The FIRSTwiki

[JVN]

...and then I finally went to check it out... and I was listed as an entry.

I'm uhh... honored... I think.

[Max Lobovsky]

hahah, so you were the one who just made those edits to [[JVN]]?

[Astronouth7303]

That's ok. has Dave Lavery been there, yet?

Nah. we'd know if he has.

[mtrawls]

Originally Posted by maxlobovsky

The URL is http://FIRSTwiki.org

Perhaps the link on the frontpage of CD should then be changed (since it doesn't work now)? *Cough,* Brandon, *cough*

[Andy Baker]

This WIKI is very impressive. We all need to begin using it. Be sure to notify Woodie about it, as it reminds me of a service that he directed a MIT student to create a few years ago, called "sharingFIRST".

Andy B.

[Max Lobovsky]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

This WIKI is very impressive. We all need to begin using it. Be sure to notify Woodie about it, as it reminds me of a service that he directed a MIT student to create a few years ago, called "sharingFIRST".

Andy B.

How exactly do we contact Woodie? Just send him an email at flowers@mit.edu?

Seems to be that sharingFIRST is down (and i suspect has been offline for a while) so could you tell us young-ons more about it? I'm sure there is a lot we can learn from it.

[Joe Matt]

MASSIVE 384 update. If you ever wanted to know something about Sparky, it's there.

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by maxlobovsky

How exactly do we contact Woodie? Just send him an email at flowers@mit.edu?

Seems to be that sharingFIRST is down (and i suspect has been offline for a while) so could you tell us young-ons more about it? I'm sure there is a lot we can learn from it.

Yes, that is the best way to get in touch with Woodie. If you refer to sharingFIRST early in your note, it will get his attention quickly.

SharingFIRST was very much like what you are doing with the FIRST Wiki. Any person could submit white papers, descriptions or help on a variety of subjects. The person's name who ran it was Owen _____ (forgot the last name). On the site, you could look under people for their contributions or you could look by topic.

SharingFIRST was a great thing, but it fell apart after Owen graduated from MIT. He (or Woodie) maintained it for maybe 2-3 years, but they had a difficult time finding someone to take it over after Owen moved on.

So... my advice would be to set up a structure that keeps this FIRST Wiki active for many years. If you have a leadership committee, rotate members every year or two so that many people have a hand in what is going on.

Good luck,
Andy B.

[Alex Pelan]

I posted some stuff about 177, and I have to go now, otherwise I would post more stuff about UTC regional, etc. I will post more later, however.

[Brandon Martus]

I think the FIRSTwiki has a great potential to become a huge, detailed FIRST history book / encyclopedia. I hope everybody gets a chance to take a few minutes, look around and become addicted.

[Joe Matt]

Question, is someone going to do a past game page?

[mtrawls]

Originally Posted by JosephM

Question, is someone going to do a past game page?

You can answer that question pretty easily .

[phrontist]

Originally Posted by mtrawls

You can answer that question pretty easily .

Yes! This was something I had in mind origionally. Thanks for volunteering and I expect a full report on my desk by monday

[Billfred]

Actually, I'd think it'd be better to have a past years section--you know, who won the regionals, what was the game, who got Chairman's, et cetera. Keeps everything in one place (and safe from being overwritten by the current stuff).

[Joe Matt]

*sigh* there goes my study hall!*

nahhh, j/k, I'll be happy to do it. Just need to get a pass to the library and I'm ready to go!

Just one thing, do you have a template you want to follow for it, or should I create one?