wiki?

I know I am not supposed to bump things.......so lets just say I am nudging this one. ;) :evilgrin:

Well..i believe that premis is that you can edit it... SO, as opposed to going to a dictionary definition, it's a community definition. You can edit to add what you want....someone else comes along and changes it....it goes back and forth like that...the idea is that the "happy medium" is reached. Uhhh..I think. lol

Oh that sounds like it could get nasty. Especially with all 3 sides of the triad. We have a hard enough time getting along as it is sometimes.

That's correct. We do track changes and we will take action if things get out of hand. The idea is to give each side their own voice. It wouldn't be kosher for someone to use this is a soapbox for their agenda.

We aren't supposed to "bump" threads anymore?

I don't know I thought it said we weren't in the rules. I could be totally wrong. If so Sorry for the confusion

Unless I'm missing something, there is no rule about bumping threads...:)

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