raga Posted June 11, 2006 Report Share Posted June 11, 2006 GAUDIYA KUTIR WIKI Gaudiya Kutir is pleased to announce the opening of Gaudiya Kutir Wiki (gkWiki) – an online Gaudiya Vaisnava encyclopedia. The project The project is built as a community endeavor, block by block, and is steadily growing into a deep treasure-mine of information on all facets of Gaudiya Vaisnavism. The work is currently in its initial stages. The structure is being organized, the required entries are being charted and placeholders and disorganized content are being put in their places, the first complete entries are being written. The solution gkWiki is based on the MediaWiki software package, used as the back-end of the popular Wikipedia website among many others. Technically, Wiki-software allows all editors to work on each others' entries, correcting mistakes, elaborating and reorganizing content; it also archives all versions of an article to ensure that nothing precious is deleted for good. Additional tools With the opening of the Wiki, we are also pleased to announce the availability of a number of helpful tools to aid in the use of diacritics in transliterated text. They are available under Help / Tools on the website. Visit us online Gaudiya Kutir cordially invites everyone to explore the resource and to check in often – it evolves every day. gkWiki is available online at: http://wiki.gaudiyakutir.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raga Posted December 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 gkWiki opens for public editing! gkWiki, the online Vaisnava encyclopedia brought to you by Gaudiya Kutir, has now opened for public editing! Anyone feeling they have a bit of spare time and energy to participate is cordially invited to join the endeavor and contribute according to their capacity. You can create a new account by clicking on the "Log in / Create account" link at the top right corner of each page. Having registered, please be sure to read the "About gkWiki" and "Help index" sections to familiarize yourself with the style and the technicalities of the project. It's only so much a few editors can do in their spare time. The project needs you! Hop onboard and browse to: http://wiki.gaudiyakutir.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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