Outstanding Eric!
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From: "Meteorites USA" <e...@meteoritesusa.com>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 6:07 PM
To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Subject: [meteorite-list] Announcing: The Meteorite Wiki
Hi Listees, Meteorite Collectors, Scientists, Meteorite Junkies, Addicts &
All Meteorite Enthusiasts,
A long while ago I discussed an idea for a central meteorite website with
some community members about the creation of a central hub of meteorite
knowledge and information database in which everyone could participate and
contribute through a community of like minded individuals. This of course
would be for the furtherance of the science and hobby of meteoritics,
meteorite collecting, meteorite hunting, and the meteorite industry as a
whole.
A website that would provide an active and evolving database of
encyclopedic meteorite knowledge and information for the hobbiest,
scientist and even more so for the curious, as they are the new meteorite
enthusiasts and possible future meteoriticists.
As the world learns more about meteorites, asteroids, comets, and the
universe in relation to meteorites what better way to grow this knowledge
base than through the first and only meteorite related wiki. For those of
you who are unfamiliar with what a wiki is, it's an online collaborative
effort to compile information in a community type environment.
Introducing The Meteorite Wiki: www.meteoritewiki.com
The Meteorite Wiki runs on the same software that runs the world famous
and beloved Wikipedia.org website, and is robust and feature rich enough
to provide the perfect venue to compile the worlds meteorite information
into one easy and convenient online database.
Mission Statement: To compile knowledge and share the enjoyment of
meteorite science & hobby through an open community wiki in which everyone
interested can participate & contribute to the growth of the knowledge of
meteorites.
Enjoy...
Regards,
Eric Wichman
Meteorites USA
P.S. Those interested in contributing or who would like more information,
you're welcome to respond to this thread publicly on-list or privately via
email. If you belong to a university or educational institution we would
love to have you contibute your articles, papers, photos, video or other
media to the inclusion in the Meteorite Wiki. We have also reserved the
most important website domain name as well for the expansion of the
Meteorite Wiki experiment, meteoritewiki.org. This is to create a
non-profit organization for the site should it be a successful endeavor.
For now though it will be under the .com extension.
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