I understand your and Wayne's concerns about incorrect or inaccurate data being added to the wiki. However, I do not believe that using a locked-down web site is the way to go. That would be roughly the same as all the other personal and group sites that are already out there, where the community contributes indirectly and needs to go through moderators to get changes made to correct information or add new information. Even on a moderated site run by experts, mistakes can still be made. Tracking changes is rather simple on a wiki. There's a Recent Changes link on the left hand side of all pages, which lists how big the change was in bytes added or removed (so you can tell if its a big o small change) and who made the change. You can show all of the edits (diffs) on each page so you can see exactly what changed. It also shows a red exclamation point next to changes which need to be "patrolled", meaning that no one has visited the page and verified the new content yet. It is possible to watch articles for any changes so you can be notified if anyone adds incorrect data. Furthermore, admins can mark entire pages as protected so that non-admins cannot edit them, although I think that should be reserved for specific cases, as even trusted information straight out of the workshop manual could use some extra details and notes. The citation system encourages contributors to cite their sources. A citation can be anything from a page number in the workshop manual to a link to the original DML posts to a document on another web site. Information without a citation could be marked as requiring it, or just deleted for lack of information. It is also easy to mark any questionable information in the article directly by just making your own edit. Obviously, all these tools require people to actually look at the contents of the wiki from time to time to check its validity. I believe this weakness (that bad data can be added) is outweighed by the community aspect of how anyone can add new data and correct any bad data that may be present. There are certainly risks, but they are no greater than hitting a personal DeLorean site through google, or getting bad data from someone who just happens to not have the right info. The hope is that the wiki will be expanded upon by knowledgeable people and that over time it will get more complete and thorough. We don't need everyone editing every page, just adding the occasional bit of data to the sections they do know something about. The first thing I'm doing on the wiki isn't listing all any specific techniques, but rather documenting all of the vendors, web sites, mailing lists, forums and documentation that people can use to get more information, so that the initial wiki will be a hub for finding information from sources all over, as well as providing actual information, specifications, tips, techniques and tutorials itself. -- Joe To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/