Members Cjrademaker Posted April 30, 2015 Members Report Posted April 30, 2015 Hey everybody. I have been a leathercraftsman for several years now and a professional for a little under a year now. Outside of crafting, leathercraft education has always been something I am very interested in and it is always wonderful to find places like this online where there are good folks like yourselves sharing in a common interest. I am almost entirely self taught and the internet was always the first resource I looked to. As I am sure we have all noticed, the free resources available are surprisingly sparse and of entirely variable quality. Tutorials are all over the board in terms of quality, forums like this one are great if you have a specific question but searching them can be like finding a needle in a hay stack at times and most leather forums lack the traffic necessary to get quick answers. I want to create the resource that I wanted when I was first learning and a wiki seems like a fantastic way to do that. I am getting a wikispace set up now and if it turns into more than a disparate handful of articles I will purchase a professional account and with the help of folks like yourself, turn it into something that anyone starting out can use and learn from from the most basic, to the most advanced. If any of you think this is worth doing I would love to get your input. Click the link below to join the wiki and start contributing. The first thing I will be doing it writing articles about every tool that I can think of. https://wikispaces.com/join/49F79CP If anyone is particularly interested and wants to start getting organized about it or needs some information about how to create pages, send me a message. I look forward to working with you. Quote
Thor Posted May 1, 2015 Report Posted May 1, 2015 Very nice idea. The only thing that puts me off right from the start is that one has to register to even read and I will never do this. Quote
Members Cjrademaker Posted May 1, 2015 Author Members Report Posted May 1, 2015 I did not realize it was still set to private, that has been updated now. Like wikipedia it is now available for anyone to view and update. If you are intimidated by the formatting h3, h4, anchor links, all of that, do not worry about it. I have roped the reddit leatherworking comminity to do some editing for us. If you want to contribute, write whatever you feel you want to share. Just click on the "Pages and Files" button on the right sidebar and hit "New Page," Give it a name, and just write down everything you know about it. Right now I am getting started by writing articles about the basic tools. If anyone wants to join in on that it would be an easy place to start. Quote
Members DavidL Posted May 1, 2015 Members Report Posted May 1, 2015 Is the wikispace only for info and tutorials. Is there any way to comment or discuss a subject? Quote
AndyL1 Posted May 1, 2015 Report Posted May 1, 2015 I did not realize it was still set to private, that has been updated now. Like wikipedia it is now available for anyone to view and update. If you are intimidated by the formatting h3, h4, anchor links, all of that, do not worry about it. I have roped the reddit leatherworking comminity to do some editing for us. If you want to contribute, write whatever you feel you want to share. Just click on the "Pages and Files" button on the right sidebar and hit "New Page," Give it a name, and just write down everything you know about it. Right now I am getting started by writing articles about the basic tools. If anyone wants to join in on that it would be an easy place to start. Perhaps a new link is needed? It is still requesting login information and signup. Quote Blackthorn Leather on Etsy • Blackthorn Leather on Facebook
Members camano ridge Posted May 1, 2015 Members Report Posted May 1, 2015 AndyL is correct it coming up with a login page. Quote https://www.facebook.com/CamanoRidgeCustomLeather?fref=ts
Thor Posted May 1, 2015 Report Posted May 1, 2015 If it's based on Wikipedia's software it has a discussion page for each article as well. Quote
Members LoneWolf1973 Posted May 1, 2015 Members Report Posted May 1, 2015 I went on and joined even though I had to register. From what I see this is a good project for people to learn the craft or, like me, have a bad memory and need a refresher on something. Quote https://www.facebook.com/lonewolfsleather/
Members Cjrademaker Posted May 2, 2015 Author Members Report Posted May 2, 2015 https://leathercraft.wikispaces.com/I figured this would end up being a learning experience. You are right, a new link was needed. The link in this post goes to the wiki, the link in my first post will take you to the members sign up page. Each article page has a discusson page as Thor mentioned, traditionally those pages are used for discussions about proposed revisions to the page rather than a place to ask questions and get answers. Forums like this one are much better set up for that purpose and already have the community to back them up. Quote
Thor Posted May 2, 2015 Report Posted May 2, 2015 Looks good and it's a good start. Actually I think this would fit in well with this thread http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=63332 and believe you should post it there as well. You may have to connect some dots as you seem to have issues with the display of pictures. Quote
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