http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Are you on Wikipedia? en Sat, 16 May 2026 23:06:27 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11412#post-129361 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 17:42:54 +0000 crowriver 129361@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hm. </p> <p>Spokes as an organisation? Yep. Tricky to find though.<br /> Not this: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokes" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokes</a><br /> Have to go here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoke<br /> Then here: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoke_(disambiguation)" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoke_(disambiguation)</a><br /> Then find this: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokes,_the_Lothian_Cycle_Campaign" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokes,_the_Lothian_Cycle_Campaign</a><br /> Not much there, but at least a link to the Sokes site. Quoth Wiki:</p> <p>"his article about an organisation in Scotland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.<br /> This article about a cycling-related organization is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it."</p> <p>CTC? Yep.<br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTC_(cycling)" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTC_(cycling)</a></p> <p>BC? Yep.<br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Cycling" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Cycling</a></p> <p>Can't find any of the 'notable' Scottish cycling clubs there either. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11412#post-129360 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 17:38:58 +0000 crowriver 129360@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What about Spokes? CTC? British Cycling? Are any of those stars in the Wiki universe? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11412#post-129358 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 17:19:30 +0000 Kim 129358@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is PoP on wikipedia? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11412#post-129336 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:15:04 +0000 Dave 129336@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>As an aside, if you happen to be chained to a desk all day{{notability}}, tweaking the odd wikipedia article provides some welcome light relief[citation needed] during quiet periods. It's easy to get started[says who?]. Honest. [general cleanup]</em></p> <p>FTFY :P </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11412#post-129334 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:09:27 +0000 kaputnik 129334@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I used to be quite the article pedant, but haven't edited in anger for a number of years. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11412#post-129326 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:41:36 +0000 Darkerside 129326@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>CCE isn't, but its role in the organisation of PoP et al. might just about push it over the notability ruling for web content. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11412#post-129323 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:33:04 +0000 Cyclingmollie 129323@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm on as Cyclingmollie. I don't do much editing though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11412#post-129322 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:30:13 +0000 chdot 129322@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"It's easy to get started."</p> <p>Yes, but...</p> <p>Done bits in the past. </p> <p>Before OSM and CCE (other distractions/useful things are available). </p> <p>Is CCE on Wikipedia?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11412#post-129321 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:25:59 +0000 Darkerside 129321@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Since a) the Twitter thread has re-emerged from the depths, b) I've just started poking a tentative toe into the sea of wikipedia editing and c) this forum is generally pretty 'in' with open-source knowledge...</p> <p>Again, I'm Darkerside.</p> <p>As an aside, if you happen to be chained to a desk all day, tweaking the odd wikipedia article provides some welcome light relief during quiet periods. It's easy to get started. Honest. </p>