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sheshanaga
at Sun Dec 31 20:34:53 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by sheshanaga ]
Yes, I have both Don and Kathy's books, and every other commercial cornsnake book commercialy available. I even have a few out of print books that I got from Ebay and a great used book store here in the Bay Area. Most of the books are crap, but both Don and Kathy's books are valuable. Each has it's strong points but both are lacking in many respects.
A wiki is a form of weblog. Unlike a weblog, a wiki can be edited by and added to by anyone who cares to join. The most popular of these by far is the Wikipedia. While not totally accurate, I think in our case a wiki would provide an invaluable asset.
Being new to the hobby, it's just so dang frustrating to keep running into these walls when it comes to trying to find ANY information, let alone accurate information. I'd be willing to spend real money for a giant bok of all things herp, but this book just does not exist. Like I mentioned earlier, even teh expensive, professional college texts that my Herp Vet was taught out of are wrong 50% of the time.
I don't mind the fact that I have had a few problems when it comes to my new snake pets. In fact, I feel kind of proud of myself after having tracked down the cause of any particular problem, and then working with my pets to get them back into good health. Lucky for me, I have a friend who is an old-school expert in the field, and he answers hundreds of questions for me every week. But what about the teenage kind in podunk iowa who doen't know where to go? What if he believes what he reads on the Petco care sheet. (I did) What if he doesn't have the resources to buy every book available and deduce a logical conclusion for several obtuse opinions? I believe a wiki could solve that.
Like I said, the forums also go a long way to supplement any book that is available. The problem is, the forums doesn't always provide an accurate answer, or any anwer at all. And the lag time in getting a response doesn't make you feel all that comfortable after you find your first regurge from a baby corn and then have to wait for someone to answer your call for help!.
All I need now is to figure out how to build a wiki....
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RE: Knowledge base wiki - cornsnakes - sheshanaga, Sun Dec 31 20:34:53 2006