I’m sure most of you all have dropped by Wikipedia at some time or another. This free, collaboratively written encyclopedia is an ongoing project in community intelligence, where anyone with internet access can edit an article on any topic. With a self-regulating system in place, such as editing standards, the system still sometimes comes under attack by deliberate misinformation, article vandalism, and otherwise. But it’s mostly a good source of info, plus you can search for random articles just to discover some unknown tidbit.
And now there’s one made just for us science fiction fans.
Developed and hosted by SciFi.com, this collection of articles ranges from categories such as ETs and UFOs to Anime to Fandom, Toys, and every sort of media joy that this genre has kicked into the public eye for so long. Randomly browsing through it myself, I saw that quite a few of these categories haven’t fleshed out much yet. A lot of articles are just stubs–providing little more than basic info, if that. Want to do your part? Do you have what you consider encyclopedic knowledge about any section of the science fiction world? Weigh in and let us know what we’re missing. Fill out a few articles, or correct someone else’s mistake. Or, if you’re an author of science fiction, then it’s quite possible your name belongs in the registry. Jeffrey Carver posted a little while ago about his fun time adding himself into existence.
I see that smile.