[CQ-Contest] Time for a Contesting Wikipedia?

[Joe]

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Joe Mayenschein  WB9SBD

Joe wrote:

> Why can you not go into details?
>
> Pete Smith wrote:
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>>Tod, I think the problem with Wikipedia is, as some one else said, that its 
>>managers won't allow it to go into the kind of detail that contesters want 
>>and need.  What is appropriate for a general purpose encyclopedia, however 
>>expansive, does not begin to meet the need that I'm suggesting exists.
>>
>>73, Pete N4ZR
>>
>>At 10:12 AM 4/1/2009, Tod -ID wrote:
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>>>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
>>>
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>>>>-----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:
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>>>>>I think an "independent" knowledge base like that would be
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>>>>a wonderful
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>>>>>resource, but a very ambitious project to build, and would
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>>>>require a
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>>>>>significant ongoing "maintenance" effort to remain current.
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>>>>>
>>>>The point of a wiki is to spread the maintenance effort among
>>>>a large group of people.
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>Doug Smith W9WI
>>>>Pleasant View, TN  EM66
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