User:Ray Calvin Baker/Folk History

Welcome to the "Department of Folk History", a part of "the School of Creativity".

The premise here, is that "history is written by the survivors of it". So, you had best start writing, while you are still a survivor. If you have begun your Wikiversity User Account, you can write your own User Page and User Talk Page.

I have created the "School of Wikiversity Studies", in hopes of providing one central place for learning activities to support your activities, as you begin to wrestle with the essential questions, "How do I ....", and "What is a template?", and "Where is more information about ....". Yes, the Wikiversity itself has been trying to answer questions such as these, ever since it was started. Yes, there are "Guided Tours", and you should try them all. Yes, my "School of Wikiversity Studies" is just a stub, and I will need to expand it, even as I am studying the Wikiversity myself. Please wish me well, and jump in to help! Ray Calvin Baker (talk) 22:17, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

As soon as I can, I propose to link together, in an indexed fashion, as many experiences and themes as I can identify and track, as this Department grows. It is my hope that the similar experiences of several users can validate and support one another, when indexed and annotated.

This is not intended to be a history book written by historians, about politics, presidents, and generals, and financial and social trends. This is intended to be a written record of the oral history you would tell your grandchildren. And if your next door neighbor was in some of the same battles as you were, I would like to see his view of the battles, too. This oral tradition, if recorded, is the raw material historians can use; but, if it is not recorded, it may easily be lost forever.

The price of data storage in large systems of computers is ridiculous (that is, low)! I have purchased two flash drives, capacity 4,000,000,000 bytes each (bytes: letters, digits, punctuation marks), price, about $5 each, when on sale at Staples or Office Depot. We are talking about LIBRARIES for pennies. However, I am sure that the Wikiversity would appreciate, and use well, your generous donation, just in case you feel guilty about wasting their storage facilities. I don't feel guilty; I feel encouraged! Be bold!

I'm going to list the topics I think will be interesting on the "Discussion" page for this Department. You can put YOUR suggestions there, too! Then, we will "Discuss".

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