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:Hi. Good idea. More info on how to get around for free is definately needed. There is also this website on Europe with the same idea. Though not a wiki, it uses random editors and has some good info. Worth to take a look [http://vagabond.bravehost.com/] [[User:Robino|Robino]]
== Organization ==
Alright, I've given some thought to what information needs to be included and how it needs to be arranged. I think this zine needs to be a little more comprehensive than the Hitchhiking Wiki. Not because the Wiki is lacking, but because it's a slightly broader project. Instead of having just information about getting to and from places, I thought it would be helpful to include specifics in each town about eating, sleeping and a LITTLE bit about seeing and doing things. Not like an LP guide, giving addresses and coordinates on a map for each museum, but just mentioning what there is to see and do amidst a breif description of the town. Listing all the attractions with directions to get to them and map coordinates is a complete waste because never have I seen a city that didn't make it impossible to miss every attraction. All mentioning them would do is give you some idea of what sort of city it is to help you decide if you want to go or not. All rambling aside, here's how I thought the templet would look. Please modify it if you have an improvement.
_________City_________
Brief introduction: history, attractions, etc...
'''Information'''
Internet access, tourist office (if helpful, ie free maps, etc...), public toilets.
'''Eat'''
Good dumpsters, stores that give away/throw out leftover food at closing time, soup kitchens...
'''Sleep'''
Well-reviewed parks, alleys, places where you wont be bothered by either drunks or police, homeless missions, your house!
'''Get Out'''
Information for all directions, how to get to the motorway/highway, public transportation (if needed), places to stand, sign suggestions, maybe wait times.
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I'm not sure where we should start compiling information. We could start another free wiki, or we could just try to format the pages in this one to include that information. After we figure that out, I think we should just get as much information as possible, and then vote on what gets included in the pressing via nominations. I'd like to include as much as possible, but we're going to have to keep it under 50 pages probably. It gets too difficult to bind once you have too many. In the future (or even now, if everyone thought it was a good idea) if it goes well, we could publish several zines, one for each continent or something.
To start with, I think it would be best to just have a Europe zine, simply because we have the most information on Europe. I don't want the zine to get a Eurocentric review, but it would be difficult for us to publish one on South America or Africa based on the information we have right now. Starting with Europe would let us get our feet wet without too much painstaking effort for a first attempt.
Let me know what you all think.
[[User:Zac Stewart|Zac Stewart]] 18:53, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
