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- Welcome to the Archive for April, 2006
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- April 1
20060405:
General Business
The invitations are out and feedback should start to trickle (or flood) in soon….
Formatting
Sections. Want to create a section in your Article? …
Today's shout-out
Young K….
Thought for the day
Try not to think too much about what you're doing today when you're trying to pretend that it's a week from now. Go with the flow.
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- April 2
SCIFIPEDIA:Editor's Journal/April 2, 2006/Ex
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- April 3
General Business
Am I deluding myself when I begin to think that I'll actually be able to do this Journaling thing? I have enough ideas to keep me going for a while and I've come up with a structure that should help keep generating more.
Today's shout-out
John Wetsell. A voice of calm and reason when the technical glitches are flying thick and fast. A terrific problem-solver and a very funny fellow when he let's himself speak out freely. Dry and very sharp, that wit. Some major logjams on our wiki way got broken up by his deft programming.
Thought for the day
First we'll get a thousand Articles up on SCIFIPEDIA. We're almost there. Then, all we have to do is multiply that number by itself and…. It shouldn't take very long if you pitch in and help.
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- April 4
General Business
Is there anybody out there? Feedback is the one thing I'm counting on the most...
Formatting
Piping. I've done a lot of piping in the last few days because I hadn't learned it properly when I started putting in articles....
Today's shout-out
Paula M. Probably our most knowledgeable wiki user...
Thought for the day
Scrambling to get something going is the wave of the present....
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- April 5
General Business
The invitations are out and feedback should start to trickle (or flood) in soon…
Formatting
Sections. Want to create a section in your Article? …
Today's shout-out
Young K….
Thought for the day
Try not to think too much about what you're doing today when you're trying...
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- April 6
General Business
New contributions wanted…
Formatting
It can be the hardest part or the easiest part – writing the actual article…
Today's shout-out
Eyal K.
Thought for the day
If you don't learn something new every day…
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- April 7
General Business
I sometimes lose track of the fact…
Formatting
Linking. Links are trickier than you might think…
Today's shout-out
Peter M.
Thought for the day
Rome wasn't built in a day, but a wiki…
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- April 8
General Business
Think about it: a corporate wiki that's also a public wiki…
Formatting
Fixing links…
Today's shout-out
Dan H…
Thought for the day
If we promise not to tell the authority figures…
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- April 9
General Business
Be the first on your block to do something wiki and wonderful….
Formatting
Signature (Link to Userpage).
Today's shout-out
Marlon J.
Thought for the day
If there's a wiki way and another way…
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- April 10
General Business
We want the world, or at least the genre world
Formatting
Text – italic, bold, bold italic…
Today's shout-out
Matthew C.
Thought for the day
I don't know much about design…
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- April 11
General Business
Now that the site is up and running…
Formatting
To create a horizontal line…
Today's shout-out
Falon W.
Thought for the day
Defining SCI FI =…
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- April 12
General Business
Worried that what you want to write won't come out…
Formatting
To create a numbered list…
Today's shout-out
Chris N.
Thought for the day
It's a sign of maturity to be…
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- April 13
General Business
Links, links, links…
Formatting
External links…
Today's shout-out
Vanitha F.
Thought for the day
Another day, another…
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- April 14
General Business
Categories are the way that we…
Formatting
Here are a couple of useful and quick things …
Today's shout-out
Gillian L.
Thought for the day
Never put off until tomorrow…
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- April 15
General Business
If you see something….
Formatting
If you want to indent…
Today's shout-out
Randy M.
Thought for the day
Be Prepared. It's a motto…
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- April 16
General Business
I'm putting out a call for specific attention to the dates…
Formatting
What else but a date entry?...
Today's shout-out
Anne N.
Thought for the day
There's lots of legal talk…
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- April 17
General Business
Launch date! Welcome one and all…
Formatting
Blank spaces. You'd think a blank…
Today's shout-out
Chris N.
Thought for the day
New beginnings are always…
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- April 18
General Business
If you see something….
Formatting
If you want to indent…
Today's shout-out
Randy M.
Thought for the day
Be Prepared. It's a motto…
Read more...
- April 19
General Business
I'm putting out a call for specific attention to the dates…
Formatting
What else but a date entry?...
Today's shout-out
Anne N.
Thought for the day
There's lots of legal talk…
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- April 20
General Business
It has been a busy few days doing last-minute fixes, proofing and checking text and articles…
Formatting
What did I use most today? That's often the spur for my lessons in wiki formatting and today…
Today's shout-out
Blaise S. A very acute and assiduous proofreader…
Thought for the day
As a writer, you're only really as good as…
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- April 21
General Business
Now that the site is up and running, the effort to get about a thousand sample articles in place seems pretty modest compared to the ambitions…
Formatting
If you want to indent a line or a paragraph to set if off from the main text of an article, start the new text with a colon…
Today's shout-out
Matthew B. From classic movies to producers to studios, Matthew's knowledge…
Thought for the day
Change is the lifeblood of SCIFIPEDIA. Almost everything that's here will look different…
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- April 22
General Business
Now that the site is up and running, the effort to get about a thousand sample articles in place seems pretty modest compared to the ambitions…
Formatting
If you want to indent a line or a paragraph to set if off from the main text of an article, start the new text with a colon…
Today's shout-out
Matthew B. From classic movies to producers to studios, Matthew's knowledge…
Thought for the day
Change is the lifeblood of SCIFIPEDIA. Almost everything that's here will look different…
Read more...
- April 23
General Business
Now that the site is up and running, the effort to get about a thousand sample articles in place seems pretty modest compared to the ambitions…
Formatting
If you want to indent a line or a paragraph to set if off from the main text of an article, start the new text with a colon…
Today's shout-out
Matthew B. From classic movies to producers to studios, Matthew's knowledge…
Thought for the day
Change is the lifeblood of SCIFIPEDIA. Almost everything that's here will look different…
Read more...
- April 24
General Business
Launch date! Welcome one and all. We've done everything we can to make SCIFIPEDIA ready for the world. Come on in, check us out...
Formatting
Blank spaces. You'd think a blank space would not be a big deal but it can be depending on where it's placed...
Today's shout-out
Chris N. Our first repeater, for overcoming Internet Explorer's foibles...
Thought for the day
New beginnings are always special…and at SCIFIPEDIA you...
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- April 25
General Business
There's a new wiki in town and its name is SCIFIPEDIA. Come, look around, read an Article or two, learn an interesting fact…
Formatting
Text – italic, bold, bold italic. You're going to need to know how to do these type formats. We recommend…
Today's shout-out
Arthur H. Arthur knows his classic science fiction authors backwards and forwards; he knows publishers and he knows how to talk about…
Thought for the day
Every journey begins with a single step. Once you've taken your first step into…
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- April 26
General Business
New contributions wanted. Fanatic, energetic, dogged, detail-oriented, wiki-familiar (or quick-to-learn) writers with knowledge, an objective turn of mind…
Formatting
Correctly alphabetizing an entry. When you create an Article (entry) that starts with an article (part of speech), that is, A, An or The, if…
Today's shout-out
Alyx D. She knows and loves her Connie Willis, chapter and verse. She's got Neal Stephenson down pat. She loves
Thought for the day
Why isn't SCIFIPEDIA exactly like Wikipedia? Glad you asked…
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- April 27
General Business
Be the first on your block to do something wiki and wonderful. You know something about a topic that fits…
Formatting
Internal linking. One of the big strengths about wikis, and one of the most interesting ways in which they function involves the internal connections…
Today's shout-out
Gillian H. She has only written a small handful of articles but what a fascinating range of subjects…
Thought for the day
We're starting off with around a thousand Articles up on SCIFIPEDIA. Now, all we have to do…
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- April 28
General Business
Now that the site is up and running, the effort to get about a thousand sample articles in place seems pretty modest compared to the ambitions we're setting ourselves…
Formatting
Linking. Links are trickier than you might think, because they seem so simple. Just slap a set of square brackets…
Today's shout-out
Matt C. He didn't write many articles but the ones he did are splendid. The Rebirth Of The Videogame piece is fascinating...
Thought for the day
If we all promise not to tell the authority figures that we're having all this fun…
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- April 29
General Business
Now that the site is up and running, the effort to get about a thousand sample articles in place seems pretty modest compared to the ambitions we're setting ourselves…
Formatting
Linking. Links are trickier than you might think, because they seem so simple. Just slap a set of square brackets…
Today's shout-out
Thought for the day
If we all promise not to tell the authority figures that we're having all this fun…
Read more...
- April 30
General Business
Now that the site is up and running, the effort to get about a thousand sample articles in place seems pretty modest compared to the ambitions we're setting ourselves…
Formatting
Linking. Links are trickier than you might think, because they seem so simple. Just slap a set of square brackets…
Today's shout-out
Thought for the day
If we all promise not to tell the authority figures that we're having all this fun…
Read more...
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