WikiPilots:About
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Who created WikiPilots and Why?
AussiePilots.org was founded by, Andrew Luecke, a Private Pilot from Victoria, Australia who is aspiring to one day become an instructor. Whilst I currently only have 150 hours of aeronautical experience (mainly at Moorabbin Airport), I felt that creating my own aviation website's would be a good way to accelerate my aviation knowledge, and help other pilots expand their knowledge too.
Why not use Wikipedia instead or help improve other wiki's?
Wikipedia works great as a general use factual encyclopaedia, however, it falls flat in many areas, particularly for aviation purposes. Firstly, it does allow "non-notable articles". This means that flying schools and such cannot be submitted. Even worse, articles based on opinion. Secondly, its a thick hodgepodge of everything, whereas we only need information pertaining to aviation. Finally, some things in aviation have no references. Such as, here in Victoria, Australia, many of us have been taught that the easiest way to find DSN/Doncaster shopping centre is by finding the apartment buildings around it, however, some tips don't have reliable references.
Will WikiPilots replace AussiePilots?
AussiePilots is another free website project I started earlier. AussiePilot's future is unknown at this time. It will likely continue to exist, but for different reasons (like blogs and such). A wiki is simply a better choice for many tasks. They are 2 separate projects though.
Do you need more moderators?
WikiPilots is currently manageable with 2 administrators only, however, its a wiki, so anyone can change things as they require (which reduces the workload). It is likely that I will extend the number of administrators in the future.
How do you afford the website?
This site is running at a loss, and the contingency plan at the moment, is to switch to shared hosting (which is a BAD thing). So, we are actually considering accepting ads, or/and donations. Full time work for myself would also be good (as it would allow me to afford this site easier, and earn enough to afford a CPL rating within the next few years). One contigency plan that will NEVER be considered though, is charging people for access to its content. Charging for advertising maybe, however, all information will remain viewable by the general public. I don't believe in charging people for access to publically accessible information!
