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Folks, I think it’s pretty critical at this point, and could be a HUGE time saver for all of us, to begin collaborating on a Wiki. Here we can “get down” as administrators the main points we think/feel about Staying LDS, and this can be both:
1) A starting point for newbies (noobs)
2) A common reference point for recurring topics
3) The nucleus of the book we all have to write
The link is:
http://staylds.com/wiki I’ll get it set up over the next few weeks. Ang/Brian/Ray all have admin access now. Please log in and change your passwords (from password) as soon as you can.
I hope ya’ll will like this. I really feel like it will save us a ton of time (in the end), and will really help participants get up and running quickly (vs. having to hunt for all the old posts/topics).
Let me know what ya’ll think, and more soon.
John, please set me up again. I inadvetantly deleted my access instead of confirming it. Ray, I see you still in the system. What is not working for you?
I was asked to verify the account in order to enter the Wiki system, and I ended up denying instead of accepting. Will you re-send the original e-mail to me? Perhaps that’s all I need. Ray, I just successfully logged in as you.
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Can you try it again?
Thx!
John
Sure. What’s the link? Staylds.com/wiki Thanks, John. Will you take a look at Brother Cater’s post “Sad Story” and tell me what you think of him and his approach. I have a really negative vibe about him and would appreciate your input.
Ray, I share your vibe…..and I’ll raise you one. I’m almost certain that we have a few newbies who fit into one of two categories:
1) Born agains wanting to fish for new converts, or
2) DAMU folks looking to poach
I think we need to do a few things in response:
1) Pay really close attention and work really hard to narrow the discussion to keep things focused for the site
2) Weed out the poachers aggressively
3) Get the content on the wiki populated as soon as we can, so we can point people to the stuff from the start (required reading) — which will then allow us to narrow the options of discourse even more clearly to constructive things.
4) We need to recruit more admins for help (Kevin Barney? David Baranck (sp?), etc.)
Right now, people are posting introductions that rehash a lot of negative stuff — and we probably should get to the place where we can say to people:
1) Here’s a pointer for you to ramp up on all the issues and topics and rehashings
2) Come here to find the resolution, not to recap your story and vent.
Make sense? Any time someone is airing dirty laundry, I start to cringe. Conversations should always be focused on the resolution, not the venting. It’s gonna be hard because of all the new “converts” to our site — but if we can make it through this bump, and simultaneously augment the wiki…..I think we can get to a really good place that helps a lot of people in the end….and really makes a dent in the Mormon consciousness (in a positive way).
Anyway…my ramblings for the night.
You guys are amazing. Seriously.
Wiki is a great idea. I am on the fence on people telling their sad stories. On the one hand, almost everyone coming here for help will have one. They will be redundant. On the other hand, it seems like a little bit of therapy for people to tell us what they might not have been able to tell to their normal support network. It’s a fine line. I get a better feel for where people are at through their intro (which is sometimes still in the angry stage).
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