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From: "Jim Byram" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Genealogy wiki
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:04:27 -0400
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Robert Thorpe wrote:

> Could you explain just what this involves and how individual and wiki
approaches don't mix? I assume a person would do their research just as they
always would then share the appropriate information in wiki format. Wouldn't
that work?

WIKIs are community affairs. When someone posts unsupported data, someone
else will come along and edit and correct the original post and provide
comments and sources to justify the edits. Many people won't take kindly to
others saying that what they have posted is fiction (which is the case for
much of the genealogy on the largest shared site (FamilySearch and the older
LDS databases)). <g>

Real community sharing requires a level of cooperation that will be hard to
achieve.

Jim

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