The next 'big' online community. Your thoughts?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by mousepod

When I said "favorite geeks," I meant that we could spread the password to various knowledgable message boards. If people can play nice, I'd change the password less frequently or be done with it entirely. Since I'm asking for factual information, especially historical stuff, I don't want to spend hours a week removing incorrect (but well-meaning) "facts".

I think that some of the concern here can be self-correcting. I'm thinking of when misinformation is posted on a messageboard, other more knowledgeable geeks come to the rescue, posting corrections. If you did indeed keep editing ability among those with real info, especially for the first few months, it wouldn't be a problem.

Or, you could assign research on a specific ride to specific people, and then allow changes as they become obviously needed.

This just popped into my head. Just say I were assigned to design a page on the Haunted Mansion. I'd pull out all the books I could find and set that up. Then, once posted, instead of allowing any joe schmoe to touch it, you could have a message board style thread attached to it. If people had an issue with something that was or wasn't there, they could post about it, and the person assigned could check facts and make updates as needed. If we each had just one ride to set up, it would mean a lot less work for all.

Of course you guys are working privately, which is cool, I'm just thinking out loud.