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[Guest_PhilCo126_*]

Dear moderators, wouldn’t be time to get a stub entry in Wikipedia.org for UMSF ? It might begin with:

UMSF UnmannedSpaceflight is an online community of space/astronomy enthusiasts, founded and facilitated by Doug Ellison in 2004.
The website features a forum for online discussions on unmanned exploration of the solar system and beyond.
Etc etc … … …

Just an idea

[djellison]

As you say, I have been a little reluctant to 'spread the word' partly because I don't like to trumpet blow, and partly because I've always been concerned that loonies such as the hoaxlanderati etc would start visiting.

I'm sort of resigned to the fact that if they're coming, they'll be here no matter what level of awareness there is. Their numbers resolve to barely noise compared to the 3 or 4 attempted spam registrations per day so it really doesn't bother me. We have a team of admins that circles the globe just about (in a DSN station sort of way) so if loonies post ( and they have in the past ) it is usually picked up by a admin/mod or a member reports it and we sweep up the mess quite rapidly.

With all that in mind, whilst I agree, at first I thought "hmm - wiki entry...not a good idea" - in actual fact there is no real negative purpose it could serve and as such, it'd be a nice thing to have in some respects. But, as I said previously, while I'd be happy to answer questions and provide the basic info about the origins of the place and so on, I'd rather not actually write it myself because that's just pure egomania.

Doug