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:Do you think you might be able to recruit some of the skiffy's to take a look at some of these? They seem intimidated to deal with the canon stuff (judging by some of the posts about why they don't contribute), but maybe we can get their toes wet with some of the cast & crew info. After that they might see that they CAN contribute to the RDM stuff after all (knowing that the other Battle Wikipedians, like yourself, will be there to help them comply with necessary standards & conventions). --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:27, 28 March 2006 (CST)
:Do you think you might be able to recruit some of the skiffy's to take a look at some of these? They seem intimidated to deal with the canon stuff (judging by some of the posts about why they don't contribute), but maybe we can get their toes wet with some of the cast & crew info. After that they might see that they CAN contribute to the RDM stuff after all (knowing that the other Battle Wikipedians, like yourself, will be there to help them comply with necessary standards & conventions). --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:27, 28 March 2006 (CST)
::SV, can you elaborate on SciFi-ers being "intimidated to deal with the canon stuff"? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 18:32, 28 March 2006 (CST)
::SV, can you elaborate on SciFi-ers being "intimidated to deal with the canon stuff"? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 18:32, 28 March 2006 (CST)
:::"I use it extensively as a reference. I have never edited. I was not at all secure with doing so. I regret not knowing that it was expected." --Mazzy
:::"i would join the wiki, but i dont trust myself with something like that, i do have extensive knowledge of BSG but im sure nowhere in comparison, but I have loved and trusted the wiki ever since I found it, and I agree with twhat the merv is saying about some of those articles." --Thechief88
:::from [http://mboard.scifi.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1713364&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1 this thread]
:::And maybe it's just not being familiar with the Wiki-style interface. I'm just surprised there's not more overlap in the demographics. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 19:23, 28 March 2006 (CST)

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I must say you did a very good job of organizing this, Steelviper: the portals were so confusing I didn't know where to start, but this one page is really nice. --The Merovingian (C - E) 15:10, 28 March 2006 (CST)

Thanks! Hopefully I don't become so good at coming up with lists of things for others to work on that I forget to actually do some work myself. I think Joe actually had the idea for this project a while back.
Do you think you might be able to recruit some of the skiffy's to take a look at some of these? They seem intimidated to deal with the canon stuff (judging by some of the posts about why they don't contribute), but maybe we can get their toes wet with some of the cast & crew info. After that they might see that they CAN contribute to the RDM stuff after all (knowing that the other Battle Wikipedians, like yourself, will be there to help them comply with necessary standards & conventions). --Steelviper 15:27, 28 March 2006 (CST)
SV, can you elaborate on SciFi-ers being "intimidated to deal with the canon stuff"? --Peter Farago 18:32, 28 March 2006 (CST)
"I use it extensively as a reference. I have never edited. I was not at all secure with doing so. I regret not knowing that it was expected." --Mazzy
"i would join the wiki, but i dont trust myself with something like that, i do have extensive knowledge of BSG but im sure nowhere in comparison, but I have loved and trusted the wiki ever since I found it, and I agree with twhat the merv is saying about some of those articles." --Thechief88
from this thread
And maybe it's just not being familiar with the Wiki-style interface. I'm just surprised there's not more overlap in the demographics. --Steelviper 19:23, 28 March 2006 (CST)