WikiReef.net - looking for volunteers

[kwirky]

Hey everyone,

http://www.wikireef.net


I started up an ambitious project titled WikiReef.net. I'm attempting to create a wiki on reef aquariums and I'm looking for other people to help creating articles. No wikipedia experience is required because wiki's are very easy to edit.

Initially I'm going to need 2-3 people who can dedicate a few hours a week or more to writing articles.

I need people to create articles on the following:

• coral species
• invertibrate species
• fish species
• equipment and technology
• general husbandry

Also if anyone out there wants to take part in the organization of the project let me know.

It follows a GNU copyright, thus making all articles free to copy. Articles must cite sources whenever possible. I will be initially going through wikipedia and copying articles from there since it's open source writing and going through my own books to create new articles.

I'm excited about the project and it would be great to see other people help out with it!

[michika]

I'll help.

Sounds like a great project.

[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]

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!

[kwirky]

woot! I've written 18 articles so far! I'm on fire!