Seeking PBS Wiki editors
David Pilling (Mon, 28 Apr 2014 13:22:55 PDT)

Hi,

The PBS hosts a wiki devoted to bulbs. At the moment there are over
17,000 photos and 1000 pages. The wiki is on the first page of Google
for many species and is visited by over a thousand people every day.

The PBS Wiki is a long-term archive. It does not have the ephemeral
nature of social media, and as such does require more investment of time
on the part of editors.

Our goal is to continue improving the wiki with more photos, plus a lot
more cultivation and taxonomic information as it becomes available. In
order to do this, we need your help!

We're looking for people who can make a long term contribution to the
wiki, say a couple of hours a week for a year. There are many projects
and a number of approaches that you can take as an editor, and you don’t
have to be an expert on the groups you’re working on, as long as you’re
willing to do research and learn. We’ve found that we learn a lot more
about a group when working on it for the wiki.

The existing editors will provide training, technical help and
encouragement on an individual basis. We can fix grammar and even add
material.

The reasons to take part are altruism, the chance to learn and create
something great together. Compared to doing your own blog or website the
advantages are being part of a collaborative effort, the likelihood that
your work will live on after you move on to other things and the higher
web profile of the wiki.

Applications by private email to David Pilling (david@pilling.demon.co.uk)

But feel free to discuss the idea here on the list.

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David Pilling
North West England