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I chose [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] as a platform because it's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source open source software], it' thr same platform that Wikipedia uses, it's free and thanks to constant improvements over the last four years, its pretty bullet-proof. | I chose [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] as a platform because it's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source open source software], it' thr same platform that Wikipedia uses, it's free and thanks to constant improvements over the last four years, its pretty bullet-proof. | ||
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Although this is on a Wiki, whilst I have the utmost respect for Wikipedia, I really don't want Cookipedia to become academic in the sense that Wikipedia is. To my mind, the target visitor to this site is someone what wants to know that a substitute for onions in a recipe could be shallots, leeks or [[spring onions]], not that when sliced they produce the volatile gas syn-propanethial-S-oxide. A recipe should be thing of passion, involving personal likes and dislikes, not just a factual list. | Although this is on a Wiki, whilst I have the utmost respect for Wikipedia, I really don't want Cookipedia to become academic in the sense that Wikipedia is. To my mind, the target visitor to this site is someone what wants to know that a substitute for onions in a recipe could be shallots, leeks or [[spring onions]], not that when sliced they produce the volatile gas syn-propanethial-S-oxide. A recipe should be thing of passion, involving personal likes and dislikes, not just a factual list. | ||
| − | ===Correct or provide an alternative=== | + | ===Correct it, or provide an alternative=== |
With cooking, as with computer programming (for I have an interest!) there is more than one way to do it ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMTOWTDI TMTOWTDI]) - so, sure, if a recipe is plain wrong then correct it by all means. However, if you have a better or different one, publish it alongside, then everyone can try it out and be the judge. | With cooking, as with computer programming (for I have an interest!) there is more than one way to do it ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMTOWTDI TMTOWTDI]) - so, sure, if a recipe is plain wrong then correct it by all means. However, if you have a better or different one, publish it alongside, then everyone can try it out and be the judge. | ||
Feel free to submit your recipes and ideas. | Feel free to submit your recipes and ideas. | ||
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| + | Cookipedia is labour of love that takes time and money to run. [[Site support|Publicity is all I ask]]. Please spread the word. | ||
'''[[User:Chef|Jerry]]''' | '''[[User:Chef|Jerry]]''' | ||
[[Category:Useful information]] | [[Category:Useful information]] | ||
Revision as of 06:11, 27 July 2008
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Passion for cooking
Cookipedia was created because ever since Mum helped me cook my first omelette, I have been passionate about cooking.
Over the last 50 years I have collected masses of recipes, tips and various useful information, mostly on scraps of paper and latterly in documents on various computers. Yet whenever I tried to find the same information in one location, be it on the web or in books I could never find it. So, with a little technical knowledge and lots of hard work, I have sought to bring all of these things together in one place. Cookipedia!
Why MediaWiki
I chose MediaWiki as a platform because it's open source software, it' thr same platform that Wikipedia uses, it's free and thanks to constant improvements over the last four years, its pretty bullet-proof.
Not exactly like Wikipedia
Although this is on a Wiki, whilst I have the utmost respect for Wikipedia, I really don't want Cookipedia to become academic in the sense that Wikipedia is. To my mind, the target visitor to this site is someone what wants to know that a substitute for onions in a recipe could be shallots, leeks or spring onions, not that when sliced they produce the volatile gas syn-propanethial-S-oxide. A recipe should be thing of passion, involving personal likes and dislikes, not just a factual list.
Correct it, or provide an alternative
With cooking, as with computer programming (for I have an interest!) there is more than one way to do it (TMTOWTDI) - so, sure, if a recipe is plain wrong then correct it by all means. However, if you have a better or different one, publish it alongside, then everyone can try it out and be the judge.
Feel free to submit your recipes and ideas.
Pulicicty
Cookipedia is labour of love that takes time and money to run. Publicity is all I ask. Please spread the word. Jerry
