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Mechanical Music Wiki - Wikipedia
By Bill Burns

John Farmer wrote in 070118 MMDigest:

> I'm not sure that a straightforward wiki is the right solution.  My
> limited knowledge of the Wikipaedia is that it is essentially a large
> on-line dictionary.  Our MMW (Mechanical Music Wiki) would, I think,
> need to be more structured.  It should hold historical information
> about manufacturers, descriptions of different types of instruments,
> as well as information on repair and restoration (and probably more).

Wikipedia is *far* more than a dictionary; the name represents what
it actually is: an interactive, heavily cross-referenced encyclopedia.
For an example, see the entry "Player piano":

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player-piano

The page is well-structured, and has links both to other Wikipedia
pages and to external sites.  As an example of what can be quickly
and easily done with a wiki, I just added a link to the MMD web site.
If anyone wants to edit my description, feel free!

Bill Burns
Long Island, New York, USA
http://ftldesign.com/

 [ See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_piano
 [ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pianola  -- Robbie


(Message sent Fri 19 Jan 2007, 14:45:03 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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