EG (Encyclopedia Galactica) - reply to (long post)

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> Now everybody, let's take a DEEP BREATH and pause for a moment. This is

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> We're all fired up now, all excited... but where will we be in six

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> Even if the project eventually dies away to just a few dedicated people

Jeremy - lots of good points!  This encyclopedia idea is a good one, and
I'm glad there are a couple of people on the list who are stepping up to
take on the challenge of making it work - kudos to you!

A suggestion - a couple of us proposed that we start with a *much* more
cut-down version of this.  Maybe an encyclopedia page which would
contain not much more than a set of links to the various list members' own
pages, and a 1 or 2 sentence description of what is found there. There would
be no attempt made to keep similar formats, or anything like that. This would
be done purely to get something started NOW, because the project you have
outlined is BIG and will take a LONG time to get done. Don't get me wrong, the
megacyclopedia is a great idea and I look forward to participating in
getting it going - but there will be more interest in the project if we
get something happening, so people can see it, soon. Might even help to spark
ideas.

Just a thought.