Thread Number: 55499
Are we aware of our knowledge? |
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Post# 778917 , Reply# 1   8/23/2014 at 16:51 (3,526 days old) by cornutt (Huntsville, AL USA)   |   | |
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Perhaps we should start a wiki. I'd suggest starting one at wikia.com; they host all kinds of wikis, and they let the wiki owner set their own editing and editorial policies. |
Post# 778923 , Reply# 2   8/23/2014 at 17:12 (3,526 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 778927 , Reply# 3   8/23/2014 at 18:36 (3,526 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Speaking for one's self, yes we are and suspect others feel the same.
Have been aware for sometime that various persons arrive to obtain advice, repair information or whatever from our very knowledgeable members for "free" as it were; such advice on other sites carries a fee or requires payment and may or may to bet totally correct. By the last statement one refers to that unlike many so called modern repair persons/sites dispensing advice many of us here not only have and continue to use older and or vintage appliances. Thus have intimate and recent knowledge. Then there are members who in the professional lives would charge good money for the advice/assistance they dispense freely to other members here in the group. By no means last nor least there is the vast archive of information our Fearless Leader and Website Founder has archived for download and or reference. Aside from some groups in Europe and perhaps on Yahoo don't think there is another website that contains so much detailed, accurate and useful information on vintage and modern appliances other than what various companies maintain for their products. When you look at how many views a thread receives versus actual participants in the conversation it is clear something is going on. Case in point my recent thread on the MM has reached >3100 views in about a month. |
Post# 778932 , Reply# 4   8/23/2014 at 19:25 (3,526 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia)   |   | |
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True Launderess, but some of those were just relooking at the thread. I probably looked at that thread at least 15 times myself. I had nothing to add, but I found it interesting to see your progress.
Joe, you have a point, but I'm not entirely sure how it would be accomplished. There would be a lot of arguments and differing opinions. |
Post# 778936 , Reply# 5   8/23/2014 at 19:51 (3,526 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT)   |   | |
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sharing our that knowledge, and as long the Internet exists as a free, accesible, open resource, (not something to be taken for granted, by any means), gives one hope that 100 years from now, some young preson will understand what a Jetcone or Filter Flow or Hydrosweep was, and did, and why it mattered.
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Post# 778945 , Reply# 6   8/23/2014 at 20:39 (3,526 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN)   |   | |
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