References on the wiki
Mary Sue Ittner (Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:28:15 PDT)

Hi,

There is only so much time a few of us who administer the wiki have time to
do. (Jay Yourch, Linda Foulis, and me at the moment.) Long ago Jane McGary
suggested we create a references page or bibliography as Rodger Whitlock
suggested it could be named.
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

Jane asked people to add their favorite references and a small number of
people did that. It was our grand plan to link to the appropriate reference
for specific genera on the wiki genus page. That happened in some
instances, but mostly only if someone cared enough to make the link. There
have always been more things to do on the wiki than I've had time to do.
It's always possible for people to edit pages and add links to resources
for a genus. I do that all the time when I come across one I think would be
valuable for someone to know about who has looked at our wiki page. One of
the problems with adding a lot of links is that they don't always work
later. And our wiki is so large now that checking for links that work is
impossible. But if I come across one that doesn't work or someone alerts me
to it, the link is removed. We made an administrative decision not to add
links to web sites with a lot of pictures of different genera, thinking
that could turn out to be a nightmare to keep up to date, but do link to
sites specific for one genus.

If someone wants to take on the project of adding links for references that
would be fine. Contact me privately if you have questions about how to do
it or if you want to be an approved wiki editor.

Mary Sue