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We need a JFK Wiki
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This seems like a wonderful idea, especially using DPF membership or something similar to control the noise. From Wikipedia on Wikis:

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Ward Cunningham and co-author Bo Leuf, in their book The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web, described the essence of the Wiki concept as follows:[SUP][citation needed][/SUP]
  • A wiki invites all users to edit any page or to create new pages within the wiki Web site, using only a plain-vanilla Web browser without any extra add-ons.
  • Wiki promotes meaningful topic associations between different pages by making page link creation almost intuitively easy and showing whether an intended target page exists or not.
  • A wiki is not a carefully crafted site for casual visitors. Instead, it seeks to involve the visitor in an ongoing process of creation and collaboration that constantly changes the Web site landscape.
A wiki enables communities to write documents collaboratively, using a simple markup language and a web browser. A single page in a wiki website is referred to as a "wiki page", while the entire collection of pages, which are usually well interconnected by hyperlinks, is "the wiki". A wiki is essentially a database for creating, browsing, and searching through information. A wiki allows non-linear, evolving, complex and networked text, argument and interaction.[SUP][6][/SUP]
A defining characteristic of wiki technology is the ease with which pages can be created and updated. Generally, there is no review before modifications are accepted. Many wikis are open to alteration by the general public without requiring registration of user accounts. Many edits can be made in real-time and appear almost instantly online. This can facilitate abuse of the system. Private wiki servers require user authentication to edit pages, and sometimes even to read them.

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Emphasis above was mine. Is this the sort of thing everyone has in mind?

Jim
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Messages In This Thread
We need a JFK Wiki - by Tracy Riddle - 24-08-2013, 08:53 PM
We need a JFK Wiki - by Magda Hassan - 25-08-2013, 12:52 AM
We need a JFK Wiki - by Jim Hackett II - 25-08-2013, 01:27 AM
We need a JFK Wiki - by Tracy Riddle - 25-08-2013, 02:17 PM
We need a JFK Wiki - by Peter Lemkin - 25-08-2013, 02:35 PM
We need a JFK Wiki - by Tracy Riddle - 25-08-2013, 03:02 PM
We need a JFK Wiki - by Peter Lemkin - 25-08-2013, 05:16 PM
We need a JFK Wiki - by C. Savastano - 22-09-2013, 03:44 AM
We need a JFK Wiki - by Magda Hassan - 22-09-2013, 03:58 AM
We need a JFK Wiki - by Jim Hargrove - 22-09-2013, 08:52 PM
We need a JFK Wiki - by Magda Hassan - 23-09-2013, 12:21 PM
We need a JFK Wiki - by David Guyatt - 23-09-2013, 01:25 PM
We need a JFK Wiki - by C. Savastano - 24-09-2013, 03:20 AM
We need a JFK Wiki - by Peter Lemkin - 24-09-2013, 08:06 AM
We need a JFK Wiki - by Magda Hassan - 24-09-2013, 12:54 PM
We need a JFK Wiki - by Tracy Riddle - 24-09-2013, 02:24 PM
We need a JFK Wiki - by Magda Hassan - 24-09-2013, 02:30 PM

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