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Date:         Fri, 2 Feb 2007 16:50:55 -0800
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon wiki
Comments: To: Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <5hbed6$ao3ska@smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net>
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I'll second that. To prevent abuse, the wiki could be editable by registered users only -- the smart guys, (we know who they are) --&nbsp; 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> <br> 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> <br> And tires. Think about&nbsp; 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> <br> *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> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 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

</pre> <br> <br> Jim Akiba typed: <blockquote cite="mid5hbed6$ao3ska@smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net" type="cite"> <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.

-----Original Message----- 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 To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM">vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM</a> 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">&lt;camping.elliott@gmail.com&gt;</a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 1/31/2007 9:58 AM Zoltan wrote:

</pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <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. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">A Vanagon wiki -- was/isn't someone secretly working on one? -- </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----> 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... -- 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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