This sounds good to me...I've never written into a Wiki, but I am
willing to learn and contribute if Aaron or someone else can lead the way.
Danny
--- In "Aaron Ximm" <>
wrote:
>
> > > Can I take this moment to bring up to the group the idea of a FAQ
> > > document that we might put together? Clearly the very same exact
> > > question is asked every few weeks. I know this has been mentioned
> > > before but perhaps we can take some of oryoki's superb lists and put
> > > them in a file and just point everyone there. I don't suppose
we have
> > > sticky's with this forum, since it's email based also. But this FAQ
> > > would be perfect for a sticky thread that stays at the top.
>
> May I suggest as an alternative using a Wiki (there are free Wiki
> hosts available) that group members could edit to add information and
> links to clips, etc., as they become available...
>
> Paired to hosting media files at the internet archive this could
> become a very powerful way to keep a FAQ-like document current, and it
> would leverage emerging technologies that were designed to do exactly
> this -- capture and share group knowledge.
>
> If you haven't participated in one, Wikis require only a web browser
> to access but are editable by anyone [with permission to do so].
> Wikipedia being only one example.
>
> When I have more time in the fall I would be willing to seed one --
> but the whole point would be anyone could start one, and anyone could
> edit it; there's no need for any one individual to own the entire
> effort and keep it up to date!
>
> best,
> aaron
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