Effects Wiki

[claytonjohn18]

Dear effects users,

 

Is it unreasonable for us to construct a wiki (potentially hosted on harmony-central) that functions the same way wikipedia does?

 

It would be super beneficial, and if something is out of date, it's easy to update. Making threads about this stuff is all well and good, but when someone wants a tubescreamer, I just wanna say go here:

 

acapella.harmony-central.com/wiki/effects/overdrive/list_of_tubescreamers.php

 

 

 

Anyone into CS/web design that could comment on the feasibility of such a venture?

 

Anyone wanna volunteer to catalog the information that they have learned over the years? (I'm looking at DiscoFreq, Bieke, F&EHX4Ever, etc.)

 

This could easily be expanded into microphones, monitors, amps, guitars, preamps, speakers, string winders, tremolo units, etc.

 

I think it's about {censored}ing time.

[RadioSilence]

damn good idea

I'll contribute by writing if it gets off the ground but i really don't have the know-how to construct something like that.

[Hiwatt Bob]

we tried to do this at a smaller invite-only forum--cool idea but didn't have enough critical mass to make it happen. but i suppose with something bigger like HC it could work.

 

the Dumble page is going to be epic.

[Dr. Goldenglove]

The code part itself shouldn't be hard - AFAIK, the Wiki framework is available for free, and I don't think it's gonna be too hard for an admin to get it set up and running.

 

+1 to the idea - maybe somehow merge the wiki and review section together?

[Ryan.]

why not just make pages on wikipedia?

[macadood]

troo. would definitely be a good resource to have.

[9520575]

make a wiki group. and do it in their frame work.

[Hopeless]

 

why not just make pages on wikipedia?

 

 

Notability standards. My guess is the knowledge assembled might not have mainstream enough interest and would thus face the prospect of deletion. Having it on its own wiki means it would circumvent this and would allow posters to really get into the serious arcana that is FX knowledge.

[ambientnoize]

 

why not just make pages on wikipedia?

 

 

Would be nicer to have a directory of pages from the community though? Community spirit, etc etc.

 

I think it's a great idea.

[oinkbanana]

could just use http://www.tiddlywiki.com/

super easy to use.

[macadood]

 

Notability standards. My guess is the knowledge assembled might not have mainstream enough interest and would thus face the prospect of deletion. Having it on its own wiki means it would circumvent this and would allow posters to really get into the serious arcana that is FX knowledge.

 

 

effects is srs business

[jhamnett]

I'd love to contribute, even though my web based programming and effects knowledge is limited

[Inspector 71]

The fender field guide would be a good way of showing info

 

http://www.thevintagesound.com/ffg/

[claytonjohn18]

I might PM Phil about it. I feel like there are probably enough do-gooders on here to keep something like that up to date.

[tape]

kind of like www.effectsdatabase.com ?

[macadood]

lol

[-Norge-]

could be cool, but like tape said it would be quite similar to effects data base no?

[Nno Mar]

Great Idea!

[wtdpblake]

I wish I knew the guy that owns pedalwiki.com. Oh, wait...

[mhuxtable]

We could have HCFX resident experts.

 

Ryan could be the economic benefit expert.

V could be the human rights transparency expert.

Robo could be the "your pedals are not as cool as mine" expert

Ren could be the expert on Mexican-effects relations

Crxsh could be the effects day trading expert

 

Etc

[nightraven]

so kind of like effectsdatabase.com but only about the latest boutique pedals and without the vintage and interesting stuff, interviews, ebay feeds etc

[renula]

 

We could have HCFX resident experts. Ryan could be the economic benefit expert. V could be the human rights transparency expert. Robo could be the "your pedals are not as cool as mine" expert Ren could be the expert on Mexican-effects relations Crxsh could be the effects day trading expert Etc

 

 

Hahahaha. ETI is the chancellor of Behringa.

[DiscoFreq]

There are a few wiki sites about pedals already (sometimes linked to forums), but they usually die after a few months.

 

The problem with "pure" community sites is they're usually a mess after a while, like the reviews on the old HC site: multiple pages about the same effects, just spelled different, errors (intentional or not),... (now they merged some of them, but I think this also happened for a few brands with similar names).

 

 

 

As for EffectsDatabase:

 

Input is always welcome (I made some changes so it's easier to give credit now) and I have plans for a few interactive features (can't say much more now). It just takes time because I have a fulltime job, a family and lots of "daily" work with the site (research/content/...).

 

Yes, I often use manufacturers' descriptions, mostly because of the huge amount of pedals on the site (16000!!!) and my limited amount of spare time. I also did that for a lot of brands/sites/products that disappeared, so you can still read that now. I also have a big archive (part paper, part digital) about older pedals (ads, manuals,...) that will be added too.

 

 

 

so kind of like effectsdatabase.com but only about the latest boutique pedals and without the vintage and interesting stuff, interviews, ebay feeds etc

LOL, thanks

 

Here are those interviews nightraven mentioned, more every day: http://www.effectsdatabase.com/interviews/brands (because of my problems in Google lately a lot of people probably didn't notice them...).

 

The eBay feeds aren't just those offered by eBay and used on most sites (results of 1 query) or a script you can buy (as certain sites use and spam about on Twitter), it's my own system that shows the most interesting related auctions first (based on a lot of parameters). I saw a lot of auctions I would have missed otherwise

 

There are also a LOT of pedals you can only find on EffectsDatabase and they're not one-offs, just rare, obscure (like vintage pedals from unexpected countries),...

 

 

 

 

I get a lot of positive comments from visitors, pedal makers, artists,... but I see posts like this appear a few times a year (on different forums): about a "pedal encyclopedia", a "pedal wiki",... often by people who don't even know the site (I wonder if they ever searched for a rare pedal?). Maybe some of them can just help me to make it both "better" and "better known"?

[oinkbanana]

^^^ this guy knows how to keep it classy!

 

i say take him up on his offer and just contribute to his site.

[turnitto11]

The only thing is, with this wiki it could discourage discussion on effects:

 

"Which Tube Screamer do I want?"

 

"https://wikieffects.org/tubescreamer"

 

"/thread"

 

Just sayin. There will still be the usually chat about some of the less common stuff, but it seems like it would encourage more off-topic stuff by giving a site to answer a lot of questions that should be on-topic for an effects forum.