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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2006 Jun. ~ 2006 Dec.: Free Expressions (ARCHIVES): Wikia users admin

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Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 1:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
I see a link at the top for it. Does anyone have one? Is it like Myspace?

Lancecrossfire
Animoderator

07-13-2000

Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 1:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lancecrossfire a private message Print Post    
Think of it as a giant real time encyclopedia that can be edited by most anyone.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
An encyclopedia that can be edited by anyone? Why?

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 1:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Is this like an ad?

Lancecrossfire
Animoderator

07-13-2000

Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 2:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lancecrossfire a private message Print Post    
As I understand it, the idea is a world wide encyclopedia that can be accessed by anyone for free.

It is a growing document, with the ability for most anyone to create an entry or add to an entry. The person with Bomis (James Wales) helped to create Wikia. (he is still hosting us for free by the way)

Karuuna
Board Administrator

08-31-2000

Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 2:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
We'll post more on this soon. Wikia (related to Bomis) is our hosting provider.

They've asked us to set up a Wikia on reality TV. It would be something you all could contribute to.

Stay tuned!!

Lancecrossfire
Animoderator

07-13-2000

Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 2:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lancecrossfire a private message Print Post    
From Wikipedia itself:

the history of Wikipedia

Lancecrossfire
Animoderator

07-13-2000

Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 2:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lancecrossfire a private message Print Post    
And from Wikipedia:

wikia

Lancecrossfire
Animoderator

07-13-2000

Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 2:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lancecrossfire a private message Print Post    
The man behind the TVCH scenes--he has hosted TVCH for all but about the first year. We suck up bandwidth like a herd of vacuum cleaners, and he keeps us going at no charge.

Jimmy Wales

Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 2:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
And be VERY careful when using Wiki as a reference. Because ANYONE can add to or change the entry, there is often very wrong information on it despite their efforts at removing spam and hateful garbage. I have colleagues who have had their scholarly entries decimated by other posters (and then their name is still on it as the author).

Their German site is very authentic and doesn't have as much erroneous info as the English site.

It would probably be good for something like reality TV that changes quickly, though, so this is a good fit. And since your career doesn't depend on the authenticity of the entry...go for it!

<Marm is envisioning some of the reality tv trivia that can be collected on this wiki!>

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 3:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
after reading about jimmy wales i now understand why the Bomis home page used to have a female dressed like a little farm girl with pigtails. never could figure that out before. lol

eta: thanks for that info Schoolmarm. i didn't know that about wikipedia.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 3:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
And who knows more about reality television than us? Nobody, that's who.

Well, I mean, almost everybody knows more about it than I do, but I am the odd bird here.

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Friday, August 18, 2006 - 7:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    
This mean we all will be Wikians?