I am not so much thinking of starting out trying to create a CHAT **encyclopedia** with formal articles, although that is possible. I am thinking of a CHAT wiki, to start with, as a place to collect the many **links** and **attachments** we already share on xmca.
Here is an example of the sort of thing I have in mind. I just picked this example out at random:
On 10 Oct 2008, Dot Robbins wrote a post to xmca about Dmitri Uznadze. http://communication.ucsd.edu/MCA/Mail/xmcamail.2008_10.dir/0071.html In her post, Dot included a link to http://www.ibe.unesco.org/publications/ThinkersPdf/uznadzee.pdf which is a useful article about Uznadze by Georgy Ketchuashvili.A CHAT wiki could have an entry for Uznadze, Dmitri (1986-1950), and these two links, one to an xmca post and discussion, the other to a .pdf file.
Generally speaking, we could put a link to any xmca post in the CHAT wiki, and any xmca post can have an internet link, and/or a .pdf or Word file attachment. A CHAT wiki could become a kind of index to these archives with all these links, attachments, etc. The xmca archive becomes a LIBRARY of links and attachments - not to mention many valuable posts - and the CHAT wiki becomes a kind of LIBRARY CATALOG.
Besides NAMES and TOPICS being entries, BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION itself could be listed as entries. LSV's Thinking and Speech alone could have a ton of links, as could many of the other classics of CHAT literature. I have even been going so far as to wonder if a CHAT wiki could not grow into becoming a powerful CHAT library CARD CATALOG with a specific entry for EVERY article, chapter, book, collection, etc. in the "CHAT literature." Well, a person can dream, can't they?
My main point here is that there is already a TON of information already in existence that could go in a CHAT wiki. And there are some very valuable things we could add - for example, how about a list of every CHAT-relevant article in MCA, JREEP, the old LCHC Newsletters? And that is just the beginning of valuable lists of CHAT literature we could create if we put our heads together, and a lot of information that already exists here and there.
GETTING existing or new information INTO a 'CHAT wiki', of course, would be the challenge!
I'd like to see xmca'ers try. I would certainly pitch in, perhaps in a big way - I am actually in serious need of a place to collect bibliographic, biographic and general information about CHAT. I know I am not alone. Perhaps this is something we could do collectively through a wiki? Would a CHAT wiki as an adjunct to the XMCA discussion list give us new possibilities?
- Steve On Jan 10, 2009, at 11:36 PM, Andy Blunden wrote:
It is not essential to go the full way to a Wiki, but if I can be given permissions on defined directories, I can just get on with it.Andy Etienne Pelaprat wrote:Hi everyone, thanks for hanging in there. It turns out that I was using a low-priority mailing method (which is why you all received your passwords 1, 2, 3 or more hours after you asked for them). Now I am using the high priority mailing method. I didn't pick up on this for the simple reason that I was developing this software at night, as opposed to during the day (and peak traffic hours). we're thinking about incorporating a wiki into the message board (to get to your question, Andy). but it's unclear how many people would be interested in collaborating on organizing links, information, entries, etc, on a wiki.... etienne On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:All--Sorry for any glitches in the new "beta" version of XMCA. This is a follow through on work that we discussed over a year ago and it is a WORK IN PROGRESS which we are hoping some of you will help with. Your feedback has already been important. Ideally, some of you will want to be part of helping build a new collective intellectual tool for all those interested inthegeneral themes of xmca. If so, just let Etienne know and cc me and StefanTanaka, who is cc'ed on this note.We did not succeed in raising the money we hope to from this, but with some small input of local funds and a lot of input from Etienne, this is a start.The future will depend a lot on you. mikeOn Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Phil Chappell <philchappell@mac.com> wrote:It must be the luck of the draw - I successfully completed the whole process in a couple of steps, including a fast password turnaround, and wantto thank Etienne and others for a great new resource. Cheer, Phil On 10/01/2009, at 10:21 AM, Steve Gabosch wrote:Etienne had me try out these things last week. I had exactly the same problems as you with the passwords, Ana. Somehow after about the thirdround of entering new passwords I got in. - Steve On Jan 9, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Ana Marjanovic-Shane wrote:Dear Etienne,I finally got a few messages back with temporary passwords, but none ofthem worked Ana __________________________ Dr. Ana Marjanovic-Shane ana@zmajcenter.org 267-334-2905 On Jan 9, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Etienne Pelaprat wrote:I've contacted our internet service providers because the emails are sending at a very slow, slow rate. I'm receiving now messages thatwere supposed to have been sent 4 hours ago... I'm getting more information this afternoon. etienne On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Ana Marjanovic-Shane <ana@zmajcenter.org> wrote:Dear Etienne, I have done what you said, but I have not received a temporary password. I went into my spam box also and it is not there either So, maybe you need to send me a temporary password manually. This seems very interesting indeed. Thanks a lot Ana __________________________ Dr. Ana Marjanovic-Shane ana@zmajcenter.org 267-334-2905 On Jan 9, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Etienne Pelaprat wrote:Dear XMCA Community,for some time, LCHC has been working with local resources to enhance, as both a service and research project, the means by which the XMCA community can trace its own development and sustain its interactions. To that end, we have developed a new web site that, in addition to making accessible and searchable the entire XMCA archive, supports (or, with your feedback, will support) a variety of functions to helpdevelop new kinds of conversations and interactions.Among the more immediate projects include developing a community bibliography, as well as file repository, which will be integrated into the XMCA archives and webboards themselves. We also help to support more ad hoc type interactions that emerge from searches, old posts, new threads, and various forms of tagging and sharing of information. So if you are interested in getting access (it's quickand easy), visit: http://xmca.lchc-resources.org/index.plIf you have ever posted to XMCA, you already have an account, but you don't have a password. To get one, type into the email field (either for the login or for "reset password") the email you use to post to XMCA. You will receive in your mailbox a temporary password. Loginwith this password. At the bottom of each page onxmca.lchc-resources.org there is a "change password" link if you wantto update your password to something more familiar.If have never posted to XMCA, then please email me for an accountuntil we have a more permanent registration system.WE NEED YOUR HELP TO DEVELOP THIS. And this means more than yourideas and feedback; we're also looking for programmers. All of http://xmca.lchc-resources.org is open source and managed by a controlversion system (so that many people can develop it at once). 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