User:Moleski/notes
Scratch pad
Pacific Manuscripts Bureau -- source of Paddy Mac material ...
- Add other material about Earhart's inadequate training on the radios to "what went wrong."
Itasca’s transmitter can not send voice on 7500 Kilocycles."Logjam."
Research list--not all are linked in yet.
Hooven Direction Finder: radio category; replacement with Bendix loop
<swf width="550" height="400">http://tighar.org/tmp/stars.swf</swf>
Important setup files
- MediaWiki:Sidebar -- edit navigation menu
- Modify Toolbox: MediaWiki:Common.js -- uses javascript
- HTML to wiki translator
To do list
Content
Add Gurr and Tinus on AE's resistance to learning.
Ignorance is bliss. Except when your life hangs in the balance.
- review original TIGHAR pages for images, content
- Bones Story Bones Chronology. Harvest names, dates, translate into wiki format.
- Update sextant page with images, additions from EPAC.
- Check copyright registration with Pat and Ric
- Bibliography, book reviews, Ric's picks.
- Other theories, other sites? Links, maybe reviews.
- Australian Newspapers (beta).
System
- yum update on cron? Tom Simes says "no." See results personally.
- greylisting
- TIGHAR-specific error messages -- especially 404
- interwiki link for Wikipedia
- remove root as a login possibility?
- remove unknown?
Invite people
Invite particular EPAC members to do particular articles.
- Rypinski -- Canton
- Kar -- bones, taphonomy
- guys from the expeditions
- ... lots of others
Strategy for moving pages to the wiki (down the road, maybe)
- HTML to MediaWiki translator
- Move to content to a wiki page.
- Make the original page a redirect to the wiki page
Free wiki skins
MediaWiki--30 free skins
EPAC Members
| Name | Specialties | Yahoo ID |
|---|---|---|
| arkylabgoddess | ||
| kids2space | ||
| Acker, Robin | Team Physician | igorkabuki |
| Berwind, Graham | gberwind3 | |
| Brandenburg, Bob | rlb2286 | |
| Brutlag, Doug | brutavia | |
| Burns, Kar | karburns | |
| Caldwell, Alan | alancaldwell98 | |
| Carter, Bill | carter | |
| Carty, Art | acarty1947 | |
| Clauss, John | claussenter | |
| Fenlason, Veryl | kittyveryl | |
| Fuller, Craig | avarc1 | |
| Gifford, Skeet | skeetg93 | |
| Gillespie, Ric | tigharic | |
| Gillespie, Josh | Joshua.Jag | |
| Glickman, Jeff | jeff.glickman | |
| Ham, Jerry | jerham9 | |
| Holm, Walt | waltholm1 | |
| Hoy, Karen | solander2002 | |
| Hunn, Van | birdog792 | |
| Jacobson, Randy | midlife66gt | |
| Jones, Rick (?) | rickerjones | |
| Kelley, Roger | rkelleywa | |
| King, Tom | tfking106 | |
| Lockhart, Bill | bottles | bottlebill1 |
| Love, Tommy | tommy.love47 | |
| Madio, Fred | fredmadio | |
| Mason, Dave | dpmason8755 | |
| Matthews , Russ | tigharuss | |
| McKenna, Andrew | ammckenna | |
| Moleski, SJ, Marty | mxmsj | |
| Norris, Barbara | tigharbarbie | |
| Paige, DJ | dj_paige | |
| Parr, Ryan | Genesis Genomics | Ryan.Parr |
| Postellon, Daniel | dpostellon | |
| Pratt, J | j.pratt_tighar | |
| Quigg, Gary | gfquigg | |
| Reynolds, Dick | ricardo282000 | |
| Riddle, Reed | Celestial choir | |
| Roberts, Tom | taroberts7 | |
| Rypinski, Art | arypinsk | |
| Schorer, Lonnie | lonnieschorer | |
| Smith, Mark | o7marks | |
| Tague, Kris | krisrtague | |
| Thompson, James | epac_gis | |
| Thrasher, Pat | theotherpatt | |
| Watson, Jon | racc00njw | |
| Wheeler, D | dw1w | |
Sextant number search
| name | position | contact | results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Archinal | formerly with the NO, now with the USGS | regarding the historical instruments at the NO. | amck wrote to him twice, but never got a reply. |
| Dr. Rafferty | mentioned in Archinal's work | "Contact Dr. Dick, former NO historian, now Chief Historian with NASA." | |
| Dr. Panossian | mentioned in Archinal's work | ||
| Dr. Dick | former NO historian, now Chief Historian with NASA | Dr. Dick wrote back that the instruments division was moved to the Norfolk Naval Yards in 1950 or so, and that I should contact Goeff Chester, the USNO PA Officer. | |
| Goeff Chester | US Naval Observatory Public Affairs Officer |
"On the morning of April 7 I'll be giving a briefing on the Devastator Project to the admiral who runs the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), formerly known as the Naval History Center at the Washington Navy Yard - the direction to which Jeff and Carolyn pointed you. I'll just stay on and spend the afternoon looking for sextant info."