WikiReef.net - looking for volunteers

[kwirky]

Originally Posted by michika

I'll help.

Sounds like a great project.

sweet

I've started working on it's first article: Lighting

Just go ahead and start creating articles. It's an open project

[michika]

I'll see what I can come up with this weekend.

[Joe Reefer]

Good idea....there is already a similar website called www.ReefPedia.com

[kwirky]

There are some differences in the way I'm envisioning this project compared to reefpedia. Reefpedia has a ton of unfinished articles. on WikiReef the table of contents will only contain finished articles. A separate page will contain todo's so that users can browse the site without hitting a bunch of unfinished content.

Plus lots of his pages can't even be viewed unless you're registered. Not a pleasant experience for the casual browser.

And it'd be great to get some experience in creating a social networking site from scratch

[kwirky]

finished an article on the percula clownfish to provide an example for fish species articles

[Van-rookie]

I want to help but I am not good in writting

[kwirky]

ok I've created a mission statement:

"The mission of WikiReef is to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational reefkeeping content under a free content license or in the public domain."

pretty snazzy huh?

[michika]

Originally Posted by Van-rookie

I want to help but I am not good in writting

I am sure there is something else you can do. Photos?


I like the mission statement. I wandered on over the page before my midterm and I like it so far.

[kwirky]

Originally Posted by Joe Reefer

Good idea....there is already a similar website called www.ReefPedia.com

Your comment was nagging at me in the back of my head for a while, and I did some looking and went "AHA!"

I figured out where reefpedia's different. They've copyrighted every article. I'm not a big fan of copyright laws, and so wikireef's open source writing, just like wikipedia.

There's no monetary return on investment, like reefpedia's probably hoping for, but instead it's a good service for the community. Benefits everyone.

Originally Posted by Delphinus

I'd love to help, I can maybe write some anemone articles ... except I'm really kinda bogged down right now, I'm not sure how timely I can get you something. But I'll tag along on this thread for now and see what I can do when I get a chance..

yeah time's a big issue. I've got a stretch of free time for the short term but I don't know how long my free time will last. I wish we could trade acorns for time. I'd be time rich!