[meteorite-list] Announcing: The Meteorite Wiki

[Jerry Flaherty]

Outstanding Eric!

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From: "Meteorites USA" <eric at meteoritesusa.com>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 6:07 PM
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Subject: [meteorite-list] Announcing: The Meteorite Wiki

> Hi Listees, Meteorite Collectors, Scientists, Meteorite Junkies, Addicts & 
> All Meteorite Enthusiasts,
>
> A long while ago I discussed an idea for a central meteorite website with 
> some community members about the creation of a central hub of meteorite 
> knowledge and information database in which everyone could participate and 
> contribute through a community of like minded individuals. This of course 
> would be for the furtherance of the science and hobby of meteoritics, 
> meteorite collecting, meteorite hunting, and the meteorite industry as a 
> whole.
>
> A website that would provide an active and evolving database of 
> encyclopedic meteorite knowledge and information for the hobbiest, 
> scientist and even more so for the curious, as they are the new meteorite 
> enthusiasts and possible future meteoriticists.
>
> As the world learns more about meteorites, asteroids, comets, and the 
> universe in relation to meteorites what better way to grow this knowledge 
> base than through the first and only meteorite related wiki. For those of 
> you who are unfamiliar with what a wiki is, it's an online collaborative 
> effort to compile information in a community type environment.
>
> Introducing The Meteorite Wiki: www.meteoritewiki.com
>
> The Meteorite Wiki runs on the same software that runs the world famous 
> and beloved Wikipedia.org website, and is robust and feature rich enough 
> to provide the perfect venue to compile the worlds meteorite information 
> into one easy and convenient online database.
>
> Mission Statement: To compile knowledge and share the enjoyment of 
> meteorite science & hobby through an open community wiki in which everyone 
> interested can participate & contribute to the growth of the knowledge of 
> meteorites.
>
> Enjoy...
>
> Regards,
> Eric Wichman
> Meteorites USA
>
> P.S. Those interested in contributing or who would like more information, 
> you're welcome to respond to this thread publicly on-list or privately via 
> email. If you belong to a university or educational institution we would 
> love to have you contibute your articles, papers, photos, video or other 
> media to the inclusion in the Meteorite Wiki. We have also reserved the 
> most important website domain name as well for the expansion of the 
> Meteorite Wiki experiment, meteoritewiki.org. This is to create a 
> non-profit organization for the site should it be a successful endeavor. 
> For now though it will be under the .com extension.
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