Hmmm. I did indeed sit down with some board members and a lot of people felt that it was reasonable to start the Emergency Medicine Wikibook with a few departures from the previous Wiki norm: registration screen, credentials, templates.
But after reading these emails and some others that followed my meeting with the board, I'm feeling that indeed I should just start the thing. So I did. It's online.
I created a "template" page for people to use, mainly to keep some consistency in organization.
At this point I'd particularly appreciate it if anyone has time to tweak and make the template page as good looking and smooth as possible. When I invite doctors to create new pages they will start by copying the template, so it will influence the whole look of the book.
I'm a terrible newcomer to the Wiki markup language, I have to admit. If anyone has time to teach me on some very basic topics, I'd much appreciate it. (And yes, I have looked them up on the help pages, but just haven't figured them out yet). Just email me if you have patience for a poor beginner and a little free time.
One final, rather big question. I've gone ahead and created an entire set of chapters, but the chapters point to (as yet) empty pages. I'm wondering if that's the best strategy. It seems possible that it's better to leave blank things that haven't been written yet, so people know they need to be written.
Thanks,
Paris.