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Author Topic: Wikis - any use around here?  (Read 1014 times)
dave2010
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« Reply #15 on: 06:40:10, 15-05-2007 »

Hi Dave, I've had a look (and made a tiny edit) - let me know when more appears!

Rosylnmuse - there are gradual changes occurring - though we need more input. See http://musicality.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&days=30 for recent changes.
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« Reply #16 on: 12:39:24, 15-05-2007 »

Dave,

What about your
http://requests.wikia.com/wiki/R3ok-wiki#Main_details

or should I be commenting there?
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dave2010
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« Reply #17 on: 09:55:46, 17-05-2007 »

Dave,

What about your
http://requests.wikia.com/wiki/R3ok-wiki#Main_details

or should I be commenting there?
John

This is (so far) an interesting "experiment". I think you should post on the link you mention. The suggestion to take over the dormant Musicality wiki is an interesting one, but it wasn't really in line with my original intention. It seems that there are still some potential users who think that the original aims of Musicality (whatever they were) are the ones to go for. They seem to think that replicating Wikipedia and maybe improving on music topics is the way to go. I don't disagree with them, but I do think that's an enormous effort, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of point given that many users will go to Wikipedia anyway.

What I envisaged was something more "here and now" - a wiki which would cover information about current performances, future events, and also recordings which many of us have and treasure from the past. A place to discuss whether Toscanini compares well with Furtwangler, and how their recordings shape up in comparison with (say) Rattle's and Haitink's. If Musicality can't be moved in that direction or somehow accommodate the style which I envisage, then I would still look for support for a new wiki - though what it would be called would be a matter for discussion.

You can find some articles of the type I was hoping would emerge in Musicality under Reviews and there is also some information about recordings. There isn't (as yet) clear leadership in Musicality, and it's clear that this is a problem with it. The same would also be a problem with a wiki of the type I'm suggesting, so whether Musicality will eventually support this vision or incorporate it, or we split off and form a new one, it will be important to put very clear guidelines and aims in a very visible place in order to avoid it being hi-jacked by others who may have a different agenda. I'm broadly in favour of democracy, but having a bus where every passenger is also a driver doesn't actually get most of them to their destinations.
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dave2010
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« Reply #18 on: 10:41:05, 23-05-2007 »


Hi Dave, I've had a look (and made a tiny edit) - let me know when more appears!
Thanks for your edit. More is appearing - gradually, so please keep coming back, and if you can make more edits and contributions.
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dave2010
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« Reply #19 on: 14:41:19, 05-06-2007 »

I am not remotely technical, but recently I have been taking a look at h2g2 which seems to be a sort of BBC  wikipedia. I just wonder whether there might be a suitable space there.... but am probably quite wrong!

SusanDoris

I've recently revisited h2g2 when looking up details of Gabriel Fauré. I need to go back there, but it does look good. The entry for Fauré seems somewhat more comprehensive than the Wikipedia entry. I'm not sure if h2g2 will do some of the things I was hoping -for - or whether the rules would allow certain types of posting. In the meanwhile Musicality http://musicality.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page is making slow progress. Perhaps you or others might wish to post details there of events coming up, or which you have been to, or make comments on CDs (SACDs or other forms of recordings!) which you like (or not!).
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