Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 16:50:55 -0800
Reply-To: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagon wiki
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I'll second that. To prevent abuse, the wiki could be editable by
registered users only -- the smart guys, (we know who they are) -- but
readable by anyone. A wiki document is a "live" document. The writer of
the original article may have overlooked something because,say, he
wrote an article about how to attach a cruise control's cable to the
throttle body, and because his Vanagon has a manual transmission, the
linkage bits on this throttle body are different than those on a manual
tranny Vanagon which, as I've found, makes a big difference. I could
easily added the extended information. Of course, I'd need to get
approved as one of the smart guys allowed to change the wiki's article,
but I'm fairly certain that a few dollars in the right pockets would
take care of that. I could write my own article about solar rigs, based
on my setup which works really well for me, and guys like Dennis Haynes
could erase everything I wrote and put in actually accurate
information. The point is, it's "live"!<br>
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My guess is that if someone had the know-how, the time, and the server
space* to set up a wiki, the darn thing would take off and within a
couple of years it would not only be a repository of much of the
combined wisdom of the guys and gals on this list, but newbies would
quickly find the info they wanted. Here's how it could work: If a
newbie pops up with a question that hasn't yet been added to the wiki,
it would be added by someone who has all the answer in his hand withing
a day or so. <br>
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And tires. Think about a "live" document for friggin' tires! Tires get
added, folks describe their experiences, the thing grows and hey
presto! we know what tires work and what don't.<br>
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*NB: I have a couple of hosted accounts I use for some businesses I run
-- I'd cheerfully pay the hosting company a few more bucks a month to
provide the space for this endeavor.<br>
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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR
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<pre wrap="">It's got good info, but is still not openly controlled, which is the real
benefit(and biggest drawback) of a wiki. Wiki puts the power to moderate and
add info into the user's hands instead of a central moderator, which helps
to eliminate bias.
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From: John Meeks [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:vanagon@GMAIL.COM">mailto:vanagon@GMAIL.COM</a>]
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 1:54 PM
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Subject: Re: Vanagon wiki [was abuse]
On 1/31/07, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com"><camping.elliott@gmail.com></a>
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<pre wrap="">On 1/31/2007 9:58 AM Zoltan wrote:
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<pre wrap="">How about us working on a well organized list of the solutions? Is
there one who knows how to put a site like that together where the
input can be inserted by one who would manage that.
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<pre wrap="">A Vanagon wiki -- was/isn't someone secretly working on one?
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Mike ~ There's always <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.vanagonauts.com">www.vanagonauts.com</a> just sitting there waiting for
people to send good posts and info. It can do photos too...
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John Meeks
Vanagon Rescue Squad
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm">http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm</a>
'91 Multivan, '85 GL
Top o' Northern Michigan
KC8ZFN
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