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I notice that we don't really use the wiki often, and I see many times when a dedicated wiki page would be easy to refer new (or experienced) people toward...

So I thought I'd see how easy it was to use. Here's my experiment - let me know if I was successful in editing it.
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On the left-hand side of the front page here, I see a column called 'penmaking'

Under that column is the heading 'advanced pen turning'

I clicked on that and was brought to a page that said only:

Some pen turners [[Casting|cast]] their own pen blanks

So I decided that I'd try editing this page. I clicked 'edit', and added the following to the top of that page:
While some penturners are happy using kit components exclusively, others will inevitably begin to experiment with other methods and materials and move toward more custom components.

I then clicked 'save', and I'm assuming it appears for the rest of you to see. Can someone check and see if I was successful in editing it?

If that's all there is to it, it's rather easy! I urge all of you to try and add to that page, and begin the process of wiki creation! It's rather fun, actually!
 
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This is a copy of what i see

While some penturners are happy using kit components exclusively, others will inevitably begin to experiment with other methods and materials and move toward more custom components

It worked !:)
 
+1, I saw it too. Then why did we have hard time when we tried to add information to the IAP wood chart using a template that is uniform, can you explain that to me. Then the ball was dropped and the whole idea got pushed aside.
Oh, BTW, who will monitor the progress of the adding and correction of the added material?
 
Ok, I tried the next step - creating a page that doesn't exist. The help page was a bit confusing, so I just guessed at it...

I typed in Penturners.org/wiki/casting and stabilization

It brought me to a blank page that said I could edit it...I did and saved it, and there's now a blank page called casting and stablization in the wiki, with just those words saved. It needs to link somewhere, though, or no one will find it, so....

I went back to the 'advanced penturning' page and clicked the 'link' chain thingie on the words 'casting and stabilization', and inserted the link (to the blank page) - and now there's a link to casting and stabilization.

I can see how these things build quickly! If others get involved, maybe we can actually make the Wiki a useful thing! I hereby issue a challenge! :smile:

Andrew
 
Andrew, would Wiki be the place to place the pdfs I did on HF Dc mods or should I submit them to the library? If the latter, how do I do that?
Charles
 
ctubbs said:
Andrew, would Wiki be the place to place the pdfs I did on HF Dc mods or should I submit them to the library? If the latter, how do I do that?
Charles
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the library has an official "librarian" (for lack of a better name) who is in charge of entering content. The wiki is a free-for-all. If you think that you have something of value to the penturning community, you could add it to the wiki without having to wait for it to be added to the library. The library is a fantastic resource, (I reference it regularly) but the wiki could be even better if people would add stuff to it. With that said, I think you should put your mods in. Maybe somewhere on the page that discusses safety.
 
phillywood said:
Oh, BTW, who will monitor the progress of the adding and correction of the added material?
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Philip- The beauty of the wiki is that no one is required to monitor what gets added and all of us are responsible for correcting any misinformation. If somebody wants to put something in there, they can. If the information is wrong, it can be edited out by the first person who realizes that it is wrong. Theoretically, everything that is added should be able to backed up through outside sources or some other form of evidence. Just like Wikipedia, if something sounds fishy, don't believe it, but if it seems entirely plausible, and there looks to be a reliable, corroborating source, it is probably legit.
 
Andrew -- Wikipedia has "wiki-maids" doing cleanup of some of the more "opinionated" or less appropriate entries.

I presume we will evolve to a crew that cleans up the outragous and inappropriate -- the key question is what do we call these people who carry out a "moderator" role on content --
 
KenV said:
Andrew -- Wikipedia has "wiki-maids" doing cleanup of some of the more "opinionated" or less appropriate entries.

I presume we will evolve to a crew that cleans up the outragous and inappropriate -- the key question is what do we call these people who carry out a "moderator" role on content --
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Editors

Thanks for the interest in the wiki!
 
KenV said:
Andrew -- Wikipedia has "wiki-maids" doing cleanup of some of the more "opinionated" or less appropriate entries.

I presume we will evolve to a crew that cleans up the outragous and inappropriate -- the key question is what do we call these people who carry out a "moderator" role on content --
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Dust control!
 
KenV said:
Andrew -- Wikipedia has "wiki-maids" doing cleanup of some of the more "opinionated" or less appropriate entries.

I presume we will evolve to a crew that cleans up the outragous and inappropriate -- the key question is what do we call these people who carry out a "moderator" role on content --
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'Term Mites'......:smile:


Barney
 
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