Chris Vernell said:Chris,Hans-Joerg Mueller said:Now just watch your language.
I have noticed that some people go just about ballistic when they see "guage" instead of "gauge". Don't want to "blow up" the LSCwiki. ;) :D :D
Yes, I will!
I’ll do my best not to mix up Canadian with American or even British English.
But it happens sometimes, too lazy to consult my Canadian Dictionary on every occasion. 
Hi all,
I added the following sections on the main page
Basic model railroading information
About Operations
At the same time I moved most of what was in “What’s next” to the “About Operations” section
I tried to condense the “Scale” and “Gauge” definition to the “essentials”. We’ll write the novels at a later date. :lol: :lol:
What happened to the forum’s Wiki section? Is it worth reviving?
I was recently thinking about how often the same questions come up—battery power, weatherproofing, glue types, track materials. Each time, we get great answers scattered across multiple threads, but it’s hard to track what worked over time.
I stumbled on this page by @Bruce_Chandler mentioning the forum having a Wiki section. Does anyone know what happened to it? Was it ever actively used?
I’m wondering if it’s time to revisit that idea—a central, modelling guide where we gather our collective knowledge. Not to replace discussion threads, but to act as a reference point that evolves with real-world experience.
For example, just with adhesives alone—how many posts have we all made about Titebond, JB Weld, Liquid Nails, or superglue? I’d love to know:
– Did the JB Weld project from 2024 survive the weather?
– Does Titebond 2 really hold up outdoors?
– Which glue actually works long-term for shingles or plastic windows?
We’ve all got great anecdotes, but they’re hard to find once buried by time. A curated wiki-style page, editable by members, could collect insights like these in one evolving place. Maybe editors, AKA “Curator of Things,” who have years of experience and are maybe no longer building could provide oversight and clarify what worked for them in the past. Even us newbies might have something to add to a LSC knowledge base.
I’m more than happy to help with this sort of thing, shall we want to revive it.
Edit: It looks like we could make a free wiki on the Fandom database (which mostly has wikis for things like movies, TV, video games, etc.). We could keep it general. i.e. “Large Scale Model Train Wiki” or “45mm Model Train Wiki”. This would allow others such as our fellow assorted club members to add their two cents, as well.
We can, theoretically, have wiki pages here.
I’m probably the only one who doesn’t understand but I gotta ask. What’s the point of this?
My thought would be essentially it would create an easy-to-search database of concise information for any modeler. So, practical application would be that instead of someone reposting the same question 8 people have asked in the last 25 years, it could be found in this section of the site (without searching every discussion thread).
Bob, please correct me, if you see differently.
Yea, the main difference between a forum and a wiki is that anyone can edit a wiki page, it’s not just a thread (although they are the first post in a thread itself).
Going to dig through options to see if there’s a way to stop posting to a thread if it’s a Wiki article. I have added a tag, #wiki, as well as a category. I’ve also made comments to a wiki post moderated, so we can keep the clutter down.
It stops interesting articles and info from getting lost.
On Facebook, which has little search and no historical info, we created a wiki for all the useful tips about (e.g.) a particular boat.
See https://www.notion.so/antares11/6e93d43ec4ac4837a6f0b09681e4337e?v=cc7b3ab166444df7b78d098e307c2502
for a view of how it all works.
Bill,
You would probably just puke and pass out with your face in the puddle of gastric ejection.
Btw: “modeling” is spelled with one L in the Western Hemisphere not two. Oh, and ostrich racing on asphalt or concrete surfaces was banned here years ago.
So the wiki problem is that who edits and controls the posts.
many wiki articles are crap, unsubstantiated opinions.
the idea of sharing the “best” ideas and not let them go afoul is great.
I would suggest a “panel” of people who approve the submissions. Rotate these people every so often. Maybe 3 or 4 people?
That may be your experience, but mine is that the articles in the wikis I know are factual and helpful.
Frank if I may, This Wiki is what our members post in the regular forums. Their view on what they found or what worked (S) for them. On that you have to isolate the area they live in on some findings as weather plays a huge part in our methods. So what works great for someone in Alaska may not work so well for a member in Australia.
These posted findings can be grouped under appropriate subject headings in the Wiki and be easier to find. All the related info from the members on a given subject all together to make it easier to view all of the posted opinions, thoughts, and ideas with kind of a one stop shop kind of feel.
So if we took your blanket opinion of many are crap and unsubstantiated opinion, we the forum members lose out on valuable knowledge that has been garnered over the last 25 years, and floating in cyberspace until someone uses the right key word to find all that is out there.
There is an easy solution to bypass all the crap and unsubstantiated opinions and that would be to simply not use the Wiki that is available at no cost. Of course Y(our) M(ilage) M(ay) V(ary) J(ust) M(y) H(umble) O(pinion) 
Is this the wrong time to ask for that pony Ward Cunningham always wanted?
BTW: this is ALL BILL’s FAULT
Correct and correct !
I was told it cannot be done and will not work many times while building something. However my factual truth has pretty much sustained for 15yrs.
What about the other 50?
i frequently use wiki informations.
my opinion is, that most information seems to be factual - with one exception: everything, that has to do with ideology and/or politics.
but that should not be astonishing, because all politics are emotional crap.
Odd, safari doesn’t “see” the iceverything link above here for me. Guess it doesn’t like my iPhone or something!
