| Author | Comment |
Coolv
Marine
Posted: 15 Jan 2006
13:55 GMT
Total Posts: 46 | Hey all,
I recently made CalcWiki, which is the only Wiki that is completely related to Texas Instruments graphing calculators. Right now, it is in its infancy, so there is a visible lack of members (three members currently exist).
In order for this project to grow and therefore help the entire community, I need support and editors. Please go to the calcwiki website to have CalcWiki open in a blank page. Remember - you are helping the community.
My vision of CalcWiki is a large Wiki that provides everyone with help with their calculators. There will be articles about all of the nuances of calculators and programming for them. Please help by vision come true.
-Vladik (aka Coolv) |
allynfolksjr
Administrator
Posted: 15 Jan 2006
15:28 GMT
Total Posts: 1892 | WikiTI |
TI Freak
Probe
Posted: 15 Jan 2006
17:11 GMT
Total Posts:
Edit | I would help, but I am already doing much the same thing on my site... |
Coolv
Marine
Posted: 16 Jan 2006
13:57 GMT
Total Posts: 46 | WikiTI is TI-83 series assembly-oriented, while ClacWiki is oriented on every aspect of calculators. |
hart
Probe
Posted: 16 Jan 2006
21:06 GMT
Total Posts: 3 | I hate to trump your good idea Coolv, but it is going to be pretty difficult for you to do all of the things that you want to do with CalcWiki. Your biggest problem is that you just won't get enough people to help out to make it a reality. This problem is occurring across the whole TI scene, so it isn't something unique to you. You can give it a shot and see how it goes, but just don't be disappointed if it doesn't work out.
[Edited by hart on 17-Jan-06 06:07] |
bcherry
Dragoon
Posted: 16 Jan 2006
23:36 GMT
Total Posts: 61 | i'd make a suggestion that with a name like "calcwiki" you should not be advertising it as a ti graphing calc wiki, since they are only a small portion of the full calc scene. |
Coolv
Marine
Posted: 17 Jan 2006
15:09 GMT
Total Posts: 46 | Hart: yes, I've noticed. :(
And I don't like it.
That's why I posted this personal plea for help.
Bcherry: Hmm. I'll consider that.
In the meantime, please try to help Calcwiki in any way you can. At least visit and contribute an article... |
Coolv
Marine
Posted: 18 Jan 2006
13:18 GMT
Total Posts: 46 | Is it possible for this to be posted in a calcgames news article?
That seems to be the only way to get visitors for this project. |
hart
Probe
Posted: 18 Jan 2006
14:45 GMT
Total Posts: 3 | Besides the fact that I don't think they would post about CalcWiki in a news post, I don't really think it would do anything anyways. Everybody already has their own projects, so it does not make sense to just pile on more stuff. This is why you don't see people volunteering to help. Look at calc.org, for example. Even it is having a hard time getting volunteers. Added to that is the fact that most people don't enjoy writing. It's hard enough to write a paper for English class, let alone write in your free time. That's just the way it is. |
Coolv
Marine
Posted: 18 Jan 2006
16:55 GMT
Total Posts: 46 | I believe that ClacWiki is rather unique, and should be featured. Just look at WikiPedia! |
hart
Probe
Posted: 18 Jan 2006
19:55 GMT
Total Posts: 3 | There are lots of great, unique TI projects currently out there Coolv. But that doesn't mean they will ever be realized. If you are honest with yourself, you have to admit that CalcWiki is probably under the same umbrella. Unless you are planning on doing everything yourself, it just won't get done.
Comparing CalcWiki to WikiPedia is like comparing apples to oranges. They might be based on the same general principle, but they are completely different otherwise. First, WikiPedia has a much larger pool of people helping out (in the thousands). CalcWiki has three members, with none of them doing anything. Related to this, WikiPedia is actually useful to most people. That is why it is currently one of the top websites on the Internet. CalcWiki is not useful just because there is nothing there. When you don't have any content, it is really hard to get people to come to your site. Although you have all these great plans for CalcWiki, it means nothing unless they are realized. Finally, getting people to freely write content for your site is probably not going to happen. Why would someone spend their free time making content for your website, when they could just make their own website and put that content on it? It just doesn't make much sense.
I hope I haven't turned you off from your CalcWiki project Coolv. I think it can be done, but it will take a lot of time and effort. If anything, it will just be a good learning experience for you. It would also be cool to see you do it, and prove me wrong. |
threefingeredguy
Ghost
Posted: 19 Jan 2006
17:38 GMT
Total Posts: 1189 | WikiTI covers hardware, assembly, and basic. What was left out?
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Coolv
Marine
Posted: 19 Jan 2006
18:14 GMT
Total Posts: 46 | "Welcome to WikiTI, a Wiki for assembly programmers of the TI-83 and TI-83 Plus Family."
Does this tell you anything? TI-83 series only. |
Andy
Administrator
Posted: 19 Jan 2006
19:52 GMT
Total Posts: 939 | Add some other information there and we'll change the greeting. We just don't want to say we have information on other calcs when we don't. |
bcherry
Dragoon
Posted: 20 Jan 2006
09:55 GMT
Total Posts: 61 | with all of the information already at wikiti it doesnt make sense to make a new one. with so few members in this community, it is important to concentrate efforts like this rather than split up. |
Coolv
Marine
Posted: 20 Jan 2006
14:05 GMT
Total Posts: 46 | *idea*
Maybe CalcWiki should have information on other calculators and general information, while WikiTI will concentrate on the TI-83+ series!
They could be affiliated!
Note: If I were to delete CalcWiki, then my website (http://www.ticalcs.net/) would lose one of its big, unique features!
[Edited by Coolv on 20-Jan-06 23:06] |
bcherry
Dragoon
Posted: 20 Jan 2006
16:35 GMT
Total Posts: 61 | Why have one concentrate on 83 when the other could have everything including 83 stuff, since there isnt *that* much information about caclulators. And I think that advertising calcwiki as a big and unique feature is misleading since (a) we've just pointed out its not exactly big right now and (b) we also just pointed out that its not unique.
Note:
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Neostar
Marine
Posted: 22 Jan 2006
03:00 GMT
Total Posts: 29 | Hmmm, I've looked at this CalcWiki site and I am interested in helping in anyway I can. I've written a tutorial that I'm sure I can pull stuff from and I'll write a couple of articles for it as well. Cool idea, you just need to get people to come to the website. I don't have any friday classes so next week and if I have any spare time during the week I'll get to work on some stuff. |
VutonTheta
Probe
Posted: 26 Jan 2006
09:28 GMT
Total Posts: 7 | good! help! The thing is we want this to be about a whole community and not JUST TI-83+ series ASSEMBLY. |
Andy
Administrator
Posted: 26 Jan 2006
12:33 GMT
Total Posts: 939 | And if you'd look at WikiTI now you'd see we have BASIC and 83 sections. We don't have any information on other calculators because no one has provided anything as of yet. |
alex10819
Wraith
Posted: 28 Jan 2006
08:43 GMT
Total Posts: 507 | Andy's right, WikiTI does have TI-BASIC articles... i would know, i wrote a few myself :P
while the idea of having a calc based wikipedia is great, i think we'd be better off just to unify at one particular spot...
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bob123
Probe
Posted: 28 Jan 2006
19:03 GMT
Total Posts: 2 | hey can i help i dont know alot about programming but i did make a few little basic one i just to learn more :rolleyes_a: |
Coolv
Marine
Posted: 29 Jan 2006
18:03 GMT
Total Posts: 46 | It doesn't have to be about programming!
Just post an article about your favorite calculator or website! |
Coolv
Marine
Posted: 8 Feb 2006
19:18 GMT
Total Posts: 46 | Bumpity.
It's been getting many edits lately, about 8 per day, but no new editors!
[Edited by Coolv on 09-Feb-06 04:18] |
threefingeredguy
Ghost
Posted: 27 Feb 2006
23:54 GMT
Total Posts: 1189 | Alex: I created those BASIC sections, so I know they are on there too!
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