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'''The Scout History Project''' is an grassroots effort to build a complete and accurate history of Scouting. Our goal is to find local experts and invite them to collaborate on a global scale. The project is built upon three basic pillars:
  
'''The Scout History Wiki''' is a project designed to establish a central repository for written history from throughout all of Scouting.
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* '''The Archive''' (under construction!) will be a massive online, digital library that is freely available for anyone to browse. The basic goal here is to scan, photograph, or otherwise digitize anything that has been stitched, broadcast, or published by any Scouting-related unit or organization in the history of the movement.
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* '''The Wiki''' is what you're looking at now, and it is currently in its very first stages of development. This is the place where you'll find written histories, timelines, lists of things, and much more.
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* The ''third pillar'' is a little less defined, but the basic idea is there: I want to record face-to-face interviews with Scouts, Scouters, and anyone else who has been affected by the movement. If I'm sitting down with someone who is historically significant, I might ask them about what makes them significant. This might be a podcast.
  
[[Special:Statistics|Statistics]]: {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles | {{NUMBEROFFILES}} uploads | {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} edits
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The basic objective right now is to get this thing off the ground and prove that it's viable before the [[2018 National Order of the Arrow Conference]], where I plan to spend my time promoting the project and recruiting contributors.
  
'''During this initial phase, please request a user account: [mailto:chris@dimwell.net chris@dimwell.net]'''
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== Notes ==
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* For a list of all [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles, [[Special:Allpages|click here]].
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* Edit access to the wiki is restricted to trusted contributors for now.
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* To request edit access to the wiki, send an email to [mailto:chris@dimwell.net chris@dimwell.net].
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* To learn more about me, check out [[User:Chris]].
  
== Getting started ==
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== Recent Changes ==
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== How to Contribute ==
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* [[Guide for Scouting History Contributors]]
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== Getting Started with Media Wiki ==
 
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Latest revision as of 10:45, 28 May 2019

The Scout History Project is an grassroots effort to build a complete and accurate history of Scouting. Our goal is to find local experts and invite them to collaborate on a global scale. The project is built upon three basic pillars:

  • The Archive (under construction!) will be a massive online, digital library that is freely available for anyone to browse. The basic goal here is to scan, photograph, or otherwise digitize anything that has been stitched, broadcast, or published by any Scouting-related unit or organization in the history of the movement.
  • The Wiki is what you're looking at now, and it is currently in its very first stages of development. This is the place where you'll find written histories, timelines, lists of things, and much more.
  • The third pillar is a little less defined, but the basic idea is there: I want to record face-to-face interviews with Scouts, Scouters, and anyone else who has been affected by the movement. If I'm sitting down with someone who is historically significant, I might ask them about what makes them significant. This might be a podcast.

The basic objective right now is to get this thing off the ground and prove that it's viable before the 2018 National Order of the Arrow Conference, where I plan to spend my time promoting the project and recruiting contributors.

Notes

  • For a list of all 13 articles, click here.
  • Edit access to the wiki is restricted to trusted contributors for now.
  • To request edit access to the wiki, send an email to chris@dimwell.net.
  • To learn more about me, check out User:Chris.

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How to Contribute

Getting Started with Media Wiki