Even though I haven't had time to make any entries, I love the wiki concept. I'll admit that I didn't think this would work because of the factors that Ernest pointed out but the first wiki (Wikipedia) has proven to be an incredible resource in spite of these drawbacks.
Unless there is someone willing to constantly devote themselves to a rotary info site (I think that rules out everybody :>), a wiki is the next best thing. 'When I get the time', I plan to copy a lot of the info from my own website to the wiki. There is some good stuff on the best practices site as well.
Tracy (in EC3 manufacturing agony)
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Ernest Christley < echristley@nc.rr.com> wrote:
bmears9413@aol.com wrote: > I saw new infor on that Wiki thing that I've never seen before. Maybe we could pool some info on the Lancair site and do the same thing there. There's a lot of good info to be used. I scoured the Internet looking for this information as I was doing my engine setup. Including the best practices and was disappointed about the pages not there. Maybe its not necessary....the info is on the Lan site....you just have to search around for it
> The greatest aspect of the Internet is that it is decentralized and
anyone can publish anything. The worst thing about the internet is that
it is decentralized and anyone can publish anything.
Everyone has the greatest of intentions when going through the process
of building their own engine. For instance, I have every intention of
improving the engine rebuild checklist that is on rotarywiki.org. Make
it a document with instruction followed by blanks to fill in measured
values. Unfortunately, we get so caught up in actually getting the work
done and wanting to fly the thing some day, that we let the good
intentions fall by the wayside. My own website has gone from detailed
accounts of what I've done and what I'm going to do, to a few new
pictures occasionally. But I promise I'll get all my documentation
pulled together and organized 'Real Soon Now'.
Until that time, I think the rotarywiki.org is the best place to publish
info that needs to be archived. Anyone can easily contribute a small
piece of the puzzle instead of having to collect and organize everything.
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