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Wiki of web dev professionals needed

I'm starting to see more and more discussion about expanding the web standards community. It's got me thinking about creating a wiki/database website where both clients and developers can come to see other people interested in web standards. The site would be based around user/company profile pages with objective information about their services and contributions. I think that including as many attributes as possible would cut down on the amount of entries like ( Custom Websites ……… COOL LOW PRICES!! ). Name, website, locale, sex (we need more women!), MIME type(s) on their page(s), frequency of posts (if it's a blog), a short summary, user ratings, and clientele are just a few categorization ideas. A community/discussion section seems to be an essential aspect of any good site these days, too.

Implementation is the big question since I'm more of a thinker than a doer. I really like the way MediaWiki sites separate community and information, all wrapped up in a nice design (9rules is becoming quite the resource, as well). While TripAdvisor is cluttered with ads, I think they're a good example of a travel site that successfully combines user input with database searches. Any inspired doers out there who would like to make this wiki web dev dream a reality? Comment here or contact me.

Below are some related links as well as a few of my feeble attempts at gaining support for this idea.

• That Club Atmosphere of 9rules Sep15
• Standards Geeks Hard to Come By? on Asterisk, Sep1
• Wiki of web dev professionals? BBR discussion from mid-August
• New Accessible Web Developers Search from The Guild of Accessible Web Designers, Aug17

By rockofvictory | Fri 2005Sep16 00:03 CST | Links
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