[Ansteorra] the Ansteorran History Wiki

[Robert Fitzmorgan]

You are exactly right as to why I created the wiki.  The more people who
take part, the better it will reflect our diverse Kingdom, and if one or two
people have to do all the work it will never get done.  Please join it.

One small correction.  I do not have to manually approve new members.  You
may create an account and jump right in.  I do not allow anonymous edits,
you must create a login and verify your email address before you can create
and edit.

Robert



On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Coblaith Muimnech <Coblaith at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> Several people have e-mailed me over the last few days asking me to add or
> edit pages to the Ansteorran History Wiki <
> http://historian.ansteorra.org/wiki>.   A number of them suggested I use
> them or someone they know as a resource for primary information on one
> branch or another--I suppose thinking that I could conduct interviews and
> input the information they generated into the wiki.  I don't mind making
> little updates and corrections, particularly where my own mistakes are at
> issue.  But here's the thing:  The whole point of the wiki is that it allows
> YOU to add what you know about Ansteorra's history to our collective memory.
>  If I uploaded everybody's information, the wiki would grow very slowly, and
> the structure and content of the whole thing would inevitably reflect my
> point of view.  If, on the other hand, each individual with something to
> share logs in and adds her or his own stories and pictures to the wiki, it
> will grow quickly, the information will go straight from the source to the
> Web without the filter of my interpretation, and the wiki as a whole will
> show a diversity of perspectives and attitudes.  I'm pretty sure that's why
> our kingdom historian created a wiki in the first place.  (The main page
> does say, "This is the Ansteorra History Wiki. It was created to allow the
> people of The Kingdom of Ansteorra to take part in recording and sharing our
> history.")
>
> As I recall, the Kingdom Historian has to manually approve new logins, so
> once you've clicked, "log in / create account" and filled out the form, it
> might be a day or two before you can start contributing.  But once you've
> got access, it's pretty easy, and there are plenty of sites with "how to"
> info if you need it.
>
>
> Coblaith Muimnech
> <mailto:Coblaith at sbcglobal.net>
> <http://coblaith.net>
>
>
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