Re: Bootipedia?

["Nathan Hevensone" <nhevensone@xxxxxxxxx>]

My knowledge of code is zilch.  I could, obviously, help fill in
pages, but I think I'd fail miserably at actually trying to create it.

You are absolutely right, however, that if we can get the right people
in on it, it could be incredible.  But it can't just be Zep.  I
honestly think there should be a wiki for the entire bootleg industry.
 I know it'll be quite the undertaking, but Wikipedia is billions of
times more general, and that worked out.

So I'd need to branch out.  For Zep alone I'd definitely need Jason
Peterson, Steves, Bob, and also Dave Lewis... especially Dave Lewis.

But now I have to figure out where else to go.  This is definitely a
project that would need to be advertised to get as many knowledgeable
people on the subject working on it as possible

So I'd like to officially call on FBO (I will also call on Planet
Zeppelin, and I will reach out to Royal Orleans, and more general
sites like Lossless Bootlegs 101, Guitars 101, DimeADozen, Trader's
Den, etc) to help get this project off the ground.  A bootleg world
wikipedia... a Bootipedia... is a must, IMO, for everyone in the music
world.

Let's get it started, shall we?

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Tim Druck <tcdruck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think the code for Wikipedia is open-source and available for anyone to
> use and develop their own subject-specific Wiki - I think it would be a very
> worthwhile project if some of the more knowledgeable members of the
> community were to serve as an executive board, much as Wikipedia has its
> editors' guild or whatever, to keep the tone objective, the site on-topic,
> and to decide on the relevance of any inclusion, as well as be responsible
> for remove-requests, as one of the goldmines of the project would be
> articles about some of the prominent personalities in the community, but
> some of those may not want to be mentioned by name for legal or other
> reasons.
>
> A Zep-ROIO Wiki in and of itself would be a tremendous undertaking, let
> alone one for the entire bootleg scene of every band.  But our band would be
> the most up-to-date technologically, and what a tool for preserving not only
> the informational legacy and oral history, as well as all the research we've
> all done over the years...  I think there would have to be certain people
> involved, for better or worse.  Bob's archive project would be vital to the
> completion.  Involvement by Jason Peterson/Royal Orleans would be a must.
>  Throw in the Steves, Grant, and/or some nominees from the gallery, and
> rotate people in and out as they get too busy to work on it.
>
>
>
> Nathan Hevensone wrote:
>>
>> I was just thinking... we have Wikipedia and things like that... why
>> not a Bootipedia?  What I mean is this:
>
>