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Seed Wiki for community collaboration

Sunday, April 30th, 2006
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You’ve probably used Wikipedia. If so, you probably know that a wiki is a website that anybody on the web can edit. If you don’t like something about a Wikipedia article, you can click the edit button and make your changes.
So why am I talking about a wiki? The whole idea of a wiki […]

Elgin bands plan album releases

Sunday, April 30th, 2006
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At least three Elgin bands are preparing to release albums in the coming months:
dormLife opened at the Smoking Popes concert that I attended at Clearwater. Their music has an all-American, corn-fed, Midwestern, apple-pie-kind-of sound (what does that mean???). What I mean is that it would make a great soundtrack for the Abercrombie & Fitch […]

Fox River Rowing Club

Sunday, April 30th, 2006
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The Crystal Lake Rowing Club website lists a Fox Valley Rowing Club based in Elgin. Does anybody know anything about this?
I’ve never seen so much as a scull on the Fox River. I would be really surprised to see a rowing crew. Some rivers are very pleasant to row on. Unfortunately, because of what […]

Elgin has best Wikipedia article

Sunday, April 30th, 2006
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I do have to say that out of all the Wikipedia articles on Illinois cities of comparable size (Aurora, Peoria, Joliet, Waukegan, Rockford, Naperville, etc.), Elgin’s is the best. The layout is better. The content is of higher quality. It’s something you should be proud of. I think it really says […]