Wiki is an Anglicization of an Hawaiian term meaning “quick,” “fast,” or “to hasten”.
In the information age it has come to represent a data repository that can be edited by any number of users simultaneously (or nearly so) and fact checked and cross linked ad nauseam, in perpetuity, et cetera, ad hoc, untilthe cowscomehome.
bear with me here there is a payoff
Well Wikipedia is a project that has been undertaken by a pretty large community of writers to document everything they can.
Part of the etymology for the term wiki has become “the acronym for ‘what I know is'”.
Recently I became a member and about the time I hit submit I realized that I don’t really have much in the way of encyclopedic knowledge. I know a lot of movie quotes and I know Abby makes me mushy but try writing that up in a “neutral point of view”. Not bloody likely.
focus…focus
It was about this time, while questioning my self worth…about two seconds later…that I found the learning curve for creating pages on Wikipedia was a more expensive order than my drive-thru mentality was prepared to place. So, now I have finally made it back to the late-night window and placed a small order and you can see my first wiki right here.
bingo!
I linked it from the SQUID page which already mentioned his name and I added his middle name and then put in his birthday and place etc.
I would like a picture to add but I don’t really want to use the one found here and here. Is there a better picture I could use or is this one sufficient? I also will need some advice on details for re-writing the article in encyclopedia-speak rather than obituary-speak as we find on those previous pages. Or someone with the details can write it themselves…cause it’s a wiki!
blief 
The photo you found on those two web sites is the best I’ve seen. I have one where he has a beard, which is impressive, but it’s just a profile shot. Another is great, but he’s only ten years old and he’s with several siblings.
You’re right, the wiki you wrote could include some more information, but I’m not one for writing in “wiki” fashion.
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Right on!! I attempted to edit the Wikipedia once, but was also too daunted since it wasn’t quite as fast as I’d believed. I still want to get back to it some time. My topic was going to be ‘scythe’.
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Did you know that a Technical Institute [IZE], in Ribierao Preto, S.P., Brazil was opened last April, dedicated to the memory of Jim and his two brothers? He visited Brazil several times, being mostly impressed [or depressed] by the living conditions of those in the slums of Rio De Janeiro. In particular, he was very chagrined by the permanent effects [including in some cases, death] of the children who picked up radio-active waste from the garbage disposal in Rio. Many of their families lived on or near the garbage dump and basically made their “living” by scrounging through the dump.
GG
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