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  1. Hi,

    I have made an attempt at writing a FAQ for RSU in Wiki form.

    For those who don't know: A wiki is a collaborative collection of
    interlinked web pages, all of which can be visited and edited by anyone
    at any time (collaborative software).

    The idea is that other people will contribute to this page and make it
    expand, although there is already a good deal written. Hopefully a FAQ
    in this form would not get as outdated since anyone may update it! The
    information about skills was derived from the old page, but most I have
    written myself using old posts as references.

    My intention is to have separate site for this, uniwiki.se. Then we
    could also have a lot more pages. But I have not arranged that yet. In
    the meantime I have put it on wikibooks.org in place of the old page
    there that was obsolete.

    The address is http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Unicycling

    Feel completely free to modify what I have written if you feel that it
    is incorrect, but please read the section "General advice for editing
    the FAQ" before making additions!

    If people like this idea I will go ahead and set up uniwiki.se. I will
    try to add more sections soon, and I hope that I will inspire others to
    contribute. Feedback is welcome but contributions even more so! :-)

    Greetings to Mike Hinson for the original page!

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  2. Does someone hold a master copy of everything? Like a backup? I could
    see someone being an ass and messing something up. If that happens, you
    would have to restore it...maybe archive it or something?

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  3. Every single revision of the files on the Wiki is stored on the server
    so it is not a problem to revert in case of vandalism. If you click on
    "Recent Changes" you will see what I mean.

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  4. Greetings to the first contributor except me, shapr! 🙂

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  5. Great work, looks very handy.

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  6. Hey!

    The Wiki is a great Idea, we could also extend this section, ist it
    possible to put videos / or pictures on it?
    Because with that, we could easily generate the best, most up to date
    and complete unicycling archive ever.

    E.g.: All skill levels with a video per skill and hints from people who
    can do the tricks how to learn that. --> so we could make videos that
    actually HELP other people 😉

    wogri

    PS: I cut and pasted one sentence about spins - it was written in the
    WW-Section.

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  7. Yes it would be possible to do pretty much all that if I have my own
    Wiki server for it. It would be possible to add personal Wiki pages too.
    Right now it's just for the FAQ although it's still possible to create
    new pages.

    A page where people list their MSN / Yahoo / ICQ handles would be nice
    too, that's certainly a FAQ. But it doesn't really fit onto
    wikibooks.org so maybe it would be better to wait.

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  8. I've added stuff on muni tire pressure, and forum hearsay on trials and
    freestyle tire pressure. I don't actually own a trials or freestyle uni
    so I don't know. Also I wrote about wrist guards, shin guards, and
    various other goodies.
    Is the KH leg armor still being produced?

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  9. ulph said:

    *Yes it would be possible to do pretty much all that if I have my own
    Wiki server for it.*

    And that's part of what I'm working on for the new unicyclist.com. I'll
    PM you.

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  10. There was a similar effort a few years ago by evilewan, the results of
    which can be seen here:

    http://evilewan.unicyclist.com/faq.html

    With the permission of the authers, much of that could probably be
    recycled in to the wiki. You can certainly reuse my article about frame
    shimming, for what its worth.

    Ben

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  11. Ben Plotkin-Swing said:

    *There was a similar effort a few years ago by evilewan, the results
    of which can be seen here:

    http://evilewan.unicyclist.com/faq.html

    With the permission of the authers, much of that could probably be
    recycled in to the wiki. You can certainly reuse my article about
    frame shimming, for what its worth.

    Ben *

    I had not noticed that page but there is certainly some valuable
    information. I will read through that tomorrow and in case I find
    something valuable I will rewrite it for the FAQ, unless it's yours and
    I just edit it.

    It is nice to see that I already have got active people who modifify the
    pages, and make additions this is great! Everyone who reads this message
    should think of something to add! 😄

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  12. Ben Plotkin-Swing said:

    *There was a similar effort a few years ago by evilewan, the results
    of which can be seen here:
    *

    With the difference, that this FAQ is non-interactive.
    The wiki is a 'living' thing.

    Even better, if unicyclist.com gets a WIKI, Gilby, so it would be
    self-authoring, and really growing fast.

    Wogri

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  13. wogri said:

    *With the difference, that this FAQ is non-interactive.
    The wiki is a 'living' thing.

    Even better, if unicyclist.com gets a WIKI, Gilby, so it would be
    self-authoring, and really growing fast.

    Wogri *

    I was planning to set up a dedicated uni-wiki in a week or two but I did
    not previously know about Gilby's work. I thought it would be fun to run
    something like that, but on the other hand, having two uni-wikis would
    be a pretty bad idea.

    Ulf

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  14. Added some stuff on seat drag. I'll do some of the other freestyle
    skills when I have time. Great idea! Would it be possible to add more
    categories for freestyle skills? There's lots more skill I could write
    about that the ones you have there.

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  15. Yeah sure, you just have to start new sections!

    Add something like

    ==== New fancy skill ====

    when you've pressed edit in the freestyle skills section. Then write the
    description below.

    If you press edit to the right of "Freestyle Skills" you will get the
    entire section including all subsections in the edit window and you may
    work freely within that section.

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  16. Really neat.

    About a page with small videos for every trick on every skill level, and
    other hints and tips as well.
    I really like the concept of www.thediabolo.com it wouldn't be too hard
    to make something like that on unicycles, would it?

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  17. lleberg said:

    *Really neat.

    About a page with small videos for every trick on every skill level,
    and other hints and tips as well.
    I really like the concept of www.thediabolo.com it wouldn't be too
    hard to make something like that on unicycles, would it? *


    Haven't you seen http://www.unicyclist.org yet? Wow, that diablo site
    is amazing.

    Andrew

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