lol Oops! I didn't mean to say I would be stopping anything with the wiki. I meant to say that I won't be giving up. I will keep working to complete all of the median entries and continue on after that wherever I'm needed.
Brock
--- In sibrob@yahoogroups.com, "Brock Heilman" <brockheilman@...> wrote:
>
> A very Happy New Year to you as well!
>
> It saddens me to hear the way you feel regarding the wiki. I respect your opinion and I appreciate that you share it freely.
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> I personally believe that this wiki is bigger than any sections or cooperating societies and that all will benefit from it's creation. I don't believe that exclusivity will benefit anyone, nor do I believe that supporting it will come at any cost to the SSI or any other groups.
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> The information is already available to anyone that wants it in the checklists, R&I's, and irisregister.com. I don't believe it was ever any single group's to keep or share exclusively. The wiki is simply going to condense, organize, and publicize. I don't mean to be argumentative, I just felt I should say that I don't view the wiki as competition or a threat.
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> All said, I've nearly completed the entry of B's for all median classes in the wiki. I'll be stopping with the completion of Z. ;)
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> Btw, I really like that pedigree feature!
>
> Brock
>
> --- In sibrob@yahoogroups.com, "tjnzatwork" <tjatwork@> wrote:
> >
> > HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL
> >
> > This subject of the Iris encyclopedia needs to be discussed within the
> > SSI and it is important that the Society for Siberian Iris gets more
> > air . Why not start our own Wiki for Siberians as the SSI checklist is
> > the best example of a Cumulative Check list that I have seen so why
> > should all that hard work be to the advantage of another Iris
> > Society.There is a mountain of photos of siberians within the membership
> > and as we are well aware the culture of Siberian Irises is relatively
> > young and most of the legendary Hybridisers are still alive to place
> > there own thoughts on their fantastic breeding efforts, so Why not???
> > The Daffodil Society started a site Daffseek <http://daffseek.org/>
> > just pull down the Division and select and then select a country press
> > 'submit query' and "Voilà" Check out the Pedigree Chart.
> >
> > If we have an asset in our society we should think seriously before we
> > give it away,which is what Bob is asking, and if we do give it away how
> > hard will it be for the Society for Siberian Iris to stay relevant in
> > this digital world.
> >
> > As our Cumulative Check list is already digital in the form of a word
> > doc it would only take weeks to get a wiki type function attached to our
> > existing Web Site.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In sibrob@yahoogroups.com, Robert Pries <robertpries@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Here is a new site under development that needs your help. The Americn
> > Iris Society is creating an online encyclopedia of Iris. If you are
> > familiar with the wikipedia than you know what the potential is for this
> > site. At first glance you may think it is only and online illustrated
> > checklist of every type of Iris. You would be correct but it will be
> > much more. There are 65,000 entries in the AIS checklists and ultimately
> > all will have their own page, up to 20 pictures for each and a chance
> > for scores of people to add information. Presntly we have a small crew
> > that in the last couple of monthes have put up over 1,000 cultivars but
> > our goal is to have at least 10,000 pages up before it appears to the
> > world on the AIS website. Presently the beginning of the alphabet has
> > the most entries and medians and MDBs have the most pages up. We need
> > your help to give the Siberians the representation they deserve. I
> > invite you to visit the beginnings and see if you would like to be a
> > part of this monumental venture. If so send me an e-mail at
> > robertpries@ and let me know. but first go to this url and take a
> > look:
> > >
> > > http://wiki.irises.org/bin/view
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Ellen Gallagher" ellengalla@
> > > To: sibrob@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 1:26:58 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
> > Eastern
> > > Subject: [sibrob] test message
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> > > Â
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> > >
> > > Happy Holidays!
> > >
> >
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