patworks 5 #1 July 17, 2015 Update: on free Internet skydiving Encyclopedia & Skydiving WIKI www.Skydiving-Encyclopedia.com A project of Skydiving Museum Collections & Curation to create an environment where everyone can enjoy and revel in our rich skydiving history; a place to record and maintain the accomplishments and milestones while telling the story of how the sport came to be what it is today. Audience: These pages tell an eloquent story for anyone who has ever strapped a parachute on their back, or wondered why anyone would… For scholars and professionals who use documentary editions such as this as research tools a searchable research tool for aviation enthusiasts with an interest in skydiving and the people whose contributions, passion and expertise have inspired us and made falling free a slice of ecstasy. Motivations: Skies call: Parachuting. Sharing why we fall. Enrichen parachuting. UPDATE: • o Significant growth in page hits: new site has 57,000 hits • o 'Eyeball-magnet' Wikis net high (eg. Pat's books got 8,000 ++ hits /3 days) • o Facebook & Dropzone remain good eye-getters • o Sharing History: Top authors add good content. [Help! SHARE HISTORY with history. Mary’s previous two weeks: 1. ADDED: Facebook page for SKYDIVING-ENCYCLOPEDIA. 2. LINKS: Current total of topics now loaded: 2798 [ January start-up it was zero] 3. MEDIA [PHOTOS/AV/ART]: CURRENT COUNT: 1516. 4. 273 Parachuting Profiles videos used in the wiki. 233 done. < 40 videos left to load Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
