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DGoeij
08-16-2002, 07:35 PM
Neither did I, until Walter invited me over to TheTolkienWiki (http://www.thetolkienwiki.org/wiki.cgi).

A very interesting place, but it needs a lot of help to grow. I see it as a great place to express your enthousiasm for the works of professor J.R.R. Tolkien.
It is very different from a Forum and I switch a lot between there and TTF. Maybe other Tweens are as interested as me. Give it a try!
Gamil Zirak
08-19-2002, 03:19 PM
Walter invited me as well; however, I haven't had the time to post anything to it. I will though.
DGoeij
08-20-2002, 05:14 PM
You're more than welcome.:)
Maedhros
08-26-2002, 01:53 AM
I would like to post there, but I'm having a little trouble with the interface.
DGoeij
08-26-2002, 01:30 PM
It's totally different than a forum, so that would explain it. Try the button 'members' at the front page. You can create your own member page there and leave questions. Anyone with more knowledge of Wiki will be bound to answer them asap.
Walter
09-14-2002, 12:00 AM
Originally posted by Maedhros
I would like to post there, but I'm having a little trouble with the interface. I didn't actually notice this thread until today, even though DGoeij mentioned it once to me.

What kind of problems are those, Maedhros?
Maedhros
09-14-2002, 01:09 AM
Well, I get to the page, but don't know how to post or even to register. Kind of confusing to me.
Walter
09-14-2002, 11:36 AM
A WikiWeb is totally different from a BBS-system like vBulletin (the system here on TTF), a WikiWeb (the system of the TolkienWiki) is more like an authoring tool for a large Website (we have already more than 800 separate Weppages by now) where every registered user can edit existing pages and create new ones. Each existing page has been created either by a single user or is a result of a joint effort of many users.

There is a section at the FrontPage which should explain how you can become a contributing member: "Would you like to become a contributing member here?" (http://www.thetolkienwiki.org/wiki.cgi?FrontPage#Would), or - if you are in a hurry - you could just check out the OneMinuteWiki Page (http://www.thetolkienwiki.org/wiki.cgi?OneMinuteWiki).

Hope this helps.
DGoeij
09-16-2002, 12:51 PM
Ah, an explanation by the (or one of the) founding father of the site. I hope this makes things a lot more clear than I possible could.:)