Comments on: Southern gospel and wikipedia http://averyfineline.com/2006/12/13/southern-gospel-and-wikipedia/ Criticism and commentary on southern gospel music Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:27:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Terry S / quartet-ma http://averyfineline.com/2006/12/13/southern-gospel-and-wikipedia/#comment-3770 Terry S / quartet-ma Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:41:43 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2006/12/13/southern-gospel-and-wikipedia/#comment-3770 Sorry, in case someone doesn't know this, Terry S is quartet-man. :-) Thanks for keeping this site going Doug. I don't get here as often as I used to, but enjoy catching up when I do. Sorry, in case someone doesn’t know this, Terry S is quartet-man. :-) Thanks for keeping this site going Doug. I don’t get here as often as I used to, but enjoy catching up when I do.

]]> By: Terry S http://averyfineline.com/2006/12/13/southern-gospel-and-wikipedia/#comment-3769 Terry S Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:40:28 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2006/12/13/southern-gospel-and-wikipedia/#comment-3769 Thanks for the mention. Gold City is on there and I just did some additions as well as more corrections on the Stamps entry. I have also done quite a bit on the Oaks. I was going to help Daniel and David on their site, but simply have more to do than I can keep up with these days. I hope to start working again on a website I started back several years ago, but don't hold your breath. :-) David touches on a good point. A great thing about Wikipedia is that people can change things on there. A bad thing is that people can change things on there. :-) It depends on what a person changes and their knowledge I guess. Another drawback is that people have different writing styles. There have been times I have probably made something less flowing in order to put more info there. I try to keep as much of the previous people's work as I can, but would rather see more info there than it be the prettiest looking thing. :-) Thanks for the mention. Gold City is on there and I just did some additions as well as more corrections on the Stamps entry. I have also done quite a bit on the Oaks.
I was going to help Daniel and David on their site, but simply have more to do than I can keep up with these days. I hope to start working again on a website I started back several years ago, but don’t hold your breath. :-)

David touches on a good point. A great thing about Wikipedia is that people can change things on there. A bad thing is that people can change things on there. :-) It depends on what a person changes and their knowledge I guess. Another drawback is that people have different writing styles. There have been times I have probably made something less flowing in order to put more info there. I try to keep as much of the previous people’s work as I can, but would rather see more info there than it be the prettiest looking thing. :-)

]]> By: Thomas http://averyfineline.com/2006/12/13/southern-gospel-and-wikipedia/#comment-3715 Thomas Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:52:47 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2006/12/13/southern-gospel-and-wikipedia/#comment-3715 Trent, When you click on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">link</a> Avery provided, you will find a page with these words: "Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit." It's a site that's worth a look. Trent,

When you click on the link Avery provided, you will find a page with these words: “Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.” It’s a site that’s worth a look.

]]> By: Trent http://averyfineline.com/2006/12/13/southern-gospel-and-wikipedia/#comment-3690 Trent Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:51:29 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2006/12/13/southern-gospel-and-wikipedia/#comment-3690 What is wikipedia? What is wikipedia?

]]> By: Bobby http://averyfineline.com/2006/12/13/southern-gospel-and-wikipedia/#comment-3662 Bobby Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:21:00 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2006/12/13/southern-gospel-and-wikipedia/#comment-3662 Actually: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Nelon Actually:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Nelon

]]> By: David Bruce Murray http://averyfineline.com/2006/12/13/southern-gospel-and-wikipedia/#comment-3654 David Bruce Murray Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:01:08 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2006/12/13/southern-gospel-and-wikipedia/#comment-3654 My frustration with Wikipedia grew as I would post information and then have someone come behind me and totally destroy it. That's one of the reasons I started SGHistory.com, so I could have some control over who posts there. So far, about 90% of what you see on SGHistory was either posted by Daniel Mount or me. I agree...you'd think more would be SG historians would jump in and contribute information to the mix. If anyone wants to help me in this effort to preserve SG history, just drop me an email. All I require is that writers put what they have to say in their own words. I had one guy who thought it was OK to copy articles from Wikipedia and post them on SGHistory.com. In addition to a written history on each artist, I have a format laid out for discographies, and lists of group members. Daniel also came up with the idea of linking to sound clips and having individual pages for popular songs with a list of links to all the artists who have recorded it. There are only so many hours in the day, though, and if this site is going to become a complete representation of SG history, we're going to need more help. My frustration with Wikipedia grew as I would post information and then have someone come behind me and totally destroy it. That’s one of the reasons I started SGHistory.com, so I could have some control over who posts there.

So far, about 90% of what you see on SGHistory was either posted by Daniel Mount or me. I agree…you’d think more would be SG historians would jump in and contribute information to the mix.

If anyone wants to help me in this effort to preserve SG history, just drop me an email. All I require is that writers put what they have to say in their own words. I had one guy who thought it was OK to copy articles from Wikipedia and post them on SGHistory.com. In addition to a written history on each artist, I have a format laid out for discographies, and lists of group members.

Daniel also came up with the idea of linking to sound clips and having individual pages for popular songs with a list of links to all the artists who have recorded it. There are only so many hours in the day, though, and if this site is going to become a complete representation of SG history, we’re going to need more help.

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