State of the Wiki

By Aaron on November 6, 2006 at 11:31 pm | In Blog Posts |

Hey, all. The Slackerpedia Galatica is coming along great. In fact, it’s far better than I could have hoped. We owe a lot of thanks to a ton of people. This is turning into a really fun guide. A few updates:

1. Thanks to Luke Hayes for the new logos. And as always thanks to Matt for being our main sysop. And the Slacker Union still cracks me up.

2. Don’t forget to upload your picture (or e-mail it to info@slackerastronomy.org) so we can include it in the poster paper we will present at the upcoming AAS meeting in Seattle. Take credit for your handywork!

3. We have about pages from around 63 users. We have about 450 entries (not counting talk and admin pages), of which about 350 have some minimal content. I would like to dedicate the month of November to expanding the existing pages. Make new pages for topical items or if you just have a terrific idea that can’t wait. Otherwise, focus on the pages that exist. Add some oomph to them. Add some pictures, etc. Here are some examples of some neat pages:

• Milky Way
  
• Science Fiction
• New Horizons
• Astrophotography

(There are lots of other good ones, I just hit random and chose four)
Not everything has to be so ellaborate. The Universe entry has a special place in my heart too. Use your best judgement. But let’s improve what we have and then in December start expanding some more.

Once this is done, we’ll start a big promotional campaign for the wiki. But feel free to tell your friends now, too.