The Oxbridge wiki needs some love

Hey everyone,

So we've got this massive, sprawling Oxbridge wiki which is super helpful, but also is looking a little bit sad as it hasn't been updated regularly.

I thought I'd just let everyone know that it's there and that you should feel free to make changes and updates if you see anything that's out of date or could be expanded or improved upon.

Oxford
Cambridge

For example, there's still several Oxford colleges in the To do section. Some of the course pages for both haven't been updated in over a year.

Wikis work best when they're constantly being reviewed so if you've got a moment to cast your eye over some of the sections and see if you think anything needs updating, that would be really good for everyone making their applications this year.

If you've got any questions/comments/thoughts about this let me know.

Hey everyone,

So we've got this massive, sprawling Oxbridge wiki which is super helpful, but also is looking a little bit sad as it hasn't been updated regularly.

I thought I'd just let everyone know that it's there and that you should feel free to make changes and updates if you see anything that's out of date or could be expanded or improved upon.

Oxford
Cambridge

For example, there's still several Oxford colleges in the To do section. Some of the course pages for both haven't been updated in over a year.

Wikis work best when they're constantly being reviewed so if you've got a moment to cast your eye over some of the sections and see if you think anything needs updating, that would be really good for everyone making their applications this year.

If you've got any questions/comments/thoughts about this let me know.

Maybe combine the alternative propectus with the wiki - otherwise resources are being duplicated?

That's probably a good idea (if we're allowed to re-use content from the prospectus, I don't know if there's a copyright on that?), particularly for getting some content in for all the missing courses.

Maybe combine the alternative propectus with the wiki - otherwise resources are being duplicated?

We definitely wouldn't be allowed to re-use content from the prospectus

Thanks so much for your input here guys - the wiki is a beast.

Ah I presumed the Alt Prospectus was a TSR version, not the "official" JCRs version... if that makes sense... which it probably doesn't...

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We definitely wouldn't be allowed to re-use content from the prospectus

Thanks so much for your input here guys - the wiki is a beast.

It's probably depend on how TSR want the wiki to be, I mean how accurate and as in-biased that sort of thing can be, but it'd be great if you can find a way to improve its quality by not having to rely on voluntary contribution by a few members of TSR who happen to belling to a any given college or allowing any random members to edit the content as he/she likes.
If it's not possible, at least some kind of disclaimer on every page to state the content of article may not be completely accurate and/or can be biased.

Aye

Even if it was a TSR version we wouldn't be able to duplicate the content - we could link out to the prospectus, but if you duplicate content Google kills it in search, so no-one would be able to find the page.

Yes I know. I was saying to combine them to avoid duplication. (in a former life I was also an SEO consultant )

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I think the idea of the wiki is that it is community led, but you're right that for it to be most effective it needs to have a lot of people regularly looking at it and updating it; same as with any wiki really. There's so much information about Oxbridge that this is something we wouldn't want to take 'in house' because we simply wouldn't be able to give as much help and insight as TSR members.