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Online information about dive site is spread across a bunch of websites and forums. Many of these websites and forums that once contained a wealth of information are no longer online, only accessible through the Internet Archive, and no longer indexed by search engines. Others are poorly designed and/or have commercial interests, account requirements or paywalls making it difficult to access the information. Still others are online and available but are not actively maintained by their owners. | Online information about dive site is spread across a bunch of websites and forums. Many of these websites and forums that once contained a wealth of information are no longer online, only accessible through the Internet Archive, and no longer indexed by search engines. Others are poorly designed and/or have commercial interests, account requirements or paywalls making it difficult to access the information. Still others are online and available but are not actively maintained by their owners. | ||
This site is an experiment to see if | This site is an experiment to see if a wiki project could do better than those sites. | ||
Since anyone can edit, even without an account, there are no barriers stopping anyone from updating site information. Since there are no advertisements or commercial interests, all information is easily accessible and not hidden. | Since anyone can edit, even without an account, there are no barriers stopping anyone from updating site information. Since there are no advertisements or commercial interests, all information is easily accessible and not hidden. | ||
The hope is that information stored in existing sites and divers' heads can be amalgamated, indexed and cross referenced here to form a useful information base for dive sites all over the world, that is useful, accessible and up to date, for use by divers all over the world. | The hope is that information stored in existing sites and divers' heads can be amalgamated, indexed and cross referenced here to form a useful information base for dive sites all over the world, that is useful, accessible and up to date, for use by divers all over the world. | ||
Its success (or failure) will depend on the willingness of divers to contribute and edit information about the dive sites they're familiar with, and on the positive collaborative attitude of the diving community. | |||
We will see if it works! | We will see if it works! | ||
Revision as of 16:32, 19 August 2023
About this wiki
Online information about dive site is spread across a bunch of websites and forums. Many of these websites and forums that once contained a wealth of information are no longer online, only accessible through the Internet Archive, and no longer indexed by search engines. Others are poorly designed and/or have commercial interests, account requirements or paywalls making it difficult to access the information. Still others are online and available but are not actively maintained by their owners.
This site is an experiment to see if a wiki project could do better than those sites.
Since anyone can edit, even without an account, there are no barriers stopping anyone from updating site information. Since there are no advertisements or commercial interests, all information is easily accessible and not hidden.
The hope is that information stored in existing sites and divers' heads can be amalgamated, indexed and cross referenced here to form a useful information base for dive sites all over the world, that is useful, accessible and up to date, for use by divers all over the world.
Its success (or failure) will depend on the willingness of divers to contribute and edit information about the dive sites they're familiar with, and on the positive collaborative attitude of the diving community.
We will see if it works!