[CQ-Contest] Time for a Contesting Wikipedia?

[Iain MacDonnell - N6ML]

I think the intended suggestion was for a contesting wiki, not a
Wikipedia entry. Such a wiki would pages on a wide variety of topics
related to contesting - not a general description of what contesting is
(as should be on wikipedia).

Think of Wikipedia as a living encyclopedia (about everything), and the
contesting wiki as a living book all about contesting.

     ~Iain / N6ML



Tod -ID wrote:
> I checked Wikipedia. There is an extensive section on Amateur Radio
> Contesting already in place.
> 
> Why not just expand that section to contain the information that people
> believe should be included. The structure is already set up, the procedures
> are known and the location is familiar to folks who are looking for
> information about a topic.
> 
> Life is pretty short so spending as little "life time" as possible creating
> infrastructure that is already in place seems sensible. We should spend the
> energy creating content instead.
> 
> 
> Tod, K0TO
> 
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
>> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Doug Smith
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:35 PM
>> To: K0HB; cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Time for a Contesting Wikipedia?
>>
>> K0HB wrote:
>>> I think an "independent" knowledge base like that would be 
>> a wonderful 
>>> resource, but a very ambitious project to build, and would 
>> require a 
>>> significant ongoing "maintenance" effort to remain current.
>> The point of a wiki is to spread the maintenance effort among 
>> a large group of people.
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Doug Smith W9WI
>> Pleasant View, TN  EM66
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