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David Wilson

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I've spent some of my weekend adding information to the drysuit and wetsuit articles in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia at

http://en.wikipedia.org/

No sooner had I finished than another anonymous user began tabulating what I'd inputted to improve the presentation.

It occurred to me that there is a vast amount - in some cases a lifetime - of knowledge and experience among the members of our forum and that such accumulated wisdom should be committed to the written medium for everybody's benefit. Has anybody else contributed, or considered contributing, to online encyclopedias such as Wikipedia, which already contain a lot of information about the history of diving which needs checking and adding to?
 
I have considered and may do so. A few topics that I have expertise in are very much wanting. Articles are often narrow in scope like the contributor was trying to make a point or only had incremental knowldge.

I find it easier and more rewarding to say what I want in my own space where nobody will mess with it on my personal site.

Pete
 
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