R/C boats in Wikipedia

[patmat2350]

Many of you know that www.wikipedia.org (http://www.wikipedia.org) is a hugely successful online encyclopedia that is created and edited by... YOU.

I just discovered that there is a page on R/C boats:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-controlled_boat

and I believe the main editor is none other than Kurt Greiner ("seaphoto").
I haven't learned much on how to contribute, but maybe soon...

Pat M

[Shaun Hendricks]

You need to create and account and begin editing the page. If the control group doesn't like your edits, they can reverse them with the click of a mouse. The power of Wikipedia is the ability to add and edit information. The drawback is that it is not always ACCURATE information.

I'm working on a Wiki at work here and it's very useful for matiaining information over a longer span. Unlike the RC Groups BBS, a wiki is great for a group to coordinate on projects and keep a long record of experiences.

Places where this group could really use a wiki would be to combine stuff like the longer running threads, build threads and group threads. Imagine the Hanson Dam, and other 'regular' groups with their own sections and keeping schedules we all see, rather than having to search through posts? Right next to them would be your incredible build threads, each with correct and current informtion- again, you don't have to search the entire thread to stay current. Kit versions could be contrasted and compared. That's the power of the wiki. The drawback is that someone else could edit your work and you'd have to hash any disagreement out with them to reach a final version of that edit.

It's a good tool, but like all tools, is not meant to do everything.

[der kapitan]

Many of you know that www.wikipedia.org (http://www.wikipedia.org) is a hugely successful online encyclopedia that is created and edited by... YOU.

I just discovered that there is a page on R/C boats:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-controlled_boat

and I believe the main editor is none other than Kurt Greiner ("seaphoto").
I haven't learned much on how to contribute, but maybe soon...

Pat M
Pat, that IS news, and of the most positive kind---.

If the editor is indeed Kurt Greiner, then the page is in very good hands.