About the OKLAHOMA WIKI
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| - | Oklahoma Wiki | + | Oklahoma Wiki was started by [[James M. Branum]], (author of [http://www.jmbzine.com JMBzine.com]), in the year ____. Oklahoma Wiki is an online encyclopedia about all things related to Oklahoma. While there all other online encyclopedias that cover Oklahoma (most notably [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma Wikipedia] and [http://wikitravel.org/en/Oklahoma WikiTravel]), some of the more interesting topics are often not covered or are even censored by the editors (as was the case with certain articles on Wikipedia). |
My hope is in time to develop consensus-based decision making processes to edit Oklahoma Wiki (possibly as part of the [http://www.okimc.org Oklahoma Independent Media Center] , but in the mean time all final editing decisions are made by James M. Branum. | My hope is in time to develop consensus-based decision making processes to edit Oklahoma Wiki (possibly as part of the [http://www.okimc.org Oklahoma Independent Media Center] , but in the mean time all final editing decisions are made by James M. Branum. | ||
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Also if you want to contribute to the growth of Oklahoma Wiki, one easy thing you can do is to take content from Oklahoma-related articles on Wikipedia and repost them here (that's a-ok because Wikipedia is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License copyleft and therefore open to public borrowing.] | Also if you want to contribute to the growth of Oklahoma Wiki, one easy thing you can do is to take content from Oklahoma-related articles on Wikipedia and repost them here (that's a-ok because Wikipedia is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License copyleft and therefore open to public borrowing.] | ||
| + | Be polite and add a link at the bottom of the page indicating exactly from where you got that information. | ||
Lastly advertisements posted on this wiki are provided by our hosting provider ([http://www.editthis.info Editthis.info]) and we do not necessarily agree with the views expressed in these advertisements. | Lastly advertisements posted on this wiki are provided by our hosting provider ([http://www.editthis.info Editthis.info]) and we do not necessarily agree with the views expressed in these advertisements. | ||
''NEW: If you have an article that you've added lots of interesting new content too, please post it a link to it on the front page under the "Featured articles" section at the top.'' | ''NEW: If you have an article that you've added lots of interesting new content too, please post it a link to it on the front page under the "Featured articles" section at the top.'' | ||
Revision as of 05:20, 12 April 2007
Oklahoma Wiki was started by James M. Branum, (author of JMBzine.com), in the year ____. Oklahoma Wiki is an online encyclopedia about all things related to Oklahoma. While there all other online encyclopedias that cover Oklahoma (most notably Wikipedia and WikiTravel), some of the more interesting topics are often not covered or are even censored by the editors (as was the case with certain articles on Wikipedia).
My hope is in time to develop consensus-based decision making processes to edit Oklahoma Wiki (possibly as part of the Oklahoma Independent Media Center , but in the mean time all final editing decisions are made by James M. Branum.
All are welcome to contribute content to Oklahoma Wiki, but contributions should be understood as being made to the public domain.
Also if you want to contribute to the growth of Oklahoma Wiki, one easy thing you can do is to take content from Oklahoma-related articles on Wikipedia and repost them here (that's a-ok because Wikipedia is copyleft and therefore open to public borrowing. Be polite and add a link at the bottom of the page indicating exactly from where you got that information.
Lastly advertisements posted on this wiki are provided by our hosting provider (Editthis.info) and we do not necessarily agree with the views expressed in these advertisements.
NEW: If you have an article that you've added lots of interesting new content too, please post it a link to it on the front page under the "Featured articles" section at the top.
