Kite Wiki - Online Kiting Encyclopedia & Q&A

[Badger]

OK, so I have been working on a project which I now wish to share with you all for ideas and (hopefully constructive) critisism .

The project is an online Kiting encyclopedia and resource for all aspects of kiting and to answer most frequently asked questions for both beginners and the more experienced in any area of kiting. If you are familiar with Wiki's, you will also understand that they are colaborative, meaning that anyone (who is registered) can contribute to make the site more comprehensive.

You can find the main page here and bookmark it :

Kite Wiki

From here you can enter any kiting related keywords and search. The next link gives you an idea of the pages that I have put together so far:

All Pages

There are already pages for most kite manufacturers, and I have attempted to list the most popular kites on those pages. The idea is to get a comprehensive description and review of every kite, as well as to describe every kiting term and trick / tip.



Here's an example of a partly populated kite page (I also have a review still to add from Shrimpo which I must get round to doing!):

Ozone Access

I realise that what I have done is only the start. To take it further I will need support from many more enthusiastic authors . Which is where you lot come in . If you feel that you can write articles, propose templates or contribute photos, then you can help. I'm reserving the right to restrict membership for a while until we see how it goes.

So please let me know what you think of it so far, and if you would like to contribute in any way even better .

Steve.

[BuggyMadChris]

Great work Steve

Only FAQ's I can think of are

Where can i buy kites?

What is freestyle kiting?

Where can I take part in buggy racing?

[Badger]

Cheers Chris,

Compiled most of the suggestions so far from various sources (apart from Sand Yeti's long list that will need to be added):

>> FAQs <<

So the list is coming along well .

Will have to start working on some answers soon. So is anyone (perhaps those with a year or more experience?) up for helping with those ?

Steve.

[Sheppey Shredder]

haven't got the years experience, but if there's anything i can do to help just shout ok.

[MartinP]

Nice one Steve

[Breezer]

Nice one mate.

Its clear to see you have put alot of work into this. Job very well done!

[Badger]

Originally Posted by Breezer

Nice one mate.

Its clear to see you have put alot of work into this. Job very well done!

Only just starting mate . Read on ...

Cheers for the pics though!

Steve.

[Badger]

Hi All.

Just to let you all know, I have decided to try once again to get more authors and interest in developing a global kite wiki.

I know that many people have referred to the site and made use of what is now about 100 pages of kite related information and photos. The intention was always to create a totally independent site that would be open to all kiters, potentially worldwide.

To this end, I am opening up the Kite Wiki to be available to members of any UK forum or club, and as it would be unfair to continue using SEKA's web hosting for that, I have now re-hosted the site as:

kitewiki.org.uk

This has some disadvantages (I have to pay for it and maintain it) and some advantages too (I can re-configure the site more quickly, and reset passwords etc without having to bother anyone else to do it for me).

I would like to take this opportunity to thank SEKA for allowing me to use their hosting to tinker with his for the last two years, though I confess that most of the work was actually done within the first few months . I'm hoping to get back and continue where I left off, with the help of a few enthusiastic others .

By opening this up to a wider audience, I hope to get enough contributors together to get things moving at which point I will no longer be the main contributor and the site will develop as I always wanted it to .

As ever, if you feel that you would like to contribute by writing up small articles (upwards of 10 lines of text) to help other kiters, please come forward.

Remember that even as a beginner, the initial learning experience will be fresh in your mind and you are in a very good position to help others in a similar position who are stumbling over something that those who are more experienced would think was obvious.

So roll up roll up, who wants an account on the new site

Best wishes,

Steve.

[AlexB]

The only things I can think of is listing places to fly along with resistrictions for that area.

What board or buggy to buy?

What is the power kite window?

Where is my local kite club?

Well done steve its clear you've put alot of time and effort into this web site

[Badger]

Originally Posted by AlexB

The only things I can think of is listing places to fly along with resistrictions for that area.

What board or buggy to buy?

What is the power kite window?

Where is my local kite club?

Well done steve its clear you've put alot of time and effort into this web site

Thanks Alex.

There's loads to do, and many that you could help with . There are three pages worth looking at to find out what we need to write articles for:

http://www.kitewiki.org.uk/wiki/Freq...sked_questions
http://www.kitewiki.org.uk/wiki/Talk...sked_questions
http://www.kitewiki.org.uk/wiki/Special:WantedPages

The first link is the basic FAQ as it stands. Any link in red has not been written yet. Feel free to have a go - It doesn't matter if you get anything wrong or miss anything out as the whole idea of a Wiki is that it can be updated whenever needed. A small page is much better than a non-existant one.

The second link is a discussion area where ideas go for consideration to be added to the first. Feel free to add any comments and ideas that you may have to the end of that.

The third link is auto-generated and lists every topic or word that has been inserted into other KiteWiki pages referencing a page that does not yet exist. Feel free to add these pages too. To put a link into your own article you just insert [[Article_Name]] and it displays as Article_Name or Article_Name depending on whether it has been written or not, when you save the page. It is as easy as that.

Cheers,

Steve.