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<div style="font-size:140%;border:none;margin: 0;padding:.1em;color:#000">[[The Dreadnought Project:About|The Dreadnought Project]]</div>
 
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<div style="top:+0.2em;font-size: 80%">[[User:Simon Harley|Simon Harley]] and [[User:Tone|Anthony Lovell]], Editors-in-Chief</div>
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<div style="top:+0.2em;font-size: 80%">[[User:Christopher Buckey|Chris Buckey]], [[User:Simon Harley|Simon Harley]], and [[User:Tone|Tony Lovell]], Editors-in-Chief<br>
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[[User:Martin Gibson|Martin Gibson]], Associate Editor
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*[http://dreadnoughtproject.org/models 3D Models]
 
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'''The Dreadnought Project''' is a naval history wiki focusing on naval history in the period 1880-1920, with side-projects in [http://dreadnoughtproject.org/models/ 3D modeling] and [[Sim:Main Page|simulation]].
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The wiki started in 2006 and comprises well over 2,000 articles, receiving edits almost every day.  It is intended to augment, rather than replace, the information available on Wikipedia.
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'''The Dreadnought Project''' is a naval history wiki focusing on naval history in the period 1880-1920, with a side-project in [[Sim:Main Page|3D simulation]].
  
Though Wikipedia has many well-written articles on the ships and navies of this period, it has policies that bar its editors from using primary source materials and from doing original research.  By contrast, our articles exploit our large and growing library (currently well over 50,000 pages) of original documents, affording a natural opportunity to advance public knowledge by bringing more information out of the world of archives and closed collections and into a place where a Google search can find itUnlike paper publications, we are not hindered by page counts and we can freely go back and fix errors.  We find this a rewarding way to explore history.
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The wiki started in 2006 and now comprises articles on over 8,300 people and 5,000 shipsWe have listed over 26,200 ship captains and linked and cited our articles profusely.
  
One other difference between our site and Wikipedia is that we hand-select our editors, as we found open registration a headacheAt present, our primary editors are [[User:Tone|Tony Lovell]], who specialises in [[Fire Control|fire control]] and [[:Category:Shipboard Equipment|shipboard equipment]], and [[User:Simon Harley|Simon Harley]], who writes our [[:Category:People|biographies]].
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The Dreadnought Project is intended to augment rather than compete with the vast information available on Wikipedia, whose policies bar editors from using primary source materials and from doing original researchBy contrast, our articles exploit our large and growing library (currently well over 50,000 pages) of original documents, affording a natural opportunity to advance public knowledge by bringing more information out of the world of archives and closed collections and into a place where a Google search can find it.
  
If you'd like to become an editor, and you possess
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If you'd like to become an editor, and you possess a fair amount of zeal, a natural desire to learn and share your discoveries and a willingness to conform to our editorial style and help refine it, please [http://dreadnoughtproject.org/contact.php contact us].
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* a natural desire to learn and share your discoveries, and  
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please [http://dreadnoughtproject.org/contact.php contact us].
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Latest revision as of 16:33, 4 September 2022

Chris Buckey, Simon Harley, and Tony Lovell, Editors-in-Chief

Martin Gibson, Associate Editor

www.Jutland1916.com
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  Our 3D models, artwork and research expertise may be available for licence/hire.  

The Dreadnought Project is a naval history wiki focusing on naval history in the period 1880-1920, with a side-project in 3D simulation.

The wiki started in 2006 and now comprises articles on over 8,300 people and 5,000 ships. We have listed over 26,200 ship captains and linked and cited our articles profusely.

The Dreadnought Project is intended to augment rather than compete with the vast information available on Wikipedia, whose policies bar editors from using primary source materials and from doing original research. By contrast, our articles exploit our large and growing library (currently well over 50,000 pages) of original documents, affording a natural opportunity to advance public knowledge by bringing more information out of the world of archives and closed collections and into a place where a Google search can find it.

If you'd like to become an editor, and you possess a fair amount of zeal, a natural desire to learn and share your discoveries and a willingness to conform to our editorial style and help refine it, please contact us.

Protip: enabling Javascript will afford a convenient "tooltip"-based means of checking footnoted references