More info for the novice Paracast member

[schoolgirl]

If this has been suggested before, please ignore it. I would like to see a forum or maybe some kind of tutorial to help a newbie learn more about the field. Maybe a Paracast encyclopedia. I enjoy this site but I find it difficult to follow much of what is being discussed.

 

[Gene Steinberg]

If this has been suggested before, please ignore it. I would like to see a forum or maybe some kind of tutorial to help a newbie learn more about the field. Maybe a Paracast encyclopedia. I enjoy this site but I find it difficult to follow much of what is being discussed.

Or, perhaps, a Paracast Wiki?

That would be nice, but I don't think that me or David would have the time to work on such a thing. This would require a volunteer effort on the part of all you loyal listeners to fill in the details, and provide liberal links here to integrate the project.

And make no mistake about it: This would be a huge undertaking.

But the idea has a nice ring to it, and we have smart Web programmers, such as our own Rich Gunn, who know how these things are to be set up. No, Rich, I didn't "volunteer" you for another task

 

[Rick Deckard]

Well, the dilemma is do you start your own wiki or just go and edit wikipedia? I haven't looked, but I bet there's already a fair amount of UFO related info on there...

 

[schoolgirl]

Thank you! I will definitely do that.

 

[BrandonD]

If this has been suggested before, please ignore it. I would like to see a forum or maybe some kind of tutorial to help a newbie learn more about the field. Maybe a Paracast encyclopedia. I enjoy this site but I find it difficult to follow much of what is being discussed.

Or, perhaps, a Paracast Wiki?

That would be nice, but I don't think that me or David would have the time to work on such a thing. This would require a volunteer effort on the part of all you loyal listeners to fill in the details, and provide liberal links here to integrate the project.

And make no mistake about it: This would be a huge undertaking.

But the idea has a nice ring to it, and we have smart Web programmers, such as our own Rich Gunn, who know how these things are to be set up. No, Rich, I didn't "volunteer" you for another task

Actually, this might help if you want to do a quick look-up of a certain person or case: UFOcrawler -- a search engine designed specifically for paranormal subjects!

 

[BrandonD]

Actually, this might help if you want to do a quick look-up of a certain person or case: <a href="http://www.ufocrawler.com/search/">UFOcrawler</a> - a search engine designed specifically for paranormal subjects!

By the way, as a side note... those "animated cursor" banners on the forum... those are mine! That's actually one of my contract jobs - designing animated cursors for those guys. You guys should check them out (if you have a PC, which I don't), I've made lots of ufo cursors and they're all free. After 3 years I'm still a little bewildered as to how they're able to pay me when they aren't selling the cursors.

Hehe I'm happy to see them showing up on the paracast forum.

 

[tommyball]

I'd suggest consulting Wiki. The UFO Evidence site has some good information. Also browse the links to different guests provided by the episode listings.

I'd think I'd have to vote against a unique Paracast Wiki. Plenty of information is already out there. Besides, how many times would the ETH and EDH entries be edited and re-edited?

Just my 2¢.

-todd.