do it



[Edited on 14/12/11 by MikeFellows]

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Bluemoon

posted on 14/12/11 at 01:24 PM Reply With Quote
^^ ditto,

The other issue is locostbuilders is now for more than haynes locost, it also includes all sorts of other car related stuff, how should/could this be included in the wiki?.. If we really want a wiki it should be part of the site other wise it will so south again, so chrisW would have to have some input, sure he may have enough on his plate I suspect..

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tomgregory2000

posted on 14/12/11 at 02:02 PM Reply With Quote
What is a wiki?
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Bluemoon

posted on 14/12/11 at 02:05 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by tomgregory2000
What is a wiki?


see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

or to quote "a website whose users can add, modify, or delete its content via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a rich-text editor.[1][2][3] Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include community websites, corporate intranets, knowledge management systems, and notetaking."

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MikeFellows

posted on 14/12/11 at 02:19 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Bluemoon
^^ ditto,

The other issue is locostbuilders is now for more than haynes locost, it also includes all sorts of other car related stuff, how should/could this be included in the wiki?.. If we really want a wiki it should be part of the site other wise it will so south again, so chrisW would have to have some input, sure he may have enough on his plate I suspect..

Dan


personally if its related to building a car I would happily see it up there, for example you could have a section for engines, that could include pinto information and also a ZZR1400 info (under different pages of course)

for those wondering what a wiki is, its just wikipedia but for a single subject in our case building cars

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Phil.J

posted on 14/12/11 at 05:19 PM Reply With Quote
WIKI = What I know is......
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