09-17-2012, 06:27 PM
G'day All,
As an answer to the initial question, YES! This is conditional on the ability to work out this research in a context where others can join in with extra information, positive suggestions, and some degree of `sharing of the journey'. If you visit my research thread on a railway goods (freight) yard that was entirely built over 20-30 years ago you may catch my meaning:
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I was able to join a web-site/forum that I knew had members with some existing knowledge/experience of my research focus and who would enjoy me bring my own extra input into the thread. If I had started only with a blog or stand alone web-page I would have missed out on a lot, and other people would have missed out also. Eventually I will be summarizing my research into a BLOG/Web-page and probably also a PDF document that will be `published' by the historical society of the suburban area where the goods yard was located. By the time I am ready to web-page there will be a fair few railfans in my part of the world already knowing of my research and able to `people google' other interested folks to it. I hope I will have also been part of a process of encouraging/educating other people into how to do their own research.
Regards, Andrew G.
As an answer to the initial question, YES! This is conditional on the ability to work out this research in a context where others can join in with extra information, positive suggestions, and some degree of `sharing of the journey'. If you visit my research thread on a railway goods (freight) yard that was entirely built over 20-30 years ago you may catch my meaning:
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I was able to join a web-site/forum that I knew had members with some existing knowledge/experience of my research focus and who would enjoy me bring my own extra input into the thread. If I had started only with a blog or stand alone web-page I would have missed out on a lot, and other people would have missed out also. Eventually I will be summarizing my research into a BLOG/Web-page and probably also a PDF document that will be `published' by the historical society of the suburban area where the goods yard was located. By the time I am ready to web-page there will be a fair few railfans in my part of the world already knowing of my research and able to `people google' other interested folks to it. I hope I will have also been part of a process of encouraging/educating other people into how to do their own research.
Regards, Andrew G.
Always learning, from both wins and losses.
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