Talk:Bicycles/Maintenance and Repair/Appendix/Moulton

Everybody can post comments queries and discussions about the Appendix here!
Georgio8 (discuss • contribs) 13:49, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

Invitation to Contribute
It seemed appropriate to post George's invitation (posted on The Moulton Bicycle Yahoo Group) here (-- AMaero, 10 May 2015):

Is it time to build a Moultoneers wiki?

This idea is not dead! To get things rolling Doug Milliken and I have collaborated on some initial steps. We decided to start by making a Moulton appendix to the existing Wikibook on Bicycle Maintenance and Repair.

The Moulton appendix is at: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Bicycles/Maintenance_and_Repair/Appendix/Moulton

As you will see, it is currently a framework with links to many non-existent pages (all the red links), but there are already a few useful sections.

We would now like to invite everyone to contribute. This is a project in the spirit of Wikipedia - anyone who knows something potentially useful (no matter how small) is invited to contribute it for others to use.

Here are a few points about contributing:


 * Since it is part of an existing Wikibook, all (or maybe only some? -- AMaero) new text will be reviewed by the editors of the Bicycle Maintenance and Repair book. We don’t know who they are. They seem to take a few days to approve new sections, but so far they have done so without objections.
 * Anonymous editing is allowed, but it will help others to coordinate with you if you would create an account on Wikibooks and use a screen name for your edits.
 * You are encouraged to go ahead and add your new material wherever it seems appropriate in the structure.
 * If you are doubt about where to put it or you would like to discuss your contribution before installing it, you can use the Discussion tab on each page for questions, incomplete text and so on.
 * I will keep an eye on the Discussion page for the top-level page and try to answer questions there – I hope others will do likewise. Eventually we shall want a small team of editors to coordinate and revise the text to keep it consistent.
 * I haven’t yet looked into how to upload and insert images and other media but I know it is possible.

We have chosen to use this approach because it has a low entry threshold and zero maintenance cost (in time and money).

If it proves unsuitable, we can hopeful move the content to another online service, or convert the current Appendix to a Wikibook in its own right, at a later date. If you subscribe to any page you will be notified when it changes.

Please get editing!

Cheers,

George