VincentWiki:Vincentian Encyclopedia

What is the Vincentian Encyclopedia?

It is a collaborative effort to create a Vincentian encyclopedia of articles and other information useful for those who follow Vincent, Louise and their spiritual companions: a resource for those who are part of the Vincentian family and for others seeking reliable information on people, topics, and organizations related to the Vincentian family. It also includes legal and historical documents and articles by contemporary Vincentian historians and spiritual writers. It is an encyclopedia created "by" and "for" the Vincentian Family.

The project is a uniquely collaborative effort of many people. Widely accessible technology that allows people to work collaboratively is rapidly changing the way content is created on the web. The best known application of the technology is "Wikipedia", a free user created encyclopedia whose English version has almost three million articles.

The Vincentian Encyclopedia adaptation of wikipedia is presently set up so that 'any registered user of this site can create and edit pages . To register use the login/register link at the top right of this page.

The software behind this project supports many forms of collaboration. For example, work groups and committees can draft documents collaboratively before or after committee meetings, saving travel time and expenses. An example: Using this site to collaborate on a document.

The software also supports exchange of information about ongoing projects such as Vincentian-Setonian Researchers.