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[mithridates]

This is about the Wiki. On this page:
http://korea.wikicities.com/wiki/Other_areas_in_Korea
You can see a list of cities that have been uploaded, and last week I went through them all and uploaded the same template for each, which goes as follows:

[just because]

I'll do Changwon and maybe Masan later in the week if i have time...

[ajuma]

I'll do as much of Asan as I can!

After a bunch of cities are complete, it might be good to make it a "sticky"!

[Pyongshin Sangja]

http://korea.wikicities.com/wiki/Gongju#External_links

Read about mysterious Gongju, from one who knows!

Does this mean I'm published?

[mithridates]

I had no idea.
Yes, you're published if you decide to use your isp as your penname. Until somebody comes in and writes extra, of course.
Sounds an awful lot like Mine-machi, the town in Japan I lived in for two months when I first got there on my second trip. The town had its own pool.

[mithridates]

BTW, is anybody friends with the marmot? I sent him an email when the Wiki was first started asking if he'd be interested in writing a few lines about it or putting up a link but no response.

[skookum]

There, I have entered some info in the Mungyeong-shi section, and have more to write. I've put in a See reference from Jeomchon to Mungyeong in the town list. I'll also see what I can add for Suanbo and whatever other areas I know something about, if someone else doesn't get there first and write it all down.....

[skookum]

mithridates wrote: This is about the Wiki. On this page:
http://korea.wikicities.com/wiki/Other_areas_in_Korea
You can see a list of cities that have been uploaded, and last week I
went through them all and uploaded the same template for each,
which goes as follows:

Quote:

1 Overview 2 Transportation 2.1 Getting there 2.1.1 By air 2.1.2 By rail 2.1.3 By bus 2.1.4 By car 2.2 Municipal transit 2.2.1 Rail 2.2.2 Bus 3 Shopping 3.1 Department Stores 3.2 Grocery Stores 3.3 Convenience Stores 3.4 Electronics Stores 3.5 Convenience Stores 3.6 Home and Garden Stores 3.7 Book Stores 3.8 General Stores 4 Dining and Entertainment 4.1 Snack-style bars 4.2 Pub-style bars 4.3 Fast Food and Noodles 5 Services 5.1 Auto Service 5.2 Hair Styling 5.3 Tailoring and Dry Cleaning 5.4 Veterinary Services 5.5 Travel Agencies 6 Utilities 6.1 Electrical Service 6.2 Communications 6.2.1 Internet Coverage 6.2.2 Mobile Phone Coverage 6.3 Natural Gas Service 6.4 Fuel Oil Service 6.5 Liquid Propane Service 7 Sanitation 7.1 Waste Separation Rules 7.2 Waste Pickup Schedule 8 Local Attractions 8.1 Specialty Products and Festivals 8.2 Museums 8.3 Temples 9 Recreation 9.1 Fitness 9.2 Outdoor Activities 9.3 Parks 10 Related Articles 11 External links

Ah, but have you not forgotten the most important thing of all: the shijang. I always gotta know where the public market is when I come to a new city.

Also, accomodations - at least, where is the concentrations of hotels, yeogwans, etc.

[schwa]

What does Wikicities add to Wikipedia? Seems redundant to me, & that list of cities doesnt acknowledge entries already posted on Wikipedia.

Someone's put up an article on Sokcho, for instance -- reads a bit like a tourist brochure but not too far off the mark. (I corrected a few misspellings & typos.)

[mithridates]

Schwa: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and thus it's not based on what an expat would want to know. "People like to hang out in front of the Ministop there and drink soju" would get deleted for example. Wikipedia also doesn't want too many links, so no links to travel agents, good companies to work for, personal home pages, etc.

Skookum, you can add entire sections to the page. Click on the edit button on the top and you'll see the entire content of the article. Headlines are inside the two equal signs like ==this== and sub-headlines are inside ===three=== of them. You can add the bit about the shijang.