[Foundation-l] Re: New Proposal: WikiMemory

[Robin Shannon]

Sounds like a great idea... BUT...

Why does it need to be wiki (editable by anyone for all time)? Sounds
more like you would want to catch a moment, and imortalise that
moment, not keep updating it.
Also, how does it fit with wikimedia's mission?

paz y amor,
-rjs.

On 9/16/05, Poe, Marshall <MPoe at theatlantic.com> wrote:
> Dear Friends:
> 
> I've proposed a new wiki--Wikimemory (or Wikimemoir, or IWasThereWiki,
> or something better).  It's logged in the Meta section on new proposals.
> Here's the pitch:
> 
> The idea is to provide a place where anyone can record his or her
> memoirs of historically significant events. Most everyone has
> participated in such occurrences. Take, for example, the hundreds of
> thousands who were affected the recent tragedy in New Orleans.
> Unfortunately, there is no repository for the storage of the memories of
> such people. Their experiences can neither be shared with others today
> (I, for one, would like to read first-hand accounts of the New Orleans
> floods), and they will be lost to history tomorrow. In ten, one hundred
> or one thousand years, the memoirs of those "who were there" will be
> very valuable. Wikimemory will, I hope, allow people all over the world
> to record their experiences, share them with others, and pass them to
> the future. I've created a mock-up of the site at
> http://memoirbank.com/. 
> 
> A nice tag line for the site: "Everyone has a story. Make yours
> history."
> 
> I'd love to hear what you think.
> 
> Best, 
> 
> Marshall Poe, Ph.D.
> The Atlantic Monthly
> 600 New Hampshire Ave. NW 
> Washington, DC 20037
> 202-266-6511
> mpoe at theatlantic.com
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