The first antiquist wiki article has begun. Encouragingly it is the home of a collaborative development project called The Box who’s goal is to work towards a system to provide simplified data sharing mechanisms for the archaelogical and heritage community. Check in to see if you can help. If anyone is having trouble with editing rights etc please let me know at antiquist@gmail.com.
Archive for September, 2006
After many months of being characteristically full of good intentions and rather short on action we finally decided to kick-start this thing.
We thought a Google Group might be a good forum to start things off. Two days later and we have twenty odd members and some quite lively conversations going on. Its a good start so thanks to all who are contributing and you lurkers there in the bushes - just stop it! Speak up!
I/We don’t intend to direct this thing much. Actually not at all. I will naturally be abusing my position at WA to force people to contribute but for the rest of you, you are free to start adding articles to the wiki or to post requests for other services. Does anyone see a calendar as useful?
The antiquist site really is a free and open community site. Please invite folk who you think could make a contribution. If anyone misbehaves no doubt the community will set them straight.
I have absolutely no intention of maintaining this blog by myself so if you would like to help, just register on the blog or if you’re shy mail us at antiquist@gmail.com and we’ll have you vetted by the high command.
An archaeologist’s job is to make, care for and share information. On
Antiquist we work out new ways do these things.
Ha! There! One mission statement. Proud and shiny! Kind of home-spun and maybe a little too cute but the best we could muster after a long day. Hope you all enjoy using the site. It will get better looking (honest guv). Actually, if you are a CSS artist with time on your hands and fancy a shot at skinning it just make yourself known.
